Greetings!
Parenting is one of the most difficult tasks in the world and this is because it's a role that's so fragile, especially in decision making. So, the fragility in the moulding and modelling of the small ones make parenting an arduous task.
Having said this about parenting, I would like to share my own view about the hiveghana prompt topic which has to do with parenting and what experience i would like my child or children to have?
As for me, one thing I would not pray for is for my children to pass through or have the same kind of experience I had or I'm having in their lives all in the name of letting them know that life is not easy.
The reason I'm saying this is that, what i have passed through and still passing through is not what i wanted for my enemy talkless of myself. The situation of my life so far is not a welcome situation to me and I'm even praying to God to break me through the situation of life.
So, as a right minded person, why would I want my children to have the same kind of bitter and unpalatable experience of life like I have had. No, that would not be good of me at all and I believe that would be a gruesome act of selfishness on my side and personality.
However, not allowing them to pass through or have similar experience to the hardship of life like I have had would not mean they would not be taught discipline and the ethics of life. In fact, I would make sure I mentor them in the very best way to live a fulfilled life of their dreamed future.
Also, I would make sure I provided them with all that they needed to actualize their dream and at the same time, make them understand that life is not always a bed of roses and there might be a day or period when what they craved might not come their way.
So, instead of letting them contract or inherit my struggles in life through the belief that they must have a taste of what i have passed through at one time or the other, i would rather mentor and tutor them about how life can be good to you at one point and at the other time get to you on the wrong side.
This is because my everyday prayers are that my children must surpass me and do great in life. So, if they should be faced with the challenges of life like I have faced, how would they surpass me or do great in life?
In conclusion, I would never because of my past suffering or unpalatable experiences about life made my children suffer for what they know nothing about. Instead, I would devise a favourable measure to explain what life is to them both in word and in deeds that would not affect their fortunes in life.
Thanks for reading.
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