Hello, everyone.
I welcome you to my blog. Indeed, kids are a blessing from God almighty, one of the few gifts that comes with mixed emotions. One minute you are happy you have kids and someone to carry on your legacy, and the next minute you are sad and worried because of the responsibilities that come with raising them. Raising a kid is not something you decide to do overnight; you have to prepare yourself mentally, physically, emotionally, and most of all financially. If you fail to prepare well, then you will fail woefully at being a parent. I hear people say hanging around kids helps prepare them for parenthood and all. Parenthood is a whole package full of surprises; you can never know it all. When you feel you know it, then one thing or another happens and you realize the saying learning never ends is true.
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Parenting can be very difficult; it is really not for the fainthearted. I try to picture how hard it is, guiding a person, making choices for them, and ensuring they are on the right track from when they are very little until they become adults and start making all these choices themselves. Parents are one of the few people who never give up on you. I remember countless times I found myself going back to the same thing they said not to do as a kid, and they never stopped telling me to quit doing that, and sometimes when the need arises they scold me, but it still doesn't stop me.
I have been around kids a lot of times, and I can tell you it's not always fun. Babies are cute, and we all love them, but once they grow up from being those little angels into something else (age 1–5), they can make you happy and annoy you at the same time. I stayed in my uncle's house in 2018, and his kids almost gave me a heart attack. One thing I learned is never let them out of your sight because the moment you do get ready to either clean the house again or rush them to a nearby hospital, they are definitely up to something, especially when they are out of sight and go completely quiet. Kids can be a pain in the ass; you just have to watch them or make sure they are asleep before you even get some sleep, or else you wake up and the whole house is flooded.
I have not really thought about the number of kids I would like to have; maybe two or three, but I doubt if it would go beyond 3 because kids do need siblings. I have seen how lonely it gets for only child, so I really won't want that for my kid. These days, I doubt people still decide how many kids they want to have; they just have the number of kids they feel they can cater for, which is good. Kids are blessings from God, and bringing them into this world simply means one needs to actually take care of them until they come of age.
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