Becoming a parent brings an entire set of new worries on moms and dads. Now, they are responsible for caring for and raising a human being, knowing that the way they treat and raise their child will influence their child his or her entire life.
With that in mind, there are countless things parents worry about when it comes to their kids. Each parent will worry about one thing more than another, depending on their own experiences and their children’s personalities.
The following are some of the most common worries of moms and dads:
Health and Safety
Becoming a parent can turn a normally rational, easygoing person into a complete worrywart. While most kids manage to make it through childhood relatively unscathed, parents still worry about the health and safety of their children. As babies, they worry their kids will stop breathing in the middle of the night, or that they will develop autism; as older children they worry they will break bones or need stitches; and as teens they worry about car accidents as they learn to drive, among other things.
Development
As their babies grow, many moms and dads worry that they are learning the right things at the right pace. This includes everything from learning how to walk and talk and read to developing socially. If they feel that their child is far behind for their age group, moms and dads may worry that something is wrong even though in fact, most of the time their child is perfectly normal and healthy.
Peer Pressure
Kids of all ages want to fit in and be liked by their peers, and peer pressure is a real thing at any age. However, as kids get older, it can become more serious. Parents worry about the influence their children’s peers will have on them as they grow and whether their children will succumb to it or not. Peer pressure can have serious consequences, and kids who get in with the wrong crowds might be influenced to experiment with drinking, drugs, sex, and other harmful and self-destructive behaviors.
Emotional Health
Parents also worry about their children’s emotional well-being and want their children to develop emotionally sound and healthy as well as physically. When their children are young, they worry that they will have friends and won’t be social outcasts. They also worry and hope that their children are not bullies or being bullied. Other things to worry about, including rejection, eating disorders, depression, and other emotional problems that are becoming more common in children and teens are also things parents worry about.
Parenting Skills
People often say that kids don’t come with a manual, and this is true. For that reason, many times, parenting comes by trial and error, and all moms and dads make mistakes when it comes to raising their kids. Many moms and dads commonly worry that they have “ruined
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