Tag: children

The Motivations of Thankless Parenting

Fireworks don’t go off for great parental achievements. There are no major awards to be handed out.

He’s not being rude. He’s being him. If you’re patient, though, he’s fantastic.

I may have helped, but his successes were about him doing it, not me teaching him.

I don’t even know how we escaped. I’m surprised we’re not still playing that game today.

It’s why my stomach gets knots. It’s why I come running.

I would be very confused by love of all of this, if only it wasn’t for one thing.

A terrible decision for your child might be the perfect one for mine.

Just because I don’t know why he reacts a certain way to something, that doesn’t mean I can’t support him during it.

I watch though the lens of my camera and the lens of my fatherhood and can’t believe what I am seeing.

He’s both the easiest kid to shop for and the hardest kid to shop for.