Parenting, As Important As Any Profession

Before I taught parenting classes, people used to ask me at parties “what do you do” and I would reply “I’m a stay at home mom.” at which point they would turn to find someone else who would surely be more interesting to talk to than I.

So instead, I began to say “I’m a professional mother.”

Boy did that get their attention.

“What do you mean?” they’d ask.

“I am responsible for the emotional, spiritual, physical and mental well being and development of a human being,” I’d reply. Then there ensued a very interesting conversation.

Many people trained to do a job need a license to certify their competence. Truck driver, sanitation worker, physical therapist, message therapist but no one requires training or a license to be a mother or father.

Instead, most of us raise our children by accident and instinct with most of us either following in our parents footsteps or going against them.

We rarely look at raising our children the way a professional might look at their jobs, even though helping our children grow is often more challenging than most professions and far more rewarding.

What Would It Be Like To Parent As If It’s Our Profession?

But before we can do that we must take a good look at the most important factor in determing your child's future success or failure.

All of this is explained in the article titled What Is My Job As A Parent?