Sign of Great Parenting

I was in the bank the other day with all three kids.  There was quite a long line up because apparently their systems were all down and they had to do everything manually.  We were about half way through the line up when the oldest said that he had to go pee.  So we left the line up and asked to use the bathroom.

When we came back from the bathroom we went to the back of the line to wait our turn.  An elderly lady told me to go in front of her because I was originally in line in front of her.  I told her that it was ok, that we could wait but she insisted.  So we went in front of her in line.  By the time we finally got out of the bank we had spent over 30 minutes just in line (which with kids is a LONG time!).

As I was buckling all the kids into carseats, I noticed the lady who had let me in line, so I walked over and thanked her again.  We chatted for a couple minutes.  She told me that the kids were incredibly well behaved and that it’s pretty rare to see children that happy and well behaved, then she mentioned that I was a busy mom.  I told her that my kids are easy kids so they make my job pretty easy.  She said that she had seven kids so she knows that it’s great parenting that makes good kids and she went on to tell me that I’m doing a really great job.

Several other women who were in the line up behind me made the same type of comments as they walked by the van as I was buckling the kids in.

You would think that I would be pretty confident in my parenting abilities from all of the comments that I receive on a consistent basis.  But just like everyone else, I’m always second guessing myself.  I think all parents want to do a good job and raise great kids.

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