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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't find it traumatizing, maybe annoying. But my oldest has now moved away to college, and I miss those days. Looking back, those years did go by really fast. Like they say, [b]"The days are long, but the years are short." (Sorry, I know that's another cliche).[/b] [/quote]

I literally clicked onto this thread to hate on this little proverb. It's a pet peeve of mine. When you boil it down, it's basically saying "Parenting is a grind now so yep, you're miserable and it's going to feel never ending. But you can look forward to STILL looking back with regret that it's over and your kid is gone!"[/quote]
[b]That saying is so true though.[/b] Parenting young children is a long, hard slog. Some days are brutal. All parents have had those days when their kids’ bedtime couldn’t come fast enough. However, if you’ve been a parent for more than a few years, you know that each year seems to pass more quickly than the last. A year with a 14 year old passes in the blink of an eye compared to a year with a 4 year old. It’s not so much that you wish your children were little again as it is that you wonder how it’s possible that the child you were taking to elementary school not all that long ago is now in high school. Or college. Or is getting married. Or is now a parent herself.[/quote]

Oh, I don't disagree. But what in the world is the point of telling someone that? Especially as it's usually at a moment where the person you are telling is experiencing some sort of early parenthood challenge. We all [i]know[/i] it, it's not helpful to hear it when you're amidst the struggle. [/quote]
Oh, that I understand. I’d never say it to someone who is struggling. Someone said it to me when I was pregnant with my first. I think that was okay.[/quote]

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