Being a parent is like guessing what is behind door number two. You get what you get and you make the most of it by loving and caring and taking care of your precious bundle.
Remember, you created this child and brought him into the world. He completely depends on you for safety, food, warmth and, mostly, for love.
Your child deserves all that care simply because he exists. He does not need to earn it. He does not need to give anything back to you in order to receive it. There is no give and take relationship between parent and baby. That concept is paramount for every parent to know and to live.
Too many young girls become a parent thinking that their babies will love them and their world will suddenly look all bright and rosy. One day, a loved child will return the smile, the hug and the love. However, a new baby is just a dependent being to care for, regardless of how you feel yourself.
A loving parent loves his child just because. No reason, really-just feelings and knowings out of one’s awareness. Those feelings are love. You see, there really is no such thing as unconditional love. Think about that statement for a moment.
The closer you come to love, the easier it becomes to make it through the moments, the days, weeks, months and years of raising your family. You see, love means exactly that-you love your child, no matter what: no matter who he is, no matter who he is not; no matter what he does, no matter what he fails to do; no matter what he says, no matter what he fails to say; and so on.
There is no loving him only when he fulfills your picture of how he should be and withdrawing that love to any degree when he is different from your expectations. Accepting your child exactly as he is at all times-that is the only love that exists. Anything else really isn’t love.
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