29 Keys to Parenting and Win!

<p>I always knew I wanted to be a parent but I was uncertain of whether I would be any good at it. It was not an overwhelming fear but it was most certainly a concern. </p><p>My own childhood was riddled with much dysfunctionality: generous helpings of abandonment lack of validation and rejection with one transition after the next. Stability and normalcy were a distant dream and surviving was the driving force. Blessed with smarts great people skills and athletic abilities I was able to overcompensate for these obvious failings and succeed. </p><p>My relationship with God was by far the only part of my life that was true and sure. When you have not been parented in a healthy way only encountering snippets of knowledge from various adults who popped in and out of your life as parents it became very clear that I had no idea about the quality of parenting I would adopt in my own life. Should I be blessed to be a mother? Would I be better than what was modeled before me? Or would I be worse?</p>