5 of the Hardest Things Parents Face: How to Handle the Most Challenging Parenting Issues

Watching my child struggle without stepping in to “fix” things for him was one of the hardest things I’ve personally experienced as a mum, even though I knew it was the best thing for him. And the truth is, from the very beginning, being a mother is a balance of taking care of your children while letting them grow up and learn from their mistakes. Your role of simply loving and protecting your baby from pain and discomfort changes to one of accepting that your child or teen will need to experience natural consequences for his or her actions. The hard part (for them and for us) is that these consequences almost always include some discomfort, disappointment or pain.

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Mrs Annie Williams, College Counsellor