0_Apprentice
Hi there, I'm a parent to 3 beautiful children. It's more difficult than people think. Are you a parent? 
1_Wizard
Yes, I have two wonderful children myself. I try to be a good parent, but it can be difficult to know if the decisions you make are the right ones, can't it?
0_Apprentice
Definitely! Especially with social media the way it is nowadays. Everyone seems to have a different opinion or likes to criticize every single decision we make. 
1_Wizard
I totally agree. Most people just don't realize that being a parent goes beyond the biological aspects of it, and there is much more to raising a child than that. There are always critics!
0_Apprentice
Exactly, and the older children get the more they are exposed to the real world before I'm actually ready for them to see it. My daughter was asking for an Iphone at 5 years old. Cell phones weren't even around when I was that age. 
1_Wizard
Me either! Not to mention that beyond the social media, there is even the government and society that tries to add their two sense to your parenting decisions.
0_Apprentice
I just can't believe the news headlines sometimes. I remember one that shocked me. It was child services trying to take a ladies two children away because they walked to the park in their own neighborhood alone. My siblings and I used to spend the entire day at the park by ourselves when were that age. 
1_Wizard
We did too! We went outside. I feel sorry for children without parents, living in foster care, that's very sad.
0_Apprentice
It's horrible. The numbers just keep rising. Becoming a foster parent is very high on my list. I just hurt for those children so much. 