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Meme: Five Reasons I Think I Am A Good Parent
Dunno who started this but I've been resisting and resisting, which is easy, and now I've caved in, which is harder. I'm even going to try to avoid answers like "because I'm deluded."
I am a good parent because:
1) I don't lie to my children.
2) I pay attention to my children's needs and desires, even when they don't vocalise them.
3) I do not expect my children to be adults. Nor do I expect them to be imbeciles. I expect them to be their own individual selves.
4) I trust my children.
5) I do my damnedest to make sure that the many decisions I have to make on their behalves, often against their wills, are well-informed decisions with their long-term best interests at heart.
I am a good parent because:
1) I don't lie to my children.
2) I pay attention to my children's needs and desires, even when they don't vocalise them.
3) I do not expect my children to be adults. Nor do I expect them to be imbeciles. I expect them to be their own individual selves.
4) I trust my children.
5) I do my damnedest to make sure that the many decisions I have to make on their behalves, often against their wills, are well-informed decisions with their long-term best interests at heart.