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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would call myself a pretty high energy person - routinely work out, am up every day at 6:30am, work full time, etc.

But being a parent to 3 young kids is kicking my butt. I am exhausted. Between the mental load (laundry, groceries, cooking, cleaning, doctor appointments, etc), enrichment for kids (sports, religion, etc) and school - I am so tired! How do low energy, introverted people do all of this?!? [/quote]

I spend an hour a week on laundry, grocery shop 1x a week, kids eat breakfast & lunch at school, cleaning is outsourced, doctors’ visits are minimized. I sign kids up for aftercare enrichment at school so that I don’t need to shuttle them anywhere extra.

It sounds like you are high energy but also highly disorganized. Use some of your high energy to plan better.[/quote]

DP but it actually sounds like you don’t do much parenting (or anything else, for that matter).

“I have so much energy after I pay other people to do all the things that would require me to expend energy!”[/quote]

None of what I listed counts as “parenting”, DP. I save my energy to spend quality time with my kids, which is when parenting actually happens. [/quote]

I just replied but wanted to add - [b]I personally consider putting my wants/needs secondary to the wants/needs of the kids I chose to have to be a cornerstone of parenting[/b].  Letting the school feed them junk for two meals a day and refusing to allow them to participate in any activities that might inconvenience me are not what I would consider parenting, and certainly not good parenting.

So again, do what you want to do but maybe take a break from patting yourself on the back for your efficiency and amazing planning skills.  You’re not doing it better, you’re just not doing it.[/quote]

Your medal is in the mail.

Luckily, many of us don't subscribe to this martyr method of parenting. You might want to take a break from patting yourself on the back for your martyring and amazing sacrificing skills. [/quote]

I’m not a martyr[b], I actually enjoy giving my kids a good childhood.  [/b]YMMV.[/quote]

But that’s not what parenting is about!

That’s the problem with modern parenting. It’s very focused on the child’s happiness. Happiness is of course important, but shouldn’t be the primary focus. [/quote]

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