009: Why Is Parenting So Hard?

Why Is Parenting So Hard? No really… Why?   We may give different explanations… Some of them are part of stories we recycle among ourselves — like the one that says “it’s because kids are kids” (whatever that means) and that “dealing with kids is hard” (ok, but why?)….   These reasons may sound appealing and completely justified, but they are secondary to the true reasons, which lie much deeper.    The true reasons have to do with ourselves.    Even though this may not sound very uplifting, I promise you, that getting in touch with true reasons and knowing that all of them are in our control — is truly empowering. They may require some work, but this work is not harder than the parenting itself and is truly worth it.   This week, I only have time to review each of the four ways in which we — unknowingly — make our own parenting difficult. But in the future episodes, we will explore each one of them separately and talk about specific tools to help you work through them.   So dive into Episode 009, as we discuss how the following things make the parenting experience difficult:- our expectations about parenting and children - lack of confidence in ourselves - not understanding our own emotional life - misunderstanding the parenting role     Host: Julia Pappas, Psychologist & Parent Coach