Monday, April 18, 2011

Parenting 101

I think my last post was about my last day at my old job. I transitioned from teaching 570 something children to 1 small child. It's easy when you only spend 45 minutes with the children, make them laugh, play games with them, but at this "new/old" job, I am with this 1 child almost 24/7.
I'm a full-time stay at home mother now. I work from whenever my son gets up until whenever he goes to sleep. And in between naps and that bedtime is when I work my second job as a sewer/crafter. Throw in being a wife too, I have three jobs.
Now don't get me wrong. I love having the priviledge of not having to work somewhere, but it does get a little tough sometimes. I sleep late, work harder, making sure everything at home is in order.
I thought to myself while I was still working, "I can train my son in the way he should go, just like what the bible says I should do, once I finish this job." Now how is that working out for us?
Well, I've had a couple of people say that my son is being "spoiled." He's very attached to me, even when I was working he has always been, but when I say that I don't understand why he's still attached when I'm with him all day, they say that he is spoiled.
That bothers me a lot. What should I do? What am I doing so wrong that people think of my son that way? God, please help!

~n

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