Comments on: Fact: Parenting is Hard and Life Sucks Sometimes http://izzymom.com/2012/05/25/fact-parenting-is-hard-and-life-sucks-sometimes/ Where it's always amateur night... Sat, 25 May 2013 16:46:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chrisor (ynotkissme) http://izzymom.com/2012/05/25/fact-parenting-is-hard-and-life-sucks-sometimes/#comment-212630 Chrisor (ynotkissme) Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:46:03 +0000 http://izzymom.com/?p=4845#comment-212630 I don't even have kids and I get overwhelmed. I can totally understand that everything gets to be TOO MUCH. I don't have any advice for you (thank God, right?) but I will say I think you needed to vent that all out. In front of your kids and online! Having stress build up over time needs to have a safety hatch to escape from. If it makes you feel better inside to get it out of your system by blogging, then do it. You sound like you're trying to do everything and need to start doing less instead of more. Like having your daughter pick between (activities or material possessions) which she wants more instead of saying yes to everything or no and then switching to yes after nagging. I KNOW you're a great Mom, you don't need ot prove that to anyone. Denying your kids a few things will NOT hurt them. It may help them down the road. Sounds like advice but I just wish I could take some of the burden off you for a short time. The good thing is nothing stays the same and this will all pass... I don’t even have kids and I get overwhelmed. I can totally understand that everything gets to be TOO MUCH. I don’t have any advice for you (thank God, right?) but I will say I think you needed to vent that all out. In front of your kids and online! Having stress build up over time needs to have a safety hatch to escape from. If it makes you feel better inside to get it out of your system by blogging, then do it. You sound like you’re trying to do everything and need to start doing less instead of more. Like having your daughter pick between (activities or material possessions) which she wants more instead of saying yes to everything or no and then switching to yes after nagging. I KNOW you’re a great Mom, you don’t need ot prove that to anyone. Denying your kids a few things will NOT hurt them. It may help them down the road. Sounds like advice but I just wish I could take some of the burden off you for a short time. The good thing is nothing stays the same and this will all pass…

]]> By: IzzyMom http://izzymom.com/2012/05/25/fact-parenting-is-hard-and-life-sucks-sometimes/#comment-212623 IzzyMom Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:20:34 +0000 http://izzymom.com/?p=4845#comment-212623 You are so kind, Roo. But I have to be honest..I don't feel like I'm doing great. I feel like a giant wad of mediocrity (or worse) a lot of the time. I may be doing everything but fear I'm not doing much of it very well. Another commenter mentioned a need for recalibration now and then. I've clearly reached that point. This is why self-help books are such big sellers because HOW does one do that and stick with it? These patterns we move in are so hard to change *sigh* On the upside, my kids both do chores and with remarkably little complaining. Maybe I need to upgrade them to laundry and grocery shopping :) You are so kind, Roo. But I have to be honest..I don’t feel like I’m doing great. I feel like a giant wad of mediocrity (or worse) a lot of the time. I may be doing everything but fear I’m not doing much of it very well.

Another commenter mentioned a need for recalibration now and then. I’ve clearly reached that point. This is why self-help books are such big sellers because HOW does one do that and stick with it? These patterns we move in are so hard to change *sigh*

On the upside, my kids both do chores and with remarkably little complaining. Maybe I need to upgrade them to laundry and grocery shopping :)

]]> By: IzzyMom http://izzymom.com/2012/05/25/fact-parenting-is-hard-and-life-sucks-sometimes/#comment-212622 IzzyMom Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:13:17 +0000 http://izzymom.com/?p=4845#comment-212622 That's the perfect word for it, JC. You should trademark that :) That’s the perfect word for it, JC. You should trademark that :)

]]> By: IzzyMom http://izzymom.com/2012/05/25/fact-parenting-is-hard-and-life-sucks-sometimes/#comment-212621 IzzyMom Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:07:39 +0000 http://izzymom.com/?p=4845#comment-212621 It seems you and I are not alone in this with our demanding daughters and outshone sons. We should start a group blog. It seems you and I are not alone in this with our demanding daughters and outshone sons. We should start a group blog.

]]> By: IzzyMom http://izzymom.com/2012/05/25/fact-parenting-is-hard-and-life-sucks-sometimes/#comment-212620 IzzyMom Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:04:08 +0000 http://izzymom.com/?p=4845#comment-212620 You're definitely not alone. But how do you handle three? Any words of wisdom or advice you can impart? I really want to know how other people deal with these things. You’re definitely not alone. But how do you handle three? Any words of wisdom or advice you can impart? I really want to know how other people deal with these things.

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