Hw 58

Both our guest speakers we received in class gave us insights on what's it like being a parent. Our first guest speaker told us that she has three children, a child above 20, one about 19 and another about 14. As a parent who has a long experience, she said that at first, you question everything you do and view all possible consequence before doing anything to your first born child. But as the years develop, you gain experience on how to overcome problems and the best way to deal with them. Once she had her second and third child, she no longer worried as much or questions her ability as a mother. A parent with three child, she recognizes the major life-changing choices (smoking, playing games everyday, being friends with a bad child) and only then does she interfere with the child's life. She wants her children to become what they want to be, but a parent knows best, so she guides them to a better future.
Our second guest speaker just became a father. He carries necessities the child will need such as food, a change of clothes, diapers, and more. As a father caring for his first born child, he has already looked after his daughter with care. Not allowing anyone to touch the child because of fear of infection, and keeping the child of the ground, the father pays close attention to what his child is doing. His philosophy of parenting is the same as our first guest speaker, which is that he will allowing the child certain interest but will guide the child when needed.

We are children of children of children. Our parents take care of us as best as they can from their experience from their parents. Hand-me-down methods, techniques recommended from other parents, and scientific researches all to care for our child in hopes that they will become as healthy and successful as possible. Why do parents go through the stress to care for us? Because we represent them. Our parents are trying to create something, so they mold us in their ideal of success. By caring for us, we reflect their efforts. We reflect their success, their failures, their interest, strengths, weakness and more.
From knowing this, I can see why parents go through the effort of caring for us. Parents are people themselves, and they have gone through the worse of life. They stress over the things we shouldn't do, and by helping us avoid the bad things, they hope to steer us into a good path. But I don't believe that parents should tell their kids to avoid all the bad things in life, because it just makes them that much more addicting. I think kids should experience all the "hazardous to health" things, if only once. I think that parents should introduce their child to new things, to make their child not only more experience but understanding. If a child experience more new things, they have a greater understanding on what goes on in life, and enjoy the world in all its glory and wonder. In conclusion, parents should not be over protective.