Anonymous
10/05/2024 14:58
Subject: “You will miss this when your kids are grown”
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you're stressed and exhausted you're doing it wrong. I will miss getting to make lunches in the morning; providing for people you love is a gift.
NP. Everyone gets stressed and exhausted sometimes and dayung people are doing it wrong is condescending. I'm currently exhausted because my kid's been struggling to sleep because he has a cold and he was up multiple times last night.
+1 That said, there's no reasons you can't make the lunches the night before so you aren't as stressed in the morning. And if the sports are stressing you out, reduce the commitment time to something that doesn't make you miserable.
Anonymous
10/05/2024 14:51
Subject: “You will miss this when your kids are grown”
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sayings like this drive me insane. Sure I will miss my kids when they are grown and leave I am sure. But I won’t miss the running around, the exhaustion, the 2 hours to put my toddler to bed every night and making lunches every morning.
My retired parents are living their best lives. They sure as hell don’t miss the days of non stop sports, being stressed about kids!
It is just conversation. Some people do miss the younger stage others not so much. Why can't you shrug it off?
Why can't they STFU?
Being brightsided when you're feeling stretched to the limit makes people feel worse.
Is it OK to tell someone who does this that they'll miss being able to control what comes out of their mouths, so they should take advantage of it now?
Having just read a bunch of threads on teens today being too fragile, it strikes me that the Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Anonymous
10/05/2024 12:36
Subject: “You will miss this when your kids are grown”
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sayings like this drive me insane. Sure I will miss my kids when they are grown and leave I am sure. But I won’t miss the running around, the exhaustion, the 2 hours to put my toddler to bed every night and making lunches every morning.
My retired parents are living their best lives. They sure as hell don’t miss the days of non stop sports, being stressed about kids!
It is just conversation. Some people do miss the younger stage others not so much. Why can't you shrug it off?
Why can't they STFU?
Being brightsided when you're feeling stretched to the limit makes people feel worse.
Is it OK to tell someone who does this that they'll miss being able to control what comes out of their mouths, so they should take advantage of it now?
Anonymous
10/05/2024 10:04
Subject: “You will miss this when your kids are grown”
I'll miss parts of it, but not everything.
Anonymous
10/05/2024 09:23
Subject: “You will miss this when your kids are grown”
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Patenting is a cult. Some people fall for it and other people see it for what it is. My life became much better when I stopped making everything about my kids. I worked on fulfilling myself first and it made me a much better parent.
I don't respond to everything like it's an emergency and I don't validate every feeling. I also tell my kids struggle is required and discomfort is a part of life.
When you parent the way I do it's far more tolerable and no I do not miss the early years and I'd never want to go bad.
Weird flex for a person who spends her spare time reading a mommy board.
+1.
Anonymous
10/05/2024 08:09
Subject: “You will miss this when your kids are grown”
Anonymous wrote:Patenting is a cult. Some people fall for it and other people see it for what it is. My life became much better when I stopped making everything about my kids. I worked on fulfilling myself first and it made me a much better parent.
I don't respond to everything like it's an emergency and I don't validate every feeling. I also tell my kids struggle is required and discomfort is a part of life.
When you parent the way I do it's far more tolerable and no I do not miss the early years and I'd never want to go bad.
Weird flex for a person who spends her spare time reading a mommy board.
Anonymous
10/05/2024 08:06
Subject: “You will miss this when your kids are grown”
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:News flash: you WON’T miss it!😀
A lot of us DO miss it.
I do!