Comments on: Parenting And Unhappiness http://www.honeysmoke.com/5719/parenting-and-unhappiness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=parenting-and-unhappiness Race. Culture. Life. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:37:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Melissa http://www.honeysmoke.com/5719/parenting-and-unhappiness/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Melissa Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:35:42 +0000 http://www.honeysmoke.com/?p=5719#comment-1105 I don't think one can ever be entirely prepared for being a parent. There are just too many variations of it to even begin to know what to expect. I always have to laugh when people who (pre-parenthood) adamantly claim that "no child of mine will ever _____ (fill in the blank), because often once they have kids, that is exactly what their child does. As for a parenting personality, age and experience has taught me that being a parent is such a life changing event that it also can have similar effect on a woman's (or man's) basic personality too. I've known some very self-involved girls who have made complete turn-arounds and become wonderful, selfless mothers. I also think "happiness" is a relative term. Maybe parents don't get to party and travel like they did when they were single, but they do get to snuggle with and enjoy the giggles of a little child of their very own. No comparison, in my book. I don’t think one can ever be entirely prepared for being a parent. There are just too many variations of it to even begin to know what to expect. I always have to laugh when people who (pre-parenthood) adamantly claim that “no child of mine will ever _____ (fill in the blank), because often once they have kids, that is exactly what their child does.

As for a parenting personality, age and experience has taught me that being a parent is such a life changing event that it also can have similar effect on a woman’s (or man’s) basic personality too. I’ve known some very self-involved girls who have made complete turn-arounds and become wonderful, selfless mothers.

I also think “happiness” is a relative term. Maybe parents don’t get to party and travel like they did when they were single, but they do get to snuggle with and enjoy the giggles of a little child of their very own. No comparison, in my book.

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