Ep 19 - Our Favorite Quote on Parenting
In This Episode:
Adulting is getting a bad name but it shouldn't be that way. One of the most important parts of parenting is your ongoing self-education. This is great news because it aligns your personal goals and life satisfaction with what is best for your whole family.
"Children know the day will come when it’s up to them to live alone and pay the bills. What they also know is that their independence can mean all kinds of delicious opportunities for adventure. Or not. You’re their chief role model for adulthood. When they look at you, what do they see? Do they see an adult who makes adulthood look awesome? Or do they see adulthood as a painful sacrifice filled with endless responsibilities and little pleasure?
"Because our kids are with us all the time, how we live our adult lives is even more critical to how they envision their futures. Do you relish your adult life? Or is it on hold until your kids are grown? Are you stretching yourself to have new experiences, learning for its own sake, talking about books and movies, exploring new places without your kids? If you have a paying job, do you share about it with pride or complain about it as tedious and stressful? Some kids resist growing up simply because adulthood on display holds no magic for them—only weary responsibility.
"One important part of parenting, then, needs to be your ongoing self-education that maximizes the opportunities and privileges of being an adult. Make adulthood look awesome and watch your children aspire to great things. In fact, your strongest gift to your teens is taking real pleasure in your skills, talents and opportunities, not theirs.”
— Julie Bogart, The Brave Learner
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