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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 357824" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I think we all have guilt and wonder where we went wrong and why things came out the way it did. I know there was some internet email thing going around awhile ago...and probably is still going around...that said something (and Im paraphrasing here) about how God had a hard time raising Adam and Eve so if He couldnt manage to raise perfect kids, how could we be expected to? LOL. </p><p></p><p>I was talking to Star the other day about something related to this subject. Kind of how when we were younger and raising our kids we were so busy just raising them that we probably did make mistakes and we did fall into the traps of not stopping to smell the flowers with them. Thats life. We were talking about how we see where a parent could take the time for just letting a kid be a kid. Well its so much easier for me to do that with my grandchildren because I am not the parent. I can have the fun. We can stop the car and go pick flowers or investigate airplanes. We can stop in the grocery store for her to carry her own bag. When my kids were young, I was in too big a hurry to get them home and to school or to do homework or to sports or or or.</p><p></p><p>Its so different. I wish it wasnt. Its like I get a do over. Im glad. Im glad my grandchildren have both parents and grandparents that can be both to them. I think that will help them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 357824, member: 1514"] I think we all have guilt and wonder where we went wrong and why things came out the way it did. I know there was some internet email thing going around awhile ago...and probably is still going around...that said something (and Im paraphrasing here) about how God had a hard time raising Adam and Eve so if He couldnt manage to raise perfect kids, how could we be expected to? LOL. I was talking to Star the other day about something related to this subject. Kind of how when we were younger and raising our kids we were so busy just raising them that we probably did make mistakes and we did fall into the traps of not stopping to smell the flowers with them. Thats life. We were talking about how we see where a parent could take the time for just letting a kid be a kid. Well its so much easier for me to do that with my grandchildren because I am not the parent. I can have the fun. We can stop the car and go pick flowers or investigate airplanes. We can stop in the grocery store for her to carry her own bag. When my kids were young, I was in too big a hurry to get them home and to school or to do homework or to sports or or or. Its so different. I wish it wasnt. Its like I get a do over. Im glad. Im glad my grandchildren have both parents and grandparents that can be both to them. I think that will help them. [/QUOTE]
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