tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710876811793564888.post6294088809387938937..comments2023-04-14T09:39:07.233-05:00Comments on Taulman Times: Rick Rocks ~ Because He Provides Me With PerspectiveNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053965057224582328noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710876811793564888.post-15611840957253097922009-09-18T14:19:59.698-05:002009-09-18T14:19:59.698-05:00Wow! What a guy!Wow! What a guy!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595549057172510815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710876811793564888.post-35267217695996495562009-09-18T13:11:06.265-05:002009-09-18T13:11:06.265-05:00U are one of the best moms I have ever ever known....U are one of the best moms I have ever ever known...don't ever doubt it. I have always admired you as a mom and you make me strive to love my kids more and be a better mom!!! YOu have great kids!!!Steph T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05273612155848919881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4710876811793564888.post-17610351007563752862009-09-18T13:00:12.639-05:002009-09-18T13:00:12.639-05:00Hi Nicole. It's been a little while since I...Hi Nicole. It's been a little while since I've visited. Thanks for the follow on Family Fountain. The picture was small enough that I didn't know it was you at first! Your links didn't show up when I clicked on your picture. But, I tried again today and it opened up! Thanks.<br /><br />I think a lot of us parents second guess ourselves. When our kids have a hard time, get hurt, make a bad decision, we wonder if we have failed. The answer generally is "no." Those kinds of situations are just the stuff of life. A good parent sticks in there with their kids and helps them reason through the situation, figure out what's going on and work through it. From what I've read on your blog before, that is what you try to do. That is good parenting.<br /><br />Good parenting isn't about preventing our kids from experiencing the blows of life; it is helping them process those blows, recover from them, and move on. Good parenting also isn't running to the rescue to lift them from the mess they may in; it is helping them think through it so they can develop the strength climbing out.<br /><br />I am writing two articles now, one on Parenting Failures another on Parenting Disappointments. Every parent has disappointments and even some failures, but having some parenting failures does not make us a Parenting Failure; it just makes us human! Parenting failures are when we just don't care, don't teach and don't train. Ironically, Parenting Failures don't think they are that b/c they don't think about it and don't care!<br /><br />Parenting Disappointments are experienced by every parent that cares and tries. They wish they could have done better, spent more time, taught a little more. We all have them, can't avoid it. And that's ok. Realize the difference though between the disappointments and failures! Many parents beat themselves up over disappointments b/c they think they are failures, when really they aren't.<br /><br />Your husband is right! From what I've read on your blog you are a caring mom!<br /><br />Sorry if I've gone on too long! Take care.<br /><br />wbWarren Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956713921509659993noreply@blogger.com