What I wish I knew - Parenting Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
We just had our baby like two weeks ago, and it has been an interesting time. Like, it was really hard trying to keep up with all the homework, all the work that I have, that I had, and trying also to be with my wife, be for her, be there for her, and be there for my child. I wish I knew it would be this hard, but at the same time, this is my first time, so I'm learning and I and I just think, when I pray, the Father, the God makes me feel that everything that I'm doing, it is worth it. So yeah, if you're passing through a hard time, just remember yourself, like, this is worth it.
Video 2 Transcript
One thing I really wish I would have known when I was first starting out my family was the whole sleep when baby is sleeping. That would have been really awesome to have that knowledge so that I could have taken advantage of that.
Video 3 Transcript
Something I wish I knew was that not everything works out perfectly. People don't have the white picket fence, 2.5 kids, and the dog. Granted, I have two kids and the dog, but everything else? No. You gotta work. You gotta work and work and work to make everything okay for your kids. It's a non-stop job. You may have a regular job, but being a parent is a 24-7 job. And I wish I knew that, but I'm proud that I figured it out, and I'm glad that my boys see that I did.
Video 4 Transcript
I wish I could have known how special it was to have a puppy and a dog for my kids when they were a lot younger. I've watched them bond. I've seen the unconditional love and the calmness that a dog brings to them when they are stressed or their anxiety levels. The dog calms them and I wish I would have known that when they were younger.
Video 5 Transcript
That it's hard and it's soul-stretching and you're gonna make lots of mistakes but I think the thing that I wish that I knew was to be kinder to myself to be more forgiving and Know that you're doing better than you probably think you are
Video 6 Transcript
I wish I knew just how much your children model your behavior, for better and for worse. At least in my experience, our children pick up so many things that we say and do for better and for worse. Also, I wish I knew how influential media is on children. We'll watch a, you know, a child-friendly, seemingly child-friendly, PG movie, an animated movie, and there will be some really like crude humor, you know, a couple times in the film. And of all the things they pick up, one or two of our children will just start repeating that crude humor, and it sticks. So what children watch and listen to and read definitely can impact their attitudes and their behaviors, what they say and what they do. So just be careful what you let your children watch. Choose media that uplifts and invites them to become good, wholesome examples. There's some programming like that, but you have to kind of be on the lookout for it.
