Kids are delightful. They’re cute, silly, full of imagination, and have absolutely no verbal filter. They say what we’re all thinking.
Which often also makes them kind of the worst, but only when you’re the target of their innocent honesty. “My mommy says f***,” is hilarious until you’re the mom and your kid has announced it to the entire class.
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I’m not a parent yet, but many of my friends are and I’ve definitely found that the ones who just admit that their kids are crazy, are ultimately happier.
They don’t stress about their house not being spotless when company visits.
Instead, they just shrug and explain, “I have kids.” A good friend will understand and simply keep an eye out for stray Lego blocks as they walk.
It must be so stressful to be one of those parents who believes that they and their kid have to be perfect.
Is it embarrassing when your child has a tantrum in the middle of the grocery store? Yep, and there will always be people who judge you for it, but there will be many more people who have been in your shoes and understand that you’re doing your best.
Just when you think you’ve got your kid figured out, they’ll decide that today they are a kitty cat and must attempt to bathe themselves in a random aisle at Target.
You may be delighted when they show interest in helping to clean, but don’t be surprised if they think it’s more fun to empty the whole bottle of soap into the bucket and play with the bubbles.
As the parent, you need to make the decision between actually completing the chore efficiently or letting your child enjoy the “chore.”
It’s more work now, but that memory of a task being “fun” could make those chore charts a little bit easier once they’re old enough to truly help.
Or not, because they are kids, and you kind of just have to go with the flow and do your best to nudge it in safe and healthy directions.
