Parenting a stubborn daughter is like a heavyweight bout. I go twelve rounds with her, and she just won't stay down.
If there is one thing I've learned in my decade as a dad, it's that kids have a will all their own. It is paramount to hitting your head against a wall when trying to convince your child of something they don't want to believe. And I might as well, for all the good arguing with my kids does for me.
It is never as simple as "hey, you need to do this" and it gets done, and it's never "this is how it works because I've been around longer and know things"
Why would it ever be that easy?
That's just not how this parenting thing works. We've all heard the line about the relative ease of things worth doing, and there is no job more worthy of doing that raising a kid. We learn at every stage of development, and the straighter we can be directed as children, the better we can adjust to life after.
With Nat, it's always been "her way".
Everyday adventures of an average dad, trying to be anything but average.
