Set Phases on Run

That we love our children no matter what goes without saying. That said there are times when we don’t like them, or more precisely the phase they are in. The times when they were/are babies and they don’t sleep because they are colicky, or the terrible twos, the four going on forty phase. I remember the “I don’t need a nap” phase. That one was very hard on this frazzled mom. When my teen daughter went through her goth/emo phase, I was pretty sure that the tri-state area would run out of black eyeliner and hair dye.

Any parent with more than one kid knows each one is different and goes through stuff in their own way. My special needs daughter was obsessed with Adam Lambert to the point that we avoid the name and music at all costs. Even more trying was the Harry Potter phase where all she would do is read, we had to fight to get her to eat, or do any school work at all.  

My son’s lack of desire to read was another trying phase. Mostly I think because I wanted him to read more. Now he reads but still on his terms.

The big thing to remember is that no matter what phase your family is going through at the moment, this too shall pass. Even if it seems that you will never again go to the bathroom alone, or have a quiet bath.  Remember that eventually they will grow out of that movie you don’t ever want to see again, and they will probably not even remember being so wrapped up in whatever the phase is.  

So take heart moms.  The eyerolls, the sighs, and the defiance are phases that will pass and there will be the next parental hurdle to get over. In the end that is why we have things like Wake Forest Homeschoolers, so we can talk to other parents who have gone before and survived to share their tale.