Summary: Adventures In Parenting

Clement Monie Monie 1
Professor Aimee Pawlowski
English 101
December 1, 2010

Adventures in Parenting
Parenting can be understood to imply all those activities that are done to a child to ensure the said child's wellbeing, happiness, education, comfort and material provision during the child's growth. These goods and services are rendered to the child by the parent or guardian. There are many adventures in parenting ranging from those that bring happiness, sadness, tiredness, excitement, anxiety, stress, shame and pride. Parenting is a normal feature in life that involves everybody either as a parent, being parented or was parented at some time from birth. In the article, “The Adventures in Parenting" the author, Raina Kelley, a
Their demands sometimes can be endless and at times I find it difficult to determine how far to go along with them. I try very hard now to be a good parent particularly because I work full time and go to school full time. Sometimes just when I return from school and I am about to take a rest before setting off for work, Kylian will force me to play soccer with him. Such moments are in the words of Raina Kelly "psychologically comforting for him but a disaster for me" (paragraph 2) due to the fatigue. One dull chilly Friday night, 11/19/2010, at 11:30 P.M. after attending classes earlier in the day and working second shift in the evening, I felt burnt out and very exhausted. I got home hoping to have my much deserved rest .Just when I entered the house, I found my first son, Felix Monie sweating profusely. After closely examining him, I realized that his temperature was not only very high but he had a swollen jaw. I immediately drove him to the emergency ward in the Holland hospital .As I drove, I kept feeling guilty of not having been there earlier for him to see that he was ill. Earlier in the day, I had received an embarrassing phone call from Mr. Daniel Harris, the principal of Eagle Crest Charter Academy, Holland where Felix attends school, informing me that Felix's poor conduct in school that day had earned him a disciplinary one-day suspension from school. At that moment, just like Raina Kelly in the aforementioned
Some are sweet and comforting to the mind. Last week I received a mail from Mrs. Kreple, Clement Monie Jr.'s kindergarten teacher in Eagle Crest Charter Academy School, Holland. The mail captioned, “Your child is really making the grade this year”, informed me how lucky I was to have an intelligent, discipline and hardworking child like Clement Monie Jr. The mail concluded that Clement was the pride of the class. This is an adventure of happiness and pride as a succeeding parent. At such moments, I feel productive. It is equally a joyful adventure for me to be part of my children’s lives and see them grow up. I enjoy watching them run around with little smiles on their faces as their tiny voices call me “dad, dad, dad” countless times daily. They expose me to some new people who are parents of their school and classmates and sometimes we end up in great friendship. Sometimes when I have had a hard day at work and I am tired and low spirited, just as I reached home, one of my sons, Kyle Monie would welcome me, embrace and kiss me, and would reminds me how much he loves me. The bad mood and fatigue would just fade away leaving happiness in its place. It is quite amazing and fun when I witness my children sing, laugh and act adult issues around the house at times. Most of the times, they make the house quite lively and interesting. Seeing them compete with one another for attention or for a good compliment