See this sweet face? Well, yes, Elizabeth is sweet, and smart, and funny, and very loving. She is an incredible, awesome little girl, she's my little girl and I love her with all my heart. However...there are times when her sassiness (omg the sassiness!!) can really push my buttons. I really, really try to take it in stride when she talks back, or says not very nice things to me when I've told her "no." But sometimes it's hard. I question myself a lot- am I too hard on her? Am I spoiling her? I know they say that all kids want and need limits. And of course I know that's true. But sometimes the reaction I get from E when I do set a limit makes me feel like I'm the meanest person on earth. Gah! Sometimes being a parent feels like you don't do anything right!
Coincidentally, a flyer came home the other day from E's school about a free parenting class being offered next month. Yeah, I'll be signing up. The days of my thinking I was going to be the perfect parent are loooong gone....:)
And just some gratuitous cuteness... E with her buddy W in back of our apt complex.
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No such thing as the perfect parent (or anything else for that matter!). You're doing a great job and you show up every day fighting the good fight. That's all you can ask of yourself.
BTW, I keep voting every day for your blog and your vote count keeps going down!? What are the rules of the site and what's going on with your count?
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