Jan 12 Parenting

As I was reading Chapter 21, the last excerpt called An Experienced Parent, caught my eye. After reading it I found that I could really relate to what the author was saying. The author makes a point to say that the more children you have the less worried and more relaxed you become. You essentially become an expert parent, the more children you have. Berger says that first-time parents often seem bewildered and experienced parents seem more relaxed. Berger also says that from his own personal experience when his first child was born he was much more worried about rashes, fevers and soap than his later born children. He said that became an expert on babies and so following children became much easier. Berger also mentions in the story that parents are more lenient with their later born children then they were with their first born. I personally can relate to what he's saying, I have a younger sister and I can remember when I would get upset because my parents would let her do things that I wasn't allowed to do at her age. This would also get me upset and I can remember saying to my parents 'how come she gets to do that, you would of never let me at her age'. And unfortunately I'm sure a lot of parents are like that and many of you can remember feeling the same way. I always thought that my parents were being unfair and that maybe they liked my sister more because they let her do more things, but thinking back I realize how silly that sounds. Of course my parents were more protective of me and didn't let me do certain things, I was their first born and that's fair to say that almost all parents are like that with their first born.