by Helen Tay

Created on: June 19, 2009

What is a family without children? Having children in a family is like having your hearts rolling out in front of you. We raised children up to have their company, to enjoy their smiles and most of all to call them our own. We love our children for being a part of us as well as being there for us as we are for them.

When we decide to have kids, with it comes a life long responsibility to these children that we call our sons and daughters. Children come in different stages, babies, toddlers, school going kids, teenagers, young adults and then adults having families of their own. With each stage of their lives, we find that as parents we are also learning to be good parents to the best of our abilities. We nurture them and care for them with the wish that they will grow up big and strong. Once they are able to be on their own, our greatest wish is for them to find their own happiness and contribute back to society.

Parents are ready to look after their children and spend time with them as each phase of the child's life, there is different type of interaction and in their own way, provide lots of joy for their parents. Time spent talking with the child can be very heart warming and also sometimes nerve racking if the child does not behave in the way the child is expected to behave. Parents guide their children with values and help their children become independent both in life skills as well as being able to make decisions for themselves so that once they are old enough to live on their own when they are studying or working.

The joys we get from children are the love and warmth they give back to us when we care and love them. This joy supersedes the pain and stress we have in bringing them up. Basically, life is about relationships and the circle of life continues when we have children of our own. We have lived a life when we have loved and when we have the privilege of being a parent to a child. It is not so much of the legacy we leave behind but more of memories our children have of us when we are no longer living on this earth we call home. A smile from our child warms our heart and when the child is happy and contented, so are the parents. Children are blessings from above and it is our privilege to care and love them when they are with us. Each phase of a child's life brings with it different challenges and joys and with them in our lives, we can say we have truly lived.

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