Parenting Discussions

It’s been interesting. I’ve been on a work trip for the past few days and had some conversations with the others about having kids and families growing up and all.

One of my staff is a single mom with a 9 year old daughter. She’s able to handle the travel by hiring her mom to look after her daughter or getting the father to take her for those days. It’s not ideal but at least she’s able to work and still know that her daughter is being cared for by people she knows and trusts.

It makes me realize that what I’m worried about isn’t such a big problem compared to what others are facing. There’s going to be two of us, both able to earn good salaries so we’re not going to be too stressed about finances. She doesn’t travel for work but has shifts, and though I have to travel once in a while it’s not like I’m away for weeks at a time. What it boils down to is that we’re stable and self-sufficient and we’re home most of the time. Sure, we’d all like to be able to win the lottery and work as we like, when we like but that isn’t reality.

The other discussions have been about how to raise a child and what constitutes a good parent. And there again I think we’re in good stead. We both share similar values and will be raising our child to have respect for others and good manners. We will do our best not to spoil and coddle little Peach but give Peach the opportunities and education to be a responsible and self-reliant person. Everything else is just detail.