Hardest experiences - Parenting Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
This is always a tender topic, talking about the hard experiences as a parent. I know for me, one of the hardest experiences was seeing our oldest child in his adult, early adult years, make some really difficult decisions that took him away from God and our family and the things that he knew were important and kept him safe and connected to all those important things. And so I am so grateful that during those many years of his struggles that my husband and I chose to love him and hold space for him, no matter how poor of choices he was making in his personal life. We always loved him. Our door was always open and we prayed and loved him back really with the Savior's help. And so I'm grateful for that. And those hard experiences deepened our love and compassion and empathy for all of our children and kept things in perspective. And so I am grateful for that.
Video 2 Transcript
My hardest experience was realizing that my oldest son had a drug and alcohol problem and that I had to send him away for 18 months to get sober and even though those 18 months away and only getting to see him every other weekend was horrible. I only got two hours with him every other weekend. It was the best thing that could happen to him, the hardest thing that could happen to him and he still struggles and it's still hard and there's still a lot that needs to happen but sometimes you have to let go for them to live.
Video 3 Transcript
So we have five children under the age of 10 and so far our hardest experiences usually have to do with just the kids fighting with each other, just being unkind. It's just painful to see you know a child making a poor decision that's hurting them and their brothers and sisters. So that's probably one of the hardest experiences is just trying to navigate and know how to discipline the child. Sometimes you can try in your best efforts to help a child to learn good behaviors and try to discipline them but sometimes can backfire. So I think you have to be open to trying new things and what works for one child might not work for another child so that can be kind of difficult to navigate as well.
