Parenthood and Modern day Parenting Challenges

In today's world, when in many families both parents work and sometimes even juggle between two or more jobs, it seems that bringing up children, spending quality time with them and even see them grow through different phases of their lives is becoming a little difficult. However, it may not be as difficult as some parents or parents-to-be might anticipate it to be. No matter how challenging parenthood might appear to be at times, we all would agree that very few individuals in our lives give us the sense of belonging, the sense of being loved and looked up to and among those individuals are our very own flesh and blood; our children!

They give us the feeling no body else can ever give. Children look upto us their care-givers, protectors, providers and role models. They depend on us in every possible way and its near to impossible to resist their "oh so cute" look when they look up to us after doing something naughty and cheeky. We love them, care for them, provide for them and would do almost anything to protect them from harm and mis-happenings. We see a part of ourselves in our children. They are gifts of nature solely for us (their parents) and no one (except nature itself) can take this feeling away from us.

The journey of parenthood is, however, not as smooth and free of problems as we would like it to be. The everyday hassles and challenges keep popping up from time to time. In modern times it might appear to be a little more difficult when we all are trying to keep up with the fast pace of the world. We might struggle with our time, with getting organized, putting the baby to sleep and be patient with the family and friends when they do not agree with our parenting strategies.

It is normal for difficulties to appear in any normal household. Sometimes the baby does not want to eat, he/she starts throwing tantrums in the middle of a shopping trip or in the car when we are on our way home, the toddler is not ready to sleep and is persistent to watch TV even in the middle of the night when we have to get up early for the job, the pre-schooler has been bullied at the childcare centre or an outdoor trip or an invitation to a party had to be cancelled because the baby unexpectedly has an upset stomach.

Sometimes we manage to make it through these everyday challenges without loosing our nerves but in some situations we just cannot take it anymore or just simply panic due to the over-whelming nature of the situation like when you and your husband both forgot to pick up your toddler from the day-care centre. You might only be 15 to 20 minutes late but the situation may cause you to panic especially when its difficult to leave the office or job or the boss has been annoyed for some reason or you were just having a bad day.

Similarly, we can loose our nerves if we have been trying to put the baby to sleep but all she can do is cry or fuss about and our partner is getting cranky too. At other times, we can have difficulty in convincing our family members and even our partner that our parenting ways are correct. We sometimes need to open up books and encyclopaedias to convince them. Like, wanting to breast feeding our infant till the age of two or trying to explain that attachment parenting is good for the infant and the whole family. At such times we wish we could communicate with someone who would empathize with us for a change.

At other times, we wish that other parents who have experienced such circumstances and have come out successfully, would share their suggestions and opinions with others and you could read their advice, their tips and tricks and use them if you wanted to in your own lives. "Parenting Advice" aims to provide advice on different challenging aspects of parenthood, on how to put that ever-energetic toddler to bed, how to get your baby to eat something, how to stop or prevent your baby from wailing on every shopping trip and how to handle those bullies who have made your child's life difficult at a creche or school.

In addition to these everyday challenges, some parents are confronted with even bigger problems when their child or children have additional physical or mental difficulties. These may be minor learning/developmental delays or behaviour problems or more serious physical or mental challenges like Down's Syndrome, physical problems, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder etc. Parents in such situations are under additional stress and tension. They can receive help from specialized institutions and most importantly considerate family and friends.

Parenting Advice will also try to help parents by providing assistance in making sensible choices with regards to choosing the right things for themselves and their children. Parenting Advice will attempt to gather useful resources (including websites, books, articles products information etc.) for parents and all other readers. It will help you save time and energy.

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