Friday, January 9, 2009

What kind of parent will I (we) be?

Scott and I spend a lot of time talking about what type of parents we want to be.  We've reviewed what we liked and didn't like about our upbringings and talk endlessly about the things that we value in raising children.  We have lots of big ideas about how to raise children - the ways that we will discipline them, the things that we will do them, how we will structure their daily routines, etc. etc.  For the very most part, Scott and I are on the same page regarding our ideas on parenting (thank goodness!).  However, I'm super curious to see what will actually happen once we have the child. How will our parenting styles mesh?  How different will our parenting be than how we currently plan it to be?  How will the personality of our child affect our parenting?  I know that my job in mental health can be incredibly challenging some days but I imagine that parenting will (on occasion) be the most challenging thing that I have ever done.  I'm super excited to see how Scott and I will do as parents and I'm looking forward to seeing how it will all unfold.  

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