The Worries of a Parent

The day your child is born, you are filled with so many feelings of excitement, happiness, fear, worry, you name it. The amount of love that your feel for your child is overpowering, there are no words to describe it. For some parents, staying home is an option, while for others; the child must be left with someone else. Babysitters, daycares, friends and relatives are the ones you trust your most treasured person with, ones that you know will watch out for them, teach them, and love them. It is one of the hardest decisions a parent can make. Leaving your child can be exhilarating at times and heartbreaking at others, but hopefully, you will not have to worry about your child in the childcare you have chosen. Once the child is a little older, you worry less about diaper rash, SIDS, sleeping enough, not taking a bottle, choking hazards, if they are given enough 'tummy time' and other infant concerns.

You move on to other worries. One of which will inevitably be your child's education. You worry about grades, achievement, growing quest for knowledge, and fitting in with other classmates. Your child spends about 7 hours a day at school and you would like to know that time there is well spent. A teacher can open windows to knowledge, further a child's motivation to learn, and most of all teach them lessons that will last a lifetime. Teachers need to be appreciated for all they do. Some teachers fair well and make an impact on students while others may not have the skills, charisma, or motivation to do so.

Teachers should be rewarded when their students achieve great things. Doing so may help get the best teachers there teaching our children. And then, the parent can relax knowing their child is in the best hands.