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Reply to "s/o What from your pre-kid life best prepared you for being a parent?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I knew the mechanics of child care - feeding, diapering, etc - from babysitting. But nothing prepared me for how physically exhausting parenting is. I also wasn’t prepared for the relentlessness of parenting. Especially small, at risk kids during a pandemic. In other ways, yeah. I have a lot of knowledge and experience in education, which has helped in some ways (and not in others). [/quote] There are no words for the relentlessness of it all. Every other challenge of my life has had an end date, or I could carve out breaks for myself. As a parent it’s so hard and even when I make plans for myself, they often get ruined.[/quote] Right?! Friends with older children tell me this part gets better as the kids get older. They say you have other problems then - conflict at school or whatever - but you do start getting breaks. I am really hoping this is true. [/quote]
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