Piece of Cake!: A recipe for good parenting.

By Tielly Contrera

If you have been struggling to be a parent, welcome to the club! It is very difficult to succeed on the construction of something that comes with no manual guide. But with the good old googling we can usually get pretty close. This time however, the source won’t be google. Piece of Cake! is the book you Ed to thrive as a parent. It’s still not a manual. But it will get you pretty close. We’ll explore together the 40 ingredients for good parenting. Are you up for it? Then let’s start baking!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 31, 2021
• ISBN: 9781716161216

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PIECE OF CAKE!

A recipe for good parenting.

Once again, here I am. Adventuring myself to write another book. It may even be presumptuous of me to think I can write a book about being a good parent. But my thoughts for this book are more for the sake of sharing the knowledge I found mid my struggles to be a parent. Struggles that came exactly because I the furthest possible from being perfect. But I wish someone had given me this tools and advices when I began my journey with my children. Maybe then, things would have turned out better right away. A lot of stress would have been avoided. And maybe we’d have been able to have more joyful days.

I don’t want you to feel alone on your parenting journey. Every day is a battle that we shouldn’t fight alone. So, for the sake of a future that belongs to our children and depend on our children, I’ll try giving you some tools to set on your tool belt. Then, you can carry it with you during your crusade as a parent. But use it wisely.

Just like before, I’m doing the role of mere writer. I compiled into this book many opinions from different people. My sources? Parents and children who experienced all kinds of life scenarios at home. Different cultures and ethnicities were also my goal during my diversity on sources. I want to reach every kind of family.

Parenting is NOT piece of cake. Thus, the intended irony of my title. I’ll definitely take my hat off for those who are trying to be good parents. And if you got this book, it seems to me that you are definitely trying. So hopefully, this journal will help you through this beautiful journey of being a parent.

I’ll remind you though, that this book is not a manual and I don’t have all the answers. I wish I did, but I don’t. In fact, no one does. As well instructed as someone can be, they can’t know everything. Plus, every family is different. Maybe some scenarios that I’ll mention are not quite what you’ve been through. But maybe it will be enough to give you a broad idea on what to do next for your own situation. Together I’m sure we’ll succeed.

When I met my husband, he was divorced with 3 children. He had recently gone through some difficult times with his family and had to move on separately. The youngest was only 2 years old at that time. And from day one, the children were wild! To say the least.

In my context, I knew I had to do something. But what? Where should I start? I decided to begin with my own knowledge. It definitely got me somewhere. But at some point, I needed more. Emotionally and psychologically, the children needed help. And there was only so much I could do with what I knew. On that note, I reached out for help. From government entities to family members, counsellors or complete strangers. I wanted to raise good children and I couldn’t do it only with my own knowledge anymore. Being a parent became so much more than I could ever had studied in any University or course.

Just like every parent out there, I struggled to be a parent. And don’t get me wrong, I still am. It sounds a lot easier than it actually is. But with time, and a lot of advices, I came to a conclusion: it’s not easy, but is definitely worth it. A whole life depends on us. Speech, behaviour, memories, personality, appearances and much more. All that involves a human being. It all falls upon our hands, as parents, to teach. Long before our children go to school, they are already learning. They are like sponges, siphoning our actions and speeches, to form their own.

Being a parent is an amazing feeling. It brings a fulfillment sentiment that may be the purest feeling of them all. Children are joy running through the house. But if, and only if, you teach them to be so. It completely falls upon us. I can’t promise you an easy journey. I can’t promise you all the answers. But I can promise that I’ll try my best.

Parenting is probably the most time consuming, and mentally consuming job, that has ever existed. Yes, a job. A full time job. The remuneration? Oh, so many things, good and bad. But, for parenting to work, parents need to be willing to understand a child’s composition, to begin with. Children are not mini-adults. They are full human beings that are completely different from an adult. And although it probably goes against what every parent believes, your child is NOT a mini you. WHAT?? What am I talking about??