<![CDATA[Why is Parenting Fun?]]>Has anyone any thoughts to why parenting can be fun?


1. Children’s faces- remind us our younger days?
2. Parents happy to see their grandchildren
3. The darnest things they do or say
4. All those fun-filled activities- from drawing- painting…
5. Seeing your daughter in her first ballet lesson?
6. Their laughter
7. Their mistakes?

What in your parenting experience makes you find it a joy, Fun and ines capable??

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/19511/why-is-parenting-funRSS for NodeFri, 24 Apr 2026 03:49:21 GMTTue, 22 Feb 2011 10:01:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:19:38 GMT]]>To me parenting is fun rather than a chore. I am glad that I have made the decision to be a stay at home mum when my child was 4 yrs old (he’s now 7 yrs old). I get to enjoy his company, his innocence outlook, inquisitive nature and is always amazed with the things/ideas that he has come up with. His big smile brightens up the day. Also I get to go through a ‘second childhood’, getting to play with his toys, watching educational DVD etc. with him. He is as the saying goes our bundle of joy. Of course, as human, sometimes I do feel tired. This is partly because age is catching up.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/382990https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/382990Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:19:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:42:57 GMT]]>How can parenting be fun? Maybe only 20% of the time when they are playing with you. The other 80% of the time (especially the 1st 5 years) you will be worry about the child have


- Colic problem
- Attention seeking
- Don’t drink milk, constipation problem
- Don’t sleep through the night
- Thinking ways of doing away with pacifier
- Getting the baby used to sleep outside
- Toilet train the child
- Getting sick & don’t take medicine
- Throwing trauma
- Handle their emotion, especially at the Terrible Two stage
- Worry if they will grow up healthy
- Picky about food & don’t eat
- Behavioural problems learnt from others
- Don’t brush teeth, got oral problem
- Don’t like to bath
- Spending time educate the child when they are young
- Exploring around and spend money on those enrichment classes
- Fighting with others for a place in childcare/kindergarten
- Fighting with parents to join PV or to move house within 1km of the choice school

The list will goes on…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/373486https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/373486Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:42:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:08:08 GMT]]>Parenting


One thing i can say for sure parenting is an enriching experience - one that is intense on so many emotional -
from sheer bliss to heart wrenching pain,
from a maddening rage to tender tender love,
from frustration to joy,
from worry to relief....

It changes our body, it changes our priorities, it changes our responsibilities...

It redefines our happiness, our sorrows and our fears

Its tough - its riddled with worry and doubt.
Are we doing the right thing? Should i interfere or not?
Was there something i should have done and i did not? Was there something i should not have done and did ?Am i pushing too much, am i being too lax? Will i be able to reach out when my child truly needs? Am I equipping my child with the skills needed to live life as a strong capable adult? 😐

Its not a race. There are no winners. Just the satisfaction of seeing a smile on our child's face. The emotional staisfaction of knowing that is a job well done. :love:
Its is one experience that brings out the extraordinary in us.

Fun may be one of the aspects but parenting is such a multi dimensional experience.

Parenting is a true metamorphosis of an individual.

So is parenting fun? :?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372628https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372628Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:08:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:42:57 GMT]]>

ANobleNerd:
[quote]I think it's fun 'cos I like to hug them babies... and smell their tummies and feel their soft kisses on my cheeks.

But smelling tummies that lasts only 3 years at most... and then *sighs*.

Then again, age to age, they have lovely things too. But I do miss them at that smelling tummies age. 😉[/quote]No leh... when I get the chance I still smell my 10 year old's tummy... and when I can manage it, I try and get a good whiff of the 18 year old's hair. This said, I gave the now-18 year old a wide berth because she was SO SMELLY between the ages of of 14 and 17.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372588https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372588Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:42:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:42:12 GMT]]>If I say that parenting is fun than I'm really kidding myself. No, to me parenting is certainly not fun.


Hey, I don't think parenting was fun for my parents too; the fact that they have to vomit blood when taking care of me, hehe. I see parenting as my parents having their revenge on me lor 👅 .

Bottom line. Parenting to me ain't fun at all, though it can be emotionally satisfying occasionally but that's another track.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372388https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372388Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:42:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:03:57 GMT]]>It is fun becoz when ds is happy, I am happy; when dd is happy, I am happy 😄 . So I have 3 *times* of happiness (including mine) :lol: :lol:


But of coz, there is also 3 times of worries/stress lah ...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372355https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372355Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:03:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:55:10 GMT]]>Why is Parenting Fun?

My answer is Yes and No…
Yes, its fun to see the your children growing … and No…to see yourself aging !
Its a lots of time and energy to keep a family going strong.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372346https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/372346Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:55:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:31:29 GMT]]>

ANobleNerd:
Why? :idea:


Because it's my own little kingdom! 😉

Never a dull day in my kingdom... the princes and princess sometimes behave beautifully, and other times try to take over my kingdom by staging a coup.

There are days of celebrations in my kingdom, but there are days of quelling the rebellion... often with many tactical warfare and strategem on the part of the king and queen. 😉
i like your description. 😄

hmm ... is parenting fun? well i guess it is, when you are sitting quietly and thinking about it. but when you are in the thick of things and feeling like tearing out your hair, that is hardly fun.

so the answer for me is yes and no. 😎

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371512https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/371512Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:31:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:57:56 GMT]]>Parenting is fun 'cos you grow with them, re-ignite your pure childhood innocence and of course came the un-anticipated ... yesterday nite, my DS refused a kiss from me on his lip 'cos he said that's meant for girlfriends and boyfriends (meaning not mothers and sons) 😞

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370554https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370554Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:57:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:50:14 GMT]]>[quote]I think it's fun 'cos I like to hug them babies... and smell their tummies and feel their soft kisses on my cheeks.[/quote]
But smelling tummies that lasts only 3 years at most... and then *sighs*.

Then again, age to age, they have lovely things too. But I do miss them at that smelling tummies age. 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370547https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370547Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:50:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:20:24 GMT]]>I think it’s fun 'cos I like to hug them babies… and smell their tummies and feel their soft kisses on my cheeks.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370483https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/370483Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:20:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:57:01 GMT]]>A little kingdom, oh yes definately for it me it would be the mini Singapore zoo… as we are a bit of animal lovers…


I think in the case when my parents brought me up i feel that the love was so special and I just want that special feeling to be experienced by us… Does anyone have this similar sentiments??

Do expand your thoughts on – what your parents have done for you and maybe express that to what you think you want to follow or maybe even unfollow in your little kingdom or zoo??

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/369877https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/369877Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:57:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:19:16 GMT]]>

ANobleNerd:
Why? :idea:


Because it's my own little kingdom! 😉

Never a dull day in my kingdom... the princes and princess sometimes behave beautifully, and other times try to take over my kingdom by staging a coup.

There are days of celebrations in my kingdom, but there are days of quelling the rebellion... often with many tactical warfare and strategem on the part of the king and queen. 😉
:lol: :lol: :lol: I like the way you describe parenting. :celebrate:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/365614https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/365614Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:19:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:17:57 GMT]]>Why? :idea:


Because it's my own little kingdom! 😉

Never a dull day in my kingdom... the princes and princess sometimes behave beautifully, and other times try to take over my kingdom by staging a coup.

There are days of celebrations in my kingdom, but there are days of quelling the rebellion... often with many tactical warfare and strategem on the part of the king and queen. 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/365611https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/365611Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:17:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why is Parenting Fun? on Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:58:13 GMT]]>kind of hard to explain.


just like why do we fall in love?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/365056https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/365056Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:58:13 GMT