Comments on: Is parenting worth it?

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:07:39 +0000

Hi Shelly, thanks for visiting.. Halloween is not so big in Australia, in fact before I moved to my current city, I’d never seen it celebrated! The neighbourhood where I live now get pretty into it though, so it’s only recently that I’ve had to consider whether or not to allow trick or treating etc.. Background checking neighbours might be a little overkill, but certainly for young kids I wouldn’t be letting them door knock on their own without an adult lurking back at the street, watching….! All the best

By: Shelly Haggerty

Shelly Haggerty — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:23:15 +0000

What’s everyone doing for safety precautions for Halloween? My husband came across an article (http://i-newswire.com/pr220892.html) with some info about background checking neighbors. I thought that may be a little overboard but it had some other good suggestions for some precautions I haven’t thought about. Last year my youngest son came down with a massive fever after Halloween. I almost thought about just taking the kids to our church’s fall festival this year instead of door-to-door to prevent that from happening again. I don’t know yet. What’s your advice? Am I over-reacted or just being a concerned mom?

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:08:39 +0000

@Mike – thanks for your comments… I appreciate your feedback on parenting, around the 4 year mark is a pretty interesting time – very hard to reason with kids of this age!
@Carla – I totally agree with your sentiments.. Sometimes you want to pull your hair out! But it’s so worth it.

By: Carla

Carla — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:31:58 +0000

I don’t have living children and not sure if I can ever go down that path again, but I feel that parenting is worth it. Is it for everyone? Absolutely NOT! But for those who are blessed with the privilege, I cant hesitate to say yes to that.

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Best Halloween Costumes » Blog Archive » Is parenting worth it? — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:22:45 +0000

[...] Ross wrote an interesting post today onIs parenting worth it?Here’s a quick excerptWe were at a school fete, one of those ones with rides, face painting, fairy floss, laughter… My youngest daughter was hanging out with her friends and was lining up to go on a ride. After she got on the ride with two of her friends and … [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:15:27 +0000

There must be something going on in the universe a freind of mine just sent me this which I posted. I have another friend who is expecting and was asking me about being a parent and now your article.
Here is a humorous post that puts some perspective as to whether or not it’s worth it
http://kidzense.blogspot.com/2008/10/job-offer.html
BTW although I am of a novice of about 4 years I would say being a parent is one of the most worthwile endeavors one can take on
(Ask me again in 9 or 10 years I have heard the battle stories)

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By: MePregnant

MePregnant — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:20:10 +0000

Is parenting worth it?…

Throughout this time most people begin to have some great ideas about how they’re going to tackle parenting, and it certainly won’t be like all those other parents thank you very much! Your parenting won’t allow for temper tantrums or ……