- It was once said that Millennials were the most exposed generation ever, especially with technology and the information highway.
- That cannot be said of us anymore because generations become more and more exposed as the years go on.
Is it just me or is anyone else feeling like they are going through life at almost 1000 kilometres per hour?
Or rather life has been going through me at that speed.
Things are moving so swiftly that I am barely able to slow down and process what is happening.
I just have to trust that my judgement is sound at a particular moment in time and keep on moving.
What makes it even more overwhelming for me is that I have to go through adulting and motherhood at the same time.
I guess I always thought that the two aspects would just merge into one and complement each other as I go but let’s face it, I am not sufficiently versed in both.
Something tells me that I have to put in more hours and get more experience so I can “seamlessly” navigate those two together.
Anyway, with so much going on right now across the world and consequently, in our societies, one of the hardest things to do at this time is to be a parent.
It was once said that Millennials were the most exposed generation ever, especially with technology and the information highway.
That cannot be said of us anymore because generations become more and more exposed as the years go on.
Fast forward to 2023 where Gen Z (our younger siblings) and Gen Alpha (our children, for those of us who have been active) are far more exposed than any other generation ever was.
I keep thinking about my parents are wonder if they ever felt that they were fighting a war they knew very little about when they were raising my siblings and me.
Of course, knowing some of the transgressions I committed when I was younger, I think they might have felt a little ill-equipped at that time.
But then again, my parents’ most efficient tool (for them at least) was a good old cane to whip us back into shape and onto the path of righteousness.
I have established here before that I am trying to put an end to that type of discipline in my household, although it is very difficult to let go of some habits.
My four-year-old, an only child, already has me reading books about parenting her generation because God knows there needs to be some kind of manual.
Last week, I was walking home with this child of mine after picking her up from school.
Four-year-old children are typically very curious little things so we usually have very vivid conversations about very many things.
On this particular day, she saw what seemed to be a lady in front of us who looked a little masculine.
I could see that she was a tom-boyish young lady but in the eyes of a child, she looked like a boy or a man.
And you know it's possible to get things mixed up because people today can choose to identify as whatever they want.
But what do you tell your child about such things? Do you even have that conversation with them?
I know my parents would never have had that conversation with me but I'm trying to be different.
I haven't even fully understood the whole concept of gender and sexual identity as an adult so maybe I should let my kid learn about it from the internet as well.