What are some things you wish other parents told you about raising kids before you had them?

Here's mine: How much the arguing between siblings gets under your skin! Okay, okay...but then they hug each other & play nice the next minute as if nothing happened! :) Asked by mightymite 53 months ago Similar questions: things parents told raising kids Family.

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Being on the same page with hubby I never ralized how very important it is to be in agreement with my husband as we raised our daughter. Portraying a solid and united front is essential, in my opinion.

Your life will never be the same OK before I vent let me just say I love my son and I’m happy I’m a mother. I do think that parents should be honest with non-parents about the reality that is parenting, that is if, of course, the non-parents really want to know. Before you add a child to your family, do all of the traveling, sleeping, movie going, dining out, sleeping, wardrobe building, and nookie making that will sustain you for most of the rest of your life.Do not be seduced by media portrayals of early motherhood.

The glowing smiling mother gazing at her beatific infant represents about 1% of the real world experience. You will never have a good night’s sleep again Your love life will never be the same You will not shower every day. Some days you won’t even remember to brush your teeth.

Remarkably, most of the time, you won’t care. You will either have money or the time to spend it but not both at the same time You are not guaranteed a normal healthy child even though you do everything "right" during your pregnancy. Your house will never be as clean as you would like.

(If you do manage to get it as clean as you would like, enjoy it for the 5 minutes it will stay that way. ) Double or triple the amount of time alloted for most of your pre-child activities. Cross some of them off of your list all together.

It is possible (and necessary) to raise a child without hitting/spanking. It takes an enormous amount of work and creative discipline... and ineffective long term. Your child will bewilder, shock, and infuriate you, occasionally simultaniously No matter how much you tell yourself you won’t ... you will yell at your child ... you’ll feel horrible .... you’ll apologize when the heat of the moment has passed ... but it will happen You will gradually lose the friendships of your single / childless friends You will cry at your child's kindergarten graduation It will break your heart when you think about the difficult life your child might have.

You will obsess more than you thought possible about your child’s happiness, social life, and general acceptance amongst his/her peers You will never love another human being as much as you love your child Sources: personal experience PonderThis's Recommendations Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It Amazon List Price: $14.95 Used from: $3.50 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 56 reviews) I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood Amazon List Price: $18.95 Used from: $9.33 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 24 reviews) The Mask of Motherhood: How Becoming a Mother Changes Our Lives and Why We Never Talk About It Amazon List Price: $15.00 Used from: $5.52 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 44 reviews) .

Get enough sleep; spend a lot of time hugging them, and never betray the trust that earns by deliberately causing pain. "In our family, we talk out why we're unhappy; we don't hit people as a way of letting them know we're unhappy with them. " That's one good thing to say..

A few things come to mind That your life will never be the same again. This has its good points as in you cannot believe the amount of love that you have for your child and that your child has for you. It also has its bad points in that you cannot plan a weekend without checking out your child's schedule as to birthday parties and gymnastics meets etc.Before making your plans.

You will never get to sit on the toilet in peace again. Someone will always need something the moment you plop down. You will no longer feel modest about being naked in front of people.

Your kids will pull the shower curtain open on you time and time again. Sources: my opinion bippee_not_here_much's Recommendations Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children Amazon List Price: $15.95 Used from: $5.94 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 22 reviews) .

How darn hard it is to raise children! Kids are very, very hard work! No one ever told me it would be so hard!

It has it's joys for sure but for the most part it is really stressful and a HUGE responsibility! .

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My brother for sure may had. He told me that I "never" had a seizure. Was he seeing things?

I know an adoptee; he is in his mid 20s. S parents have never told him the truth. Should I tell him or not?

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