24 Ways to Be the Happiest and Greatest Parent-A Counterintuitive List
You’ve all heard the airplane metaphor about parents putting their oxygen masks on first before helping their child. It’s a cliche for a reason because parenting can in fact suck the oxygen from you and you absolutely do need to take care of yourself first.
Parents, especially moms, aren’t always the best at taking this advice, but I’m here today to tell you if you are happy and fulfilled, your family is much more likely to follow suit. This list of 24 ways to make you a happy and great parent- parenting advice may feel a bit counterintuitive, but eventually, if you take it to heart, it will become intuitive. The best part is your happiness will attract more happiness and your family life will become more blissful.
We all know parenting is both the hardest and the most rewarding job you will ever have and it’s also a 24-hour gig that never ends. Even when your kids move out, they still keep us up at night because they will forever be at the top of our minds and in our hearts. Raising kids to be physically and mentally healthy, happy, productive, kind, motivated, helpful, self-possessed, intellectually curious, philanthropic, active, adventurous, financially capable, and the list can go on and on…is truly a Herculean feat. We also want to encourage our kids to have grit, be creative, think outside the…
