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Parenting
Can Be Hazardous to Your Health.
Someone has said that when children are little, they
step all over your feet, and when they are older, they step all over your
heart. The rigors of raising children can be extremely draining,
physically, emotionally, and financially. By the time children reach young
adulthood, many parents feel depleted. Parenting can be hazardous to your
health.
One father said, "I thought that by this time
we would be living on easy street, enjoying the fruit of our labors.
Instead, we have spent all of our retirement funds on lawyers, trying to
keep our son out of jail. Now we've sold our house and moved to a smaller
place, to reduce our monthly bills. If anything else happens, I don't know
what we will do.
Let me predict: Something else will happen. Parents
must learn to preserve their own well being or they will soon find
themselves depleted. Worst of all, they may find their marriage
relationship in serious trouble. One clue: talk to each other before you
take steps to help your children. Two minds are always better than one.
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