Are you a good parent?

[ramseycat]

I was a tough love bitch. I never believed in spoiling my kids.

No surprises there. I wasn't tired, I was exhausted. Big difference. Let's see you roll out of bed at 5.30am in the freezing of winter and deal what I had to deal with all day. I am a bloody saint and you can't handle it.

Are you kidding me? I get up at 5:30 everyday. I have been a single mom of two boys for 10 years with pretty much no help from their father. I own my home so in addition to working, taking care of the kids, I had all the inside and outside work to do. I took my boy to scouts, baseball, basketball, TKD, and football. When Thing 2 played football I sat at his practice 4 nights a week for two hours for 5 weeks until school started. AFTER working all day. In the heat. Exhausted doesn't even begin to describe how tired I was. I'm sure most parents here would do or have done the same things. Unfortunately, we don't get a medal for doing what most if us loved doing for our children.

I'm not sure how old your daughter is Aussie, but it gets easier when they get older. You will still attend their events and such, but at least they can help around the house and are more self sufficient.