Once you've raised a child to adulthood, you can only be as demanding as your offspring allow.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent.
Having children truly ends adolescence. We are all either parents or children: responsibility-takers or those who demand from others.
I'm not a parent, but it seems to me the nature of parenting is contingent, full of unexpected challenges - which is one of the wonderful and amazing things about it.
You can't be a parent and say, 'I need you to be more active and I need you to eat right,' when you're still choosing to have poor eating habits.
It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.
Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.
The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.
Thousands of years of human history have shown that the ideal setting for children to grow up is with a mother and a father committed to one another, living together, and sharing the responsibility of raising their children.
Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it's also a parent's worst nightmare: That they won't need you. It's like the real tragedy of parenting.
The only thing an adult can give a child is time.