Parenting is a unique experience for every family because every parent has different strengths and weaknesses and every child has their own, often unpredictable, will.

Every once in a while the judgmental parents and/or non parents show up in the comments section on this sub and the one thing they collectively lack understanding of is that parenting and children are not cookie cutter.Take any other job in the world and make everyone attempt to master it. Would anyone in their right mind expect every person to master it at the same speed, show the same exact strengths or aptitude for it, and that everyone will have the exact same experience with this experiment? Of course not. Because empathetic, self aware people understand that everyone is different.Parenting is no different. Every parent enters this journey with varying levels of knowledge, different familial backgrounds and experiences, and different values and expectations. On top of that, every child is different. It’s nature vs nurture, not nurture over nature. We can do a lot to help shape our children and their behavior, but they are individuals with wills of their own. We parents are incapable of controlling everything they do. Nor are we perfect in how we address every challenge.So please, let’s drop the pitch forks and agree that there are many roads that lead to success, and what worked for you may not work for someone else. None of us are all knowing parenting gurus who’ve done everything perfectly right from the beginning. Reserve your judgment for parents that actually abuse their children, not for parents who are doing their very best. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2Jt11h0