Page 8 - Perfect Parents, Perfect Children, and Other Fairy Tales

happen, words are misconstrued, and problems
arise. All we can do is do our best and try not to

take offense so easily ourselves. We can realize that
everyone is working hard at this thing called life.

As we live together in families, there are many
different personalities in the home. Children are not
miniatures of us. They have their own opinions,

thought processes, and needs. As parents, we try to
fill those needs as much as we can. We try to be
available for our children and teach them and train

them. We feed them, clothe them, teach them
responsibility, and give them talents and
opportunities.

But we will make mistakes. And that’s okay.

Because if we aren’t making mistakes sometimes, it
would mean that we aren’t involved in our
children’s lives.

In 10 Secrets Wise Parents Know, by Brent L. Top
and Bruce A. Chadwick, we read, “Much has been

said about quality time versus quantity time. It is a
discussion that only adults and busy parents have.
Children usually don’t make distinctions. To them,

quantity time is quality time. There can be no
quality without a considerable measure of quantity.

To think that sporadic, intense interaction can make
up for long periods of limited personal contact or
even neglect is ludicrous.”

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