FAMILY AND EDUCATION

How the Role of Parents Evolves and Changes Overtime

It is evidential that mode of parenting half century ago is no longer what it is obtainable today, it continues to evolve and change overtime. Modern parenting has become so stressful, the demands to raise well-mannered and well-behaved children have made some parents to loose themselves bit by bit mentally. The long list of responsibilities that come with living in ultra-modern world, pressure from within and outside create unfathomable measure of responsibility. As parents continue to give their children the best upbringing they can get, children are stressed and struggle to live up to the potential expected of them. Both parents and children are finding it difficult to navigate through these changes as the pressure pile up.

Absence of required patience is slowing the process, parents want to see the results without putting much efforts, it is about staying committed to the process, embracing each step and having the right approach to navigate through that phase. Sometimes, parents become overly saturated trying to fix family responsibilities, that they lose hold of their grip. With social media and all that buzz, concerning upbringing, parents need to wait to see how their efforts manifest, rushing the process could alter the work already done. Intended parents need to be intentional about their decision and have a well-thought-out plan on how to go about this phase, its tedious nature is enough to cause burn out.

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Couples are leaning to the trend of no children in marriage, having children in marriage have been considered massively inconvenience, either ways there are people in support or against for various reasons. Children upbringing has become inbuilt stress that cannot be jettisoned. Children upbringing has created enough stress not to talk about couple’s expectations they have for each other, especially when it becomes difficult to share moment together after having kids, children tend to take substantial aspect of the time, and couples could no longer rejuvenate the bond that ignited their coming together as couple. In the course if trying to fix everything,  parents often drag their health in the mud and looking stressed all the time.

Parents get hard on themselves when they make parental mistakes or use words they shouldn’t use on their children, as important parenting job is, parents should not seek perfection, but rather seek improvements in the needed areas, it can come in a way of therapist, listening to parenting podcast or trusted group you can share your parental experiences. Talking about your kids struggles don’t mean that everything is wrong with them, it is way of easing your stress, and provided you with the need relieve and energy needed for parenting responsibilities. Times have changes, parents need to keep tap with steady development of their children and their response to everything they are taught.

Chukwuebuka Ogbu

Writer

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