Nadiah Alwi

Normally, when it comes to parenthood, I write it down at my other blog about kids and parenthood (in Indonesian). But, now, it’s not me being my baby Hana’s parent, but more like me being a parent…or other people being parents.

Nothing is more important than the child(ren)’s happiness for parents. At least, every time I see my daughter’s smile, I feel like everything is okay.

Parents would do anything to make their kids happy, to protect their kids. Anything.

And, I kindly did that within these few days. And, seeing my Hana smiled and looked so happy, nothing was more important. No matter what I had to go through, it was nothing compared to that beautiful smile.

Yet, I can’t expect the same thing from other people. So, being a parent differs from one person and another. No expectation is a lot better than the contrary.

What makes me happy about being a parent might be something that make other parents irritated. And, what they find enjoyable being parents might also be something that I can’t stand.

So, being a parent, you can’t be judgmental about other parents’ opinion or decision. No, you can’t.

By the way, I like the new series, Parenthood.