The number one rule of good parenting: patience. It is trendy for kids to act like they hate their parents, but if you are patient enough to muscle through those years you will be thanked. The most important thing to remember is that they will always love you, and that they know you will always love them. Whether you tell them every day or once in their life, your kids understand this unconditionally.
Give them space, but don't let them walk all over you. Discipline is hard but necessary. Try to be as understanding as possible, but know that solid ground rules must be set. The main role of a parent is to keep their children safe, so safety must be at the forefront of any decisions you make. That being said, let kids be kids.
Whether you fit the description or not, you are being seen as the perfect example of an adult. The decisions you make and the actions you take have an effect on every moral trait of your offspring. You have a huge responsibility on your shoulders, so act responsibly.
You have been entrusted with this delicate, new soul encased in a tiny human, and you must love and nurture and mold it into a wonderful human being with its own stories and opinions and ideas. Though your job never ends, the day your child greets you as a friend is the day you have succeeded.
Love, a daughter
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