Parenting: What It Takes

Parenting is an uneasy task. In a world dominated by the emerging popularity of being single, having children out of wedlock and having to raise children after being divorce, parenting, in terms of the commitment of the man and his spouse is growing thin, each and every passing day.

Parenting is the chosen task taken up by a man, woman or both to handle the responsibility of appropriately raising children (biological or adoptive) in ways that conform to their given standards and principles with the aim of rearing them to become productive to society. It takes maturity on the
part of the man, woman or both to painstakingly and assiduously nurture children. Parenting involves a great deal of sacrifices and commitments by either party to ensure their children gets the attention, love, care and basic needs met.


What makes parenting, particularly by both parties, work is when the man and his spouse have chosen to value trust and communication in the things they do which are connected to their children. The understanding of each other's demeanor will go a long way in administering the attention their
children would get. For instance, a wayward woman will not be able to understand what it means when raising a child whose demeanor is rather hostile. A man who is not always around will not understand what it means for his spouse to sit down with their child to give utmost attention.

In a world where one would have to spend longer hours at work to make ends meet, parenting becomes a difficult task as the time or attention for children would hardly be available. Each and every passing day, the work world is embraced by more attention to machines, keeping at bay what parents need to do at home. Hence, it would take wisdom to actually strike a feasible balance between meeting up with working
demands and attending to matters of the home, particularly the mental upkeep of children.  Communication and trust between two parents would have to be necessary for such balance to be created. In other words, ensuring each other’s responsibility towards the upkeep of their children as they are faced with demands at work would have to be a priority.

Parenting takes discipline to cultivate. It is very hard trying to
raise children with different traits and peculiar abilities. It would take extra effort on the part of the woman parent to always ensure that her disabled son does not feel rejected by or isolated from his peers. It would take a wise father to make sure all that are required to pay up his daughter's tuition fees and other related academic expenditures are met, despite having to pay debts incurred.

In a time where divorce,  separation and single parenting prevails, the involvement of either the woman or man in fostering a healthy physical, mental and spiritual growth of his or her children becomes a huge challenge as matters  concerning their personal health comes to focus due to stress encountered in the place of work.

True parenting takes the involvement of a man and his spouse and the choice to painstakingly and wisely see to the upbringing of their children through communication and trust in faith.