by jmontalvo

Your kids are your life. Your life is your kids. Where, in this fine mixture, does the world get mixed up?

Learning to work around the hustle of life can significantly impact how you handle situations at home. For parents who went to school on how to become an elementary school teacher, this can be even harder because they are around kids all the time. High school teachers and aids find it difficult to have the time for everyone in their life too. Though kids are a wonderful addition to the way our lives are consumed, they can be stressful and cause significant anger issues.

Teaching your children to work with you can be helpful. You know that your job is already a pain, stressful, and nine times out of ten is not the dream job of a lifetime. Parents who have the most cushioned of jobs worked hard to get there, normally leaving people behind them. Unfortunately, this can include their own families, causing harsh mental anguish between the parent and the child.

Having your kids “help” you may make a difference. Architects can have their kids draw next to them, while lawyers can have kids read books while they research cases. Teachers can “test” experiments with their kids, even if the “test” is to see if it will work in the classroom. Kindergarten or preschool teachers can have their older children put together classroom kits, such as boxes of crayons, coloring pages, or similar toys. High school teachers can learn how to relate to their teens by the actions of other teens.

When it comes time, children grow up and move out of their parents’ homes. This is the time when you realize what you missed out, what you could have done, and time that you cannot buy back. But understand that this is not the time to regret, but to reflect on what you have taught your kids, knowing that you did your best by them. This is the time that it takes for parents to hope that they did the right thing, that their kids will be the best they can be, and that no matter what, their kids know that they love them.

Work hard, play harder, and remember that though life is short, it is also the longest thing you will ever do. Make the best of it today to have a better tomorrow.

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by jmontalvo

Working around kids can be tough. When schedules collide, moms and dads can find themselves stressed beyond recognition. Instructors find themselves in difficult situations as their careers in education become a lifetime of stress, frustration and reward.

Small children can be hard to work with when trying to simply study for an exam or do research for an intense paper. Students who have difficulties already in school can find that time management is completely out of their control, as well their concentration. More often than not, these students will drop out of school seeing it as a time in their lives that simply is not ready for a secondary education.

Teens can be easier to work with. Between social media websites, texting, phones, apps, friends, sports, and whatever they can find themselves involved in, teenagers and early adolescents are busier than we ever were three decades ago. As a parent, your own homework may coincide with what your teen has to do. Sometimes, they may even be able to reverse the roles and help you with your homework instead of you looking at theirs like it was another language.

Algebra, social studies, even English classes can be difficult. Working with grammar and sentence structure may be difficult now, but as an adult you already know what you’re doing. Imagine the three year old who is still learning to put sentences together, repeating what they hear, and going “with the flow”. Working with your toddler as you remember how to put together a well structured sentence helps you, helps them, and creates extra bonding time with them.

As you begin your college life, remember that everything around you is an opportunity to learn. It is equally an opportunity to open up to your family, creating an environment of bonding and liveliness that didn’t seem to exist before. Children are essential to life, even if it means having them help you along the way.

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