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Parenting, Surfing and Gender Identity

Now that summer is on the horizon, and since I've been learning to surf, I found this article intriguing:

How Parenting Is Like Surfing
Parenting young children can feel a lot like surfing: One moment we’re in calm waters, enjoying a harmonious moment with our kids; the next we’re in a riptide, where a preschooler’s meltdown pulls the whole family momentarily out to sea. We have to be nimble, keep our knees bent, and expect the unexpected as we shift between our many roles of monitoring, teaching, enforcing, comforting, playing...

More to consider this summer:
When Do Children Develop Their Gender Identity 
So, how do children come to understand gender? ... Around that time, they become motivated to relate to other members of their group and ...

Enjoy your summer!  See you in the fall! 





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Darren Snyder said…
Parenting is the most important phase of anyone's life. If you're the father or mother; you both have equal responsibility to nurture your children as best as possible. Yeah, it's full of ups and downs, but you need to flow by the direction of the breeze. You have to enjoy each and every moment of that--may it be a irritating moment or a happy moment. Normally, babies irritate us a lot. But these little things become sweet after they grow up.
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