Invest in Your Children’s Development

Section 1: Singleness

SINGLENESS is a condition that everyone passes through. Adults can decide to remain single, and they do not have to justify their choice to others. Singleness has its benefits. Those who are single may enjoy their singleness until they choose to seek a companion.

Many people identify their skills during their singleness. Those who are single have opportunities to do what they like without hurting anyone’s feelings. Single women can maintain the figure they want. Those who have chosen to start a family may lose their figure, because each child may cause a major change to a woman’s appearance.

Single women must make education a priority in their lives. Education empowers them to make good decisions. Too many women rush into a relationship at a young age and realise only later that they still need to educate themselves.

Many mothers send their daughters to school because they want them to be educated and independent. Education for girls is the same as that for boys, so girls must persevere until they complete their educational development.

Girls must be involved in sports. At the beginning, they may struggle. However, if they are persistent, they will improve, and soon many people will admire their skills. When girls participate in sports, they often have the support of their entire family.

Before a young lady leaves the home, she should learn as much as she can from her parents. There are many skills that children must learn from their parents while they still live with them. Many mothers are willing to teach their daughters how to care for the family. Mothers should also teach their daughters to cook and keep the house clean. Some children may resent their parents’ teaching, but these are important life skills that they will need when they start their own families.

As young ladies grow older, they may become interested in a companion. Sometimes they might not need to look for a companion, but are themselves sought after. Once they know that they are ready for a relationship and have found a person who is suitable for them, a relationship can progress.

Courtship still has its importance and may be a good thing to engage in before progressing to the next stage of the relationship. Young adults must be willing to engage their parents in their considerations of a companion and courtship. Children must learn from the wisdom of their parents before deciding on their companion.

Section 2: Motherhood

When a young woman transitions from singleness into a relationship, this has the potential to make her a mother. Many women wish to become biological mothers, but cannot for various reasons. Those who are fortunate enough to be able to be mothers must count this as a blessing.

Once fertile eggs and sperm combine, it becomes very likely that another human being will enter this world within nine months. A pregnant woman experiences many challenges. So many, in fact, that some women wonder if there are other options for childbearing. Young women may not understand the challenges that their mothers went through during pregnancy until they experience them firsthand.

Each pregnancy is unique. Some women experience fewer challenges than others, but no woman is immune to the challenges of pregnancy. Vomiting is a common experience for some pregnant women. Sometimes it is because of regular vomiting after eating or smelling certain food scents or perfumes, or because of feeling excessively tired, that some women realise that they are pregnant.

Labour is an experience that some women will not want to remember. While they are in the labour room, they think of the dead and the living. Some women have sworn not to get pregnant again after their pain in the labour room.

Caring for a child is also not easy. Caring for physically challenged children will often be more challenging than caring for a child whose physical condition is normal. Mothers are wonderful people who do not want their children to be hungry; a mother might give her last meal to her children to keep them from hunger.

As children grow, parents need increasingly more money to provide for them. Sometimes parents may have to work two jobs just to make sure that they can meet their children’s needs. Family planning is important for parents to consider.

Some mothers will independently choose to stay at home, while others will be asked by their companions to stay at home. Those who stay at home may have more time to spend with their children and their companion. However, some mothers work; there are many important reasons to do so. Working mothers may have more ways of learning from others, allowing them to improve their mothering skills.

Parents must be willing to attend Parent-Teacher Association meetings for their children. These meetings are essential for parents to get to know their children’s teachers and to learn about their children’s progress in school.

Anniversaries for mothers must be celebrated. Most people celebrate birthdays and Mother’s Day as anniversaries for mothers, but there are other important anniversaries. Every mother must be celebrated for the sacrifices she has made. She must be honoured in a great way.

Section 3: A Mother to Others

As children grow older and find companions, they move away from their childhood home and start families of their own. This may be a great challenge for their mothers, who miss them. Mothers are often concerned about their children, who are now in relationships. Some mothers want to know that their child’s companion is taking good care of them and that they are eating properly.

When a woman becomes a mother, she becomes concerned about the well-being of her children. Regardless of age, she always sees her children as babies and wants to protect them from anyone who may want to mistreat them. The transition from a mother to a grandmother is another phase in a woman’s life.

Many grandchildren love and connect with their grandmother. Grandmothers often adopt their grandchildren as their children, and may treat some grandchildren better than they had treated their children. Some grandchildren are allowed to visit their grandparents and spend weekends and holidays with them. If the parents live far away from a school, they may make arrangements for their children to attend school from their grandparents’ residence (if the grandparents live closer to a school than they do).

Some grandmothers adopt birds and animals as pets, and lovingly care for them. While most pets cannot speak, grandmothers can still communicate with them. Pets who are cared for often respond positively to their owner.

For more information about Geary Reid and his books, please use the following contact information: Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/author/gearyreid, Website: www.reidnlearn.com, Facebook:  ReidnLearn, Email: info@reidnlearn.comMobile #: 592-645-2240.

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