toldailytopic: What's the greatest thing about being a parent?

[MaryContrary]

So you think I'd be good with my grandkids' kids...

Ha! I knew it!

Okay, no. I didn't think you had great-grandkids.

There's a horrible photo of me in my profile page, doofi (to use the Latin). Same hairline as HS. I live for class reunions. :chuckle:

What! Where! I looked!

No, but my mother did dress me funny once....

Once. lain:

Well, I dress me funny now so...yeah, I can't really say anything...

 

[PlastikBuddha]

Tangible and unforgettable reasons to try harder and be better.

 

[kmoney]

Only a step-mom, but...

Jeremiah: *reaches of Mary's processing notebook...*
Mary: Don't touch that!
Jeremiah: Why?
Mary: Because I said so.
God: ....um...
Mary: Yes, I know. I don't have your patience for explaining things.
God: ....so...?
Mary: Okay, I'll work on it.
God: ...because...?
Mary: It be better if he understood why he shouldn't touch that.
God: ...so...?
Mary: Okay, look Jeremiah. You know I have some problems I'm working on. Lotsa bad stuff happened to me and all. I write things down in here to help we figure out what to do about that. So I don't want you reading this for the same reason I don't want you sticking your head in the toilet. Nasty stuff in there.
Jeremiah: Oh. Okay.
God: And if you just put that somewhere else...
Mary: Oh, right! I didn't even think of that.
God: So...since I'm here...wanted to talk to you about something...
Mary: Aw, man...
God: What was that? You gettin' lippy with me?
Mary: No, sir!
God: Good. Now, about that thing...

Basically the necessity of having to grow up and stop being a child yourself.

:rotfl:

:first: POTD

 

[Breathe]

Being unconditionally loved as the most important and most intelligent person in the whole wide world - until 13 hits.

 

[ebenz47037]

For me, the greatest (and scariest) thing about being a parent is knowing that there's a child I'm responsible for raising into an adult who can take care of him/herself. All the "I love you Mommy"s didn't hurt, either. I miss them a lot (My daughter's now 20 years old.).

 

[Psalmist]

What's the greatest thing about being a parent?​

Children . . .

Thomas, who is good husband and a dad, and grandfather too.
Patricia, who went from mud pies and dollies to a wonderful wife and mother.
DeWayne, a man of his word and faithful to his family.
​

Grandchildren . . .

Olivia (Matt) - Carrie (Matthew) - Thomas IV
Joshua - Emily - Michael Allen - Kimberly (Israel)
Tobias - Priscilla - Michael Alexander - Travis
Nikki - Michael - Monica "Mo" (Angel) - Jacob "Jo"​

Great grandchildren . . .

Marie - Michaela - Brandon - Gabriella - Keirn​

That’s what greatest thing about being a parent.
​

 

[Cracked]

Faith: "Daddy, I love you SOOOO much!'

I guarantee you, this is the best earthly thing that you can ever hear.

 

[Oh no... it's Sozo]

I am the one who generally runs all the errands in the house, and I always take one of the little ones with me to spend some bonding time together in the car.

One time my wife decided to go on an errand and she took our youngest with her.

When she got back I asked her how the ride was with mom.

She said...

"It was great dad! We didn't see one single moron, idiot, or dumb*** anywhere we went!"

 

[Town Heretic]

Ha! I knew it!

Okay, no. I didn't think you had great-grandkids.

:rotfl: I don't even...I was picking on you for saying I'd make a great grandpa...a little generational humor.

What! Where! I looked!

I thought I had two public albums...I'll have to check.

:wave2:

 

[Prisca]

toldailytopic: What's the greatest thing about being a parent?
Knowing that someday, there will be someone around to change MY diapers! J/K

Seriously, though, the best thing about being a parent is the wonderful and full relationships you can build with each child you bring into the world. I stopped at four, but wish I had more.

 

[Dena]

I don't know yet but I'm eager to find out.

 

[WizardofOz]

Love is the greatest

Love is the greatest

There is no greatest thing. It's all great.

Yup, even changing diapers and cleaning up vomit are part of greatness.

 

[Frank Ernest]

Do NOT tell me you don't have kids. Or, if old enough, grandkids. Because I'll be sooo disappointed.

Got kids, got grandkids, got one great-grandkid - so far. How time doth fly.

 

[MaryContrary]

Got kids, got grandkids, got one great-grandkid - so far. How time doth fly.

I almost have grandkids. Almost. Just enough to be kinda like a tease or something.

My husband is a little older than me and was married before, so he has an ex-step-daughter. And she has three kids.

And it's even worse because there's some hard feelings there, so she doesn't have much to do with him so I haven't even seen a picture of these kids. I just know they're out there. Somewhere.

...


You know, that's about as close to not having grandkids as you can get without actually not having grandkids. And that's just weird.

 

[Psalmist]

Our oldest son, Thomas, is a grandfather too.

It is funny when we visit all our children when we are In Denver, some will say, "Hey, grandpa."

We'll both answer :rotfl:​

 

[chickenman]

I have three girls. They're all a joy.

Among the many, many great things about them: I love that my screw-ups have a very short shelf-life with them.

 

[Stripe]

toldailytopic: What's the greatest thing about being a parent?

At a guess...

...having children.