Guys, I’ve gotta say James Bond had it right when he said never say never.
And at no point in my life is that more true than with parenting.
I’d never let my baby cry it out
I’d never give my baby a bottle
I’ll never have a hard time leaving them with a sitter
I’ll never let my kids play the recorder….
of course, it goes on….
My kid will neve have a cell phone
My kid will never sluff a class
My kid will never….
{get a girl pregnant, steal, do drugs, hit someone, etc….}
Of course, when we moved to Arizona I had SO many friends say, “oh, I’d never move there.”
I was dumbfounded. Was it my dream destination? No, but it did hold a job. A job we needed very much at the time (not to say that it’s really rude to say that, but I digress).
There is so much about parenting that can really throw you for a loop!
And I think we’re all just taking one situation at a time.
I swore, swore, swore we’d never get him a smart phone. But, he has one now, and his little brother will probably get one on his next birthday before high school.
And right now, I really feel that that’s the right decision.
What I do have to say is that I really think the majority of parenting is really based on that individual child.
And when you don’t have that individual child in front of you — you have no idea what you’d do!
So, now it’s your turn. What did you say you’d NEVER do — that you totally did. Time for true confessions — tell me in the comments!
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Danelle says
My children are all grown now, and I often hear new mothers say, “Oh I would NEVER do that!” I just chuckle to myself thinking, yes, you would. That old adage is true, “After 3 kids you let them juggle knives.” Okay, so I didn’t really let them juggle knives, but I do recall a few evenings of letting them play kick the can, with the neighbor kids…….in the middle of the street, and one night of ice cream for dinner (my oldest girl still mentions that as her favorite night ever!).
Hilary says
Yeah, sometimes the nevers are the best time!
Ashley says
Well I’m a nanny for 3 adorable kids. I always said I’d never be the babysitter that lets the kids sit in front of the tv the whole time I’m there. Well fast forward about 12-13 years, and I’m no longer only with the kids for 2 hours at a time, and I’m dealing with a currently almost-8-year old, recently-turned-5-year old and 1 1/2-year old sometimes the baby is fussy and I totally let the two older ones watch tv while I calm the baby. (Now this isn’t all the time, I certainly take the kids to the park or play board games, or make them do their chores.) I also said I would never hand a kid my smartphone to play games but sometimes the 8 year old is playing games on mom or dad’s phone so I indulge the 5 year old. (She’s a girly girl so the games she plays involve picking out an outfit or buying a clothing item for her character.) I always understood why mom was nervous the first couple times leaving the kids with me to an extent, but this past week she had to use someone new to babysit them so we could both attend a friend’s bachelorette party. And after being with these kids for 5 years, let me just say I understand it in a whole new way!!!! Haha
Hilary says
Haha! You sounds like a WONDERFUL nanny!