Raising our OWN families
Posted by: JoyThis has little to do with being frugal, but has been on my mind so much lately.
I notice these days that there are so many parenting “styles” and methods out there. Some are popular enough to have been given names, some are used and remain unnamed. Some methods and some parents claim to have a corner on the “right” way to raise children. The part of this that bothers me the most, is that ONCE in a while, those who think they are right, make the assumption that others who are not parenting the way they do are wrong.
I can’t claim to be an expert on any particular style of parenting. We are in the process of raising 7 children and we are on an adoption waiting list excitedly anticipating our 8th. The one thing I’ve learned over my 21 years of parenting so far, is that what works for one child, might not even phase another. What motivates one child, or even most children, won’t necessarily motivate EVERY child.
Sometimes raising our families is very challenging. I’d venture to guess that it isn’t a picnic in the park ALL the time for any of us. We use what knowledge we have and give it our best effort.
Let’s support those best efforts no matter the “method” used.
September 29th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
I couldn’t agree more! What works for one child does not always work for another. My chilldren all all TOTALLY different therefore they are disciplined differently. NO I do not mean spanking, I don’t do that unless they have done something life threatning to them selves or another person, or something VERY serious along that line. But my boys are both totally different, grounding will work for the other, as far as taking away TV privleges, but the other does not care, he will just read a book, so we have to take those away from him, and not the TV.
Sorry that was so long…Brandi