Now I had to touch this subject this week. This is a touchy subject, and I hate talking about parenting and how others parent their kids. However, I needed to put this out there and talk about my beliefs and opinon on this subject... and maybe some of you can relate and give me some insight...
I have a friends with kids and we all parent our kids differently and I had to speak on a topic that comes up frequently when I am around a praticular friend that has more then one child.... and that is my child is spoil... and I take offense to that.
See she might look into my life and see that my kid gets a lot of stuff compare to her kids. But there is a reason to that, I only have one compare to the 5 she has... So this means my daughter has more options. For example,when Karen's kids get up she is likely to make one breakfast for all of them... but when K gets up I talior to her... I make her what she wants to eat because she is the only one I have to cook for.
She is the only child. She is the only niece, granddaughter, and grandniece and so on. She does get a lot of things. And she has always been the center of attention, and over the past year she has been treated differently. But her big ticket items are stuff she has gotten for her birthday,Christmas, and hand me downs.That plays a big part in what items she gets. But she has always had to do chores for everything she wants like games for her 3DS, movies, dolls etc... I do try to put myself in my friend's shoes. We make the same amount of money and we are both single parents. I couldn't imagine how things would be different because I would have four other kids that I would have to take care of. How I would try to simplifiy my mornings. How my way I look at things would be different. But at the same time I respect her and her for all that she does. I have one kid and sometimes I want to pull out hair. I can not imagine how she does it everyday.In the end, I feel like we are both great parents that she is someone that I admire and cherish our close friendship.
Maybe you guys to share your thoughts on this? Am I wrong?
