Parents: do we ever quit worrying? I worry alot,
@mytwo_daughters (2663)
United States
December 20, 2006 9:51am CST
are they watching too much t.v. are they sick? Am I a good mom? Am I helping enough in the school, Am I helping enough with school work? am I spending enough time with them? Am I giving them enough stuff to learn? Am I too lenient? Am I too much of a disciplinarian? Am I neurotic? Should I be neurotic? How about all you parents out there?
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
20 Dec 06
We are always going to worry about our children. Just some more than others do. Just try and teach them what you can. Take a deep breath and relax. Things will work out and you'll be happy with the way they turn out.
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@mytwo_daughters (2663)
• United States
21 Dec 06
Thanks for the great advice, and have a great holiday season!
@vivasuzi (4127)
• United States
5 Jan 07
You will never stop worrying. I'm 25, my sis 28, my bro in his 30s and my mom still warns all of us "drive safe b/c it's raining" or "don't you think you should just stay in, it's supposed to snow". Basically, you might feel like you are the odd parent being stressed about this, but based on my parents I can tell you that most never can let go. I guess that's a good thing to know they care so much, although I could sometimes use a break ;)
@ossie16d (11821)
• Australia
3 Jan 07
No, never which our children will say "oh parents" or something along those lines anyway. LOL
It doesn't matter how old they are, we still worry about them, where they are, what they are doing, if they are eating properly, if they are safe, if they are well and the list is endless let me assure you mytwo_daughters. When our son is overseas I worry but try not to, and so before his first big trip several years ago he taught me how to use the internet. Also set up a code so if we don't hear from him, I can tell he is okay and warned me that if he was going to be out of contact he would always still leave a message so I would know he was okay. AND (the big one) until he was "missing" with no message to us for 14 days, we weren't to panic. LOL
The great thing was that he phoned he from all over Europe every week or so just to let us know he was okay, so I wouldn't want the search party sent out to him. :)
So, no irrespective of the age, we will always worry about our children. All you can do is teach them right from wrong, how to look after themselves, make sure they can get from point A to point B, encourage them to be independant and above all make sure that they will confide in you and can talk to you about anything and everything. :)
That won't stop the worrying of course, but does make it a little easier to handle, or at least that is what I keep telling myself. LOL
