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Article #29: When a Child is Born

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When your child is born, it is the most or no woman's land, time in their
wonderful moment ofyour life. No one can life,very difficult and if we don't
explain that feeling fully, and whenyou understand at least some ofwhat is going
first come home and that tiny bundle is on, we can hinder more than help.
wholly yourresponsibility, that is an These kids are growing up faster today
awesome feeling. than when my daughterwas young. You
And that tiny bundle already has it's own know, we push and we shouldn't. From
mind and believeit or not, knows just thestart, we are waiting for the first
what he or she wants and right thereand word, first step etc etcetc then, I don't
then, without you realising it, sets know about you but, when mine got to
about getting it. acertain age, I wanted to put a brick on
We can do courses for so many things, get their head to slowthem down. The time
degrees in manyareas but have you was racing away and soon they would beall
noticed, there are no real courses grown up.
ordegrees in Parenting, the most We only have them on loan, so we must
important job you will do inyour entire look after them, theyare precious. Our
life. influence alone is for but a very
That's why there are many articles shorttime. Unfortunately today, our
written about variousareas of parenting influence time can be verylimited. If
from babes to teens. The experiences you have to go back to work and leave
ofothers may just help with our own yourchild in care, then while it's not
concerns about ourchildren and how we are your fault, yourinfluence is only the
handling certain situations. time you had with your child beforethe
Thesearticles let us know we are not "in care" time started.
alone and we are not theonly one to have I was fortunate, while we didn't have
a problem. everything that openedand shut in our
I remember when my daughter was in her home, we also didn't do without
early teens, wesuddenly has this once anythingimportant, I was able to spend
very happy, loving daughter,exploding, the first 5 years of mychildren's lives
stomping, flaring up for no real apparent in the most important job I have ever
reasonand calming down almost as fast. doneand that was caring for them, being a
That was as long as wedidn't say Mum and I wouldn'thave missed it for
anything, just let the exploding, anything.
stomping, etcgo on. Once they started school, the outside
I kept thinking, it must be something I influences came in,through teachers
was doing or notdoing, then we received mainly. and....teachers are
an invitation from her school gospel,especially to a 5 year old. (don't
toparticipate in a Personal Development get me wrong, I'm notputting down
Program. Not knowingjust what was teachers, they are wonderful) .So I was
involved with this program we went along verypleased to be able to have my
andfound out it was for just this very influence, the values andguidance I felt
thing that had beenhapppening with our was important in life, instilled in
daughter. and....we were not alone. mychlidren from an early age, The time
It was a great program as we did it with you are the solecarer of your chlid is
our daughter andeven though the highs and the only time you have to teach themyour
lows didn't go away, we knew wewere not values, what you hope for them and the
alone. I know I had holes in my tongue type of personyou hope for them to grow
from bitingon it, well not really, but I up to be.
had to hold back on manythings I would I started collecting these articles for
normally have said something about. By Kids and Teens
doingthat, the moment would pass very Parenting so other parents can feel they
quickly and my beautifuldaughter would be are not alone. Ihope they will help you
back to her normal self. and if there is an area you wouldlike
Her father called this time in her life some information on, please let us know
the "gallopinghormones". There is so and I willendeavour to find it for you.
much going on, they don'tunderstand, We will keep adding downloadable e-books
their bodies are developing, they are as we find them, soeven if it is 2am, you
notchildren anymore and they are not will be able to get help.
adults either. It's likea no man's land






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