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jhocking:
The main thing my parents learned from me is to have daughters.
0bsessions:
Parenting is a learn by doing sort of situation. No matter how many books you read or what kind of instincts you have, it's not an exact science. Typically parents will adjust certain nuances of their parenting and in some cases do things completely different with subsequent children. Subsequent children tend to be a bit easier on the parents as they've learned by doing with earlier children.
Darkbluerabbit:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 10 Mar 2008, 12:31 ---What sort of things do you mean by second and third kid lessons?
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I am the oldest of three, and my siblings are definitely treated differently than I was. As the first to hit high school, I was given a lot of rules that were pretty strict. For example, when I was fifteen years old my mom or dad went with me on my first dates, which was awkward as hell and a testament to my poor first boyfriend's patience. My parents have since relaxed a lot, and give my brother and sister more reasonable guidelines. My mom has actually apologized to me for being so overbearing, I was just the guinea pig when it came to childrearing in my family. This is also a good example of how parents don't always make the best decisions for their kids.
Siert:
~Right so some background I am 19 nearing the mighty 1/5 a century in the next few months. And over the past ocuple of years I've kept a tally out of sheer curiosity. this tally comprises of who I used to know in my earleir teens, who has kids.
The tally is up to 12 girls I know have kids, thats not including the guys, this is just the girls I knew who have had kids / are pregnant, one of which is onto their third already!
Another thing that makes me realise I am getting older is watching cartoons, I actually go out of my way to watch cartoons and sitcoms from the 1990s. While I watch cartoosn these days and go "they are too childish!" Dear me, that made me feel old. Granted I'm only 19 its kinda a shocker!
Amaroq:
Obsessions, I had to laugh at the assertion that the second and third kid tend to be a bit easier. I wouldn't know, in general, but my younger brother was apparently completely opposite from me, so my parents had the backwards effect: all the lessons they had "learned" from raising me, they had to un-learn when dealing with him.
Anecdotal, I'm sure, and doesn't prove or disprove anything.
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