Frequently, they are dying to ask
their parents about certain things from their past, but they also come up with some great issues to delve into.»
Sometimes it's really, bloody hard to talk to
your parents about certain things (and no, I'm not talking about sex here — but you should definitely make that an open subject!).
Not exact matches
Or maybe these moms are very strongly convicted
about certain things and find themselves aligning with Attachment
parenting, Free - range
parenting, Unparenting, the list goes on.
I know who I am, as a woman and as a
parent, and I am passionate
about certain things.
When you become a
parent, there are
certain things you obsess
about with a new baby.
They can also vary in severity depending on the
parents and how they feel
about certain things.
And the one
thing about which I am totally
certain:
Parenting is hard but wonderful!
As a
parent, you know
certain things about your baby, such as when they are hungry, when they need a nap, what toy they want, and often when they need a diaper change.
At the risk of stereotyping,
about the only
thing you can say for
certain about a prospective birth mother is that she's not in a position to
parent.
The book doesn't so much delve into that and I had more questions
about how, but one
thing it discusses is the helicopter -
parented child who never has to figure anything out for himself, gets to college and after college and doesn't really know how to make
things happen because he's never been given the opportunity / challenge or had
certain character traits instilled.
I've had lots of trouble at the beginning with people telling me that I'm not doing it right, that I should be doing
things a
certain way, or this weird competition that new
parents get into when they tell everyone
about their new babies.
As cultural anthropologist Mimi Ito put it, «You're seeing the shift in expertise in authority, so that kids may know a lot
about certain things, but
parents can also bring really important expertise to the table, and that's when you see a really productive shift in power dynamic around learning.»
Through the conversations,
parents, teachers, business leaders, government officials and neighbors were
certain about one
thing: the new district needed to provide a world - class learning environment to prepare students not only to be successful in college and career, but also to be future local leaders.
If there are
certain things that you and the other
parent feel strongly
about, you should include these
things in your plan.
Those «good divorces» we sometimes hear
about — the ones in which divorced
parents actually get along and work together (i.e. «coparenting» as it's trendy to say these days), tend to have
certain things in common.
If you choose to make a family - based arrangement
about child maintenance, there are
certain things you may want to have ready for your discussion with the other
parent (see how to make a family - based arrangement).