Parenting can be exhausting, hard work, and far beyond the many blissful portraits, you may see on Facebook or on the cover of parenting magazines. Of course, we want to become the best parents we can be, and yet it is a harsh reminder that being the best parent we can be may be far from perfection of those glossy selfies that flood your text feed.
Sometimes there will be moments when your parenting may only be “good enough”. You will have moments of tears and frustration and hope and laughter. You may have regrets for the things you did and regrets for the things you did not do. Despite a visit to your local bookstore or googling online, there has never been more information about parenting and, yet, more and more parents feel alone, isolated, and uninformed.
Parenting can be sleeplessness, and tantrums, and uncertainty, and tears, and laughter and joy and heartache. Parenting is communicating, organizing emotions, prioritising, setting boundaries, looking on the bright side, making decisions and, parenting is a whole lot of reflection. You may not have all the answers but you are the answer to what your child needs. You and your child are hard-wired for connection – maybe today was a hard day, but the good news is tomorrow is a new day.