Parenting

I was happy that we discussed parenting this week. When I was younger, I would read my mom's parenting books. They fascinated me. Anyway, we watched several short videos about how to parent your teenagers. Active parenting instead of permissive or authoritative parenting. At first I kind of laughed at the videos. The teenagers in the videos seemed a little fake and the parents did somewhat as well. But the more I watched them, the more I realized how true they were. I hope to be a really good parent someday. I know I won't be perfect, but I will work on being the very best parent I can be.  I really enjoyed our discussion in class today about how everyone needs to be touched. I remember as a little girl my mother having to chase me to give me a hug sometimes but I still liked to be held and cuddled especially when I was upset. My parents showed me alot of love and affection. I would consider myself to be a huggy person. It's one way that I show people I love and care about them.