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Parenting Is Fun!!!

Jun. 16, 2006 at 8:47 AM

Parenting

Slate's, Emily Yoffe wants us all to remember that parenting may be a lot of work, but it's also a lot of fun too.
In our society parents do a wonderful job of portraying the difficulties of having children: the financial burdens, the time drain, the guilt, the exhaustion. But we do a lousy job of getting across something else about parenthood: It's fun! When you are experiencing parenthood from the inside, there is an overwhelming pleasure in the funny, fascinating things your children do. When my daughter was 2, she put her arms around me as I was kissing her goodnight and said to me, "Mommy, you're a wonderful husband." That was better than any of the movies I hadn't been to since she was born.
A great read and an excellent reminder.

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posted by CommunicationFUNdamentals on Jun. 16, 2006 at 2:30 PM

Oh Spunky! I agree. I just love being a mom. Where else can you cuddle and coo and play with toys and call that your job! And the perks are wonderful. I just love it when my 7 y/o son comes up to me about 6x a day to tell me he loves me. I just melt when he comes to me and tells me he wants a hug break!

JoJo

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