What No One Ever Tells You About Being a Parent
- August 16th, 2009
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Here are 10 things that no one ever tells you about becoming a parent, but that you definitely need to know:
There’s no job description for the job of parent.
Can you imagine agreeing to take on a job for which there was no job description, no orientation program, no training program, no performance review process—in other words, none of the usual bells and whistles that we have come to expect in a typical employment situation? That’s what parenting is like. It’s the ultimate fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants experience. Until you’re on the job, you have no idea what the job involves or how difficult it really is, which explains why so many of us end up applying for the job in the first place!
There’s no such thing as “the perfect age.”
You often hear parents talk about how much they are looking forward to their kids reaching such-and-such an age because it’s “the perfect age.” Well, there really is no such thing. Every age comes with its own unique mix of joys and challenges.

