Posted by Virginia Dawn on 19:56 Jul 25
dh has told me I haven't been getting enough sleep lately. :-)
I have a hard time going to bed when one of my brood is still out, even if she is 20yo and toting her child around with her.
Katherine's article has hit me in the heart tonight, I haven't gone to the extremes the author has but it doesn't seem to matter. The fact is I have not placed enough value on nuturing relationships instead of forms. The last 8 months have been a journey to a new way of looking at life as a Christian parent. Everyday there are things I thought I knew how to handle that I have to rethink. I have been brought to this point in my life kicking in protest and still have trouble with resentment because my own dreams for my life have been shattered.
In consequence my children are now reading books, watching shows, and listening to music that I never thought I would allow. And I am now trying to find a better way to parent than authoritarianism. It is not having the negative impact I thought it would, on the contrary.
Dh was always more "permissive and lenient" than I. But I think he has a lot to teach me about nuturing relationships with our children, and after 25 years of marriage I'm finally beginning to understand.
Thanks Katherine, I've saved the article and plan to read it again.
Good night all. Sweet dreams.