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Always
by V R Rutledge
Created on: June 30, 2008
The question Are parents always parents is redundant. Certainly there will come a time when the children
by Mel Bergen
Created on: July 02, 2007 Last Updated: June 19, 2008
Being a parent involves more than discipline and allowances. Parenting requires that you provide love
by David Duncan
Created on: December 22, 2007 Last Updated: October 07, 2010
I believe parents are always "parents." It should only be the boundary of nurturing and guidance we
Created on: June 09, 2009 Last Updated: June 11, 2009
From the moment your child comes into this world, until the day you breathe your last breath, you are
by Jan Beukes
Created on: October 07, 2009
Yes, parents are always parents. Even whilst going through the process of 'letting go,' they are still
Created on: June 30, 2009 Last Updated: August 14, 2009
Bluntly stated, parenthood is a lifetime job. Unlike many other jobs that we might have throughout
Created on: May 15, 2008 Last Updated: December 03, 2008
When you hear the wail of your child entering this world your life changes. You are no longer the person
Created on: October 03, 2009
If you have a child, through blood, adoption or marriage, a life long bond is made. This doesn't end
by Stephen Bate
Created on: February 29, 2008
Once a parent, always a parent. That is my firm belief.
From the very moment that your first child is
by Viv Corridor
Created on: June 26, 2007
Becoming a parent permanently realigns your primary purpose in life. Your life is no longer about you
Created on: June 10, 2007
Parents are always parents, but the role of parents changes as children age. Being a parent to a four-year-old
by Memee
Created on: April 18, 2008
I am a Mother to three adult children. Regardless of where life takes them, I will always be their Mother.
by Ron Lester
Created on: September 27, 2007
Once a parent, always a parent. There is no turning back, once a couple has conceived their first child.
Created on: September 06, 2009
Every parent has joked about the day their child turns eighteen and is no longer their responsibility,
by Petra Newman
Created on: September 27, 2007 Last Updated: August 30, 2010
From the time you bring that bundle of joy home, you're a parent for life.
It's a big responsibility,
Created on: December 19, 2007 Last Updated: February 05, 2009
My very loving, eighty-eight year old mother-in-law is the parent of two sons, aged sixty-one and sixty-six.
by Todd Pheifer
Created on: April 11, 2008
The issue of being a parent has biological ramifications as well as relational. In other words, there
Created on: August 10, 2007
Once a parent, always a parent. The biological connection is there for a lifetime. The difference is
Created on: October 23, 2008 Last Updated: October 28, 2008
Parents are parents for the duration of time. From the very moment a women learns of the miracle growing
Created on: September 07, 2008
The question being asked is not singular but in fact is two questions each requiring a response in and
Let go
by Buckytat
Created on: July 08, 2010
C. Everett Koop once said “Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than
Created on: July 01, 2008 Last Updated: July 06, 2008
"I'm moving out next week," announced our son. At twenty-six, it was overdue. He had finished high school
Created on: December 07, 2007
Our goal as parents is to raise our children to be independent human beings. We want them to be able
Created on: February 05, 2009 Last Updated: February 06, 2009
There is a time in everyone's life where something inside of you wants to reach new boundaries. It is
Created on: June 28, 2007
There comes a time in every parent-child relationship when the apron strings must be cut. It is always
by R Shimoda
Created on: February 07, 2009
Oh no, kids should always live with their parents...like the Waltons. Isn't that every parent's dream?
Created on: April 08, 2010
Letting go of our children as they grow
Of course we will always be our children’s parent. This
Created on: February 05, 2009
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs
Created on: April 17, 2008
It is commonly accepted that government is responsible for meeting a citizen's basic needs; food, water,
by Joseph Wardy
Created on: October 24, 2010 Last Updated: October 26, 2010
As a parent of two grown up children, parents are always parents but the type of parenting changes as
by Jane Prinsep
Created on: September 04, 2009 Last Updated: September 30, 2009
In the last two and a half years, my eyes have been suddenly, and unexpectedly, prised open as to what
by Pam Hilts
Created on: September 15, 2007
All good parents work themselves out of a job. The debate begins when we consider how to best do that.
by Suzy kew
Created on: October 07, 2010
The most important and rewarding role you will ever play in your life is that of being a parent. You
by Marella
Created on: September 03, 2009
Parents are meant to discipline, support, and provide for their children. They are the ones who put
by Karima King
Created on: July 09, 2007
Being a child of extremely over-protective parents, I have to say that there comes a point when a parent
Created on: July 11, 2007
Children are a blessed gift from God. They are only on loan to us for a very short and precious time
Created on: February 21, 2009
LETTING THEM GO
Parents have responsibilities, but ask yourself: Do you want to raise a child or would
Created on: June 21, 2007
As a Mother of 4 children, 3 grown 1 almost there. I have been see the spectrum of child rearing.
I
Created on: December 15, 2008
Any relationship between two or more people is a product of the interaction between their individual
by T S Campbell
Created on: July 12, 2007
I describe the "process" of parenting like the process of helping your child learn to ride a bike. In