I've been away from the ParentTalk Blog for some time. Our little one, Lily, has been sick with a cold and cough for a week but is still the most cheerful, happy toddler around. Our 5-year-old, Kash, is not quite as cheerful. We (mostly me) are having problems with Kash. He's an extremely smart, funny little boy but can be incredibly stubborn and willful. I know this will serve him well later in life but it's often frustrating for us as his parents.
This morning Kash told me he's going to look for another family because he's "tired of doing chores." Please! The child does no chores whatsoever. Perhaps that's part of the problem; I don't know. I'm trying to get him to be more responsible, to appreciate what we have, to appreciate his sister and his parents and friends. Sigh...it's so exhausting to be a parent sometimes. It really is the hardest job.
But, being Thanksgiving in the States, I'm trying, really trying, to focus on the good; our First World problems are so trivial in the grand scheme of things. I know that. So, Happy American Thanksgiving, Canadian parents. Let us forge on.
I hear ya. How can we love them so MUCH and yet we have to spend so much time fighting with them too. It'll get better, I found with my son that we went through stages of this, one week it was all battles, the next was sunnier. Um, it is mainly my big guy too, my girl's are easier...so far.
Posted by: Tired Mama | December 02, 2008 at 10:28 AM