Experience the joy your children can give you. Play with your child. It will do all of you good. The hard part of parenting is setting limits. This is where we really lose in the popularity contest.
Parents have the privilege and honor of being the primary guides to their children.
They will have many friends, but only one mom and one dad. It is our job to provide our children with the limits needed to make it in the world. To be self-disciplined implies someone disciplined you from the outside first. Our children will set limits for themselves similar to the ones we teach them. We are their teachers.