Parenting 101

exercise in frustration

she sits,
glued to a tiny chair
with tennis balls for feet,
contemplating her failure
to get with the program
and step up the positive parenting
while denying
her underlying disease
and masking the deleterious effects
of past mistakes,
push forward
and give us a gold star
for being
normal

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Jennie Baron]

Short but packed full of meaning and so skillfully worded. I don't have much to say that the other reviewers haven't, but I'm so pleased to have read this. Very well done!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for stopping in.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

We are not perfect, and that includes when it comes to parenting… we do the best we can, if it is done with loving intentions then we are always on the right track.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much for your review.

[ron]

I know how hard it is KL. Anyone who has children know, and your not alone we have all made mistakes but its what we do with those mistakes and how we learn from them that make us better parents as we grow with our kids.
Biggest hugs. And for my money I think you are perfect mother.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for the support, was just frustrating.

[ron]

Your welcome KL.

[Lydia Shutter]

Children do not come with an instruction manual. Parents do the best they can....and really can not be expected to do more. The image of the tennis balls for feet made me think of an older parent though....one who walks with a walker. You know what? Children do well when they are loved. I know you give your children plenty of that. Nicely written. Lydi**

[Lyn Anderson]

The little chairs at schools often have tennis balls on them. It's been interpreted differently, I understand why. I have been engaged in a struggle with trying to find help for my family and being given useless, though well meaning advice.

[Lydia Shutter]

I am sorry you are going through a difficult time, KL.

[Einstein Noodle]

that's about it KL! well said! love the image of the wee one that has tennis balls for feet .. such vivid images of them bouncing every which way they can .. as a grand parent i can love it .. as a parent it can be so frustrating .. arrrrrgh! while in the midst of it i actually thought i was doing all the right things .. but when they launched i am like; " what in the world did i do right at all!??" ... in retrospect i can say honestly there is one thing i really did do right .. of course i did it so few times i can barely get past once .. and that is to grab the miscreant in my best hug .. and offer prayers up for us both .. amazing how such "big deals" shrivel ... ;)
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for taking the time.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

parenting could never be easy, even with a manual...and all we really want is for our kids to be normal.

jacob

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you. Yes.

[Jamestown]

Well it's not easy, that's for sure, and my friend Tate is right, no rule book.
with that being said I reference Ephesians 6:1-6:4 and go from there, thanks for sharing and
b-blessed.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for reading and reviewing

[redzone]

I always said my kids came out well, inspite of me. I think yours will too, as you have and it all happens sooooooo, better make that, tooo damn fast. But oh the fun!!! As we won't talk about the heartaches haha!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for reading. Nice to see you.

[Tate Morgan]

Parenting lol well it never comes with a rule book just problems But i like it

[Lyn Anderson]

101 not lol, thank you for stopping in.

[Rachelle]

For all those times I annoyed my parents.....:(

[Lyn Anderson]

To mine too. God bless them. Thank you.