7 Challenges All Parents Face
5. Accepting he/she has a girlfriend/boyfriend
A mind boggling challenge a parent has to face is the fact that your son/daughter now has a girlfriend/boyfriend. You must think how you were like at his/her age, and accept things naturally and not make a big deal out of it. It is only natural that as a human being, your child will be attracted to the opposite sex. This stage of explaining about sex, responsibilities and other values and morals is very challenging for every parent.
6. Letting him/her leave home for higher studies/job
When your child secures admission in an institute or gets a job posting outside the city or country, everything begins to seem insuperable for a parent. But you must admit that going away from home and being on one’s own is no big deal and in fact, is a huge lesson in being responsible for oneself. You must therefore, let go and let your son/daughter live their lives, become responsible and be better human beings.
7. Your child’s marriage
Another challenging moment in parents’ lives is the marriage of their kids who are no longer kids, but adults! When it is the time of your child’s marriage, it is a tremendous mental metamorphosis for a parent as much as it is for the person getting married. The very acceptance that your child is now going to have a life of his/her own, and along with it the realization that he/she would no longer consider his/her parents as their sole folks in life, is something that is too challenging for some parents.
Parenting is difficult and given the several challenges it has, parenting apparently appears too hard a task, but consider this: even you had parents and they did it well; therefore, so will you!
