20 YEARS OF PARENTING WISDOM

As ‘Jill Rigby’ says in her book, the first 20 years of parenting is a phase of learning for parents and children.Here are the tips she gives…which will help you to pull through.

1st year-I won’t die from sleep deprivation.
2nd year-Tomorrow will be a better day.
3rd year-I can run faster than my child.
4th year-When I say no, only once with conviction, I win every time.
5th year-God gave children to parents, not parents to children.
6th year-Mom and Dad, not the children, set the rules.
7th year-If I listen with my eyes my children listen to me.
8th year-I really do need help in the kitchen with every meal.
9th year-I’m not perfect, so I cannot possibly raise perfect children.
lOth year-My children will handle stress the same way I do.
11th year-My children mimic what I do, not what I say.

12th year-Boundaries keep pests out and my children in.
13th year-1 encourage the best, praise the accomplishments, and forgive the mistakes.
I4th year-My children will gain wisdom from their failures.
15th year-l am a capable, intelligent human being, no matter what my children think.
16th year-Maybe it is time for a cell phone.
17th year-l won’t die from sleep deprivation during this stage either.
18th year-l cannot expect more of my almost adult than I do of myself.
19th year-I have to listen more, preach less.
20th year-It’s time to let go with confident hope (and lots of prayer).

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