Those of you who are parents will know that children can (and will) take you to the extremes of the emotional spectrum: you\u2019ll feel overwhelming love, tenderness, and connection but probably also have moments of intense annoyance, anger, worry, disgust, disappointment or even hatred.<\/p>\n
Children often bring out sides in us previously unexplored: the nurturing side, the protective side, the playful side, the authoritative side, the disciplinarian.\u00a0 Some of these aspects of ourselves we cherish and others we could do without.<\/p>\n
This week my husband and I have been laughing about this quote from the novelist Fay Weldon: \u201cThe greatest advantage of not having children must be that you can go on believing that you are a nice person. Once you have children, you understand how wars start.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \ud83d\ude09 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Those of you who are parents will know that children can (and will) take you to the extremes of the emotional spectrum: you\u2019ll feel overwhelming love, tenderness, and connection but probably also have moments of intense annoyance, anger, worry, disgust, … Continue reading