As parents, it’s their job to also stick to the middle of the road, so to speak. They can’t ignore the child or children, nor is it any good to sacrifice their own life and career entirely.
Well, you know what I’m talking about. In one extreme, some parents spend so much time and energy on their children that it appears they’re living through their children instead of continuing with their own lives. And this kind of attention sometimes leads to parents treating their children as children long after they’re into adulthood. “No matter how old you are, son,” says this type of mother, “you are my child. Even if you’re 70, you’ll still be my baby. You’ll always be mommy’s baby.”
At the end of the other extreme, of course, you see parents leave their eight-month old baby to the care of their own parents because the young couple each has their own career to pursue.
As you can see, neither of these extreme scenarios is the most desirable for all parties involved. Hence, it is the job of parents to dig deep and find the right balance.
Find the balance and stay the course – parenting is, without argument, a life long job, a battle that does seem to be endless.
At least when the going gets tough.
Anyways, here are media examples of performing the balancing act, in one form of activity or another:
1. As just about anyone who’s ever been employed knows, jobs are an endless balancing act – between good times and bad times, between good bosses and bad bosses, between job frustration and job satisfaction. Some unfortunate individuals find themselves with few options in the employment market – they must stay with their job, any job, no matter how undesirable, in order to pay the rent and put food on the table. For those with more options available, though, the decision of how long to stick with a job usually depends on how that balancing act plays out. If the good days outnumber the bad ones, if the job satisfaction exceeds the frustration level, one will probably stay with the job. If the frustration level builds until it amounts to misery, one will probably start exploring other options. The long hours that are barely noticed when one is in the heat of productivity and success seem to drag when one can see few productive accomplishments at the end of the week.
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