I don't want him to grow up!

Hang on!! What's this stuff about Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the truth! You'll be saying next that they don't exist. LOL As if. I am really pleased and proud that our daughter has grown up as she has. But I really miss the three year old little tousled haired poppet that would snuggle down next to me to be read a story. But she still sits on my knee at 19. I still get covered in hugs and kisses - I also get the phone call about the lost cell phone! As for crushes. So long as she brings them round and they "look" and sound OK, then I am happy. Mind you, I did send one home to change before her (in your terms) 8th Grade Prom. She had made an effort, and he hadn't. So back he went to do what he should have done earlier. Now, The Easter Bunny lives next to Santa Claus I think. With the Tooth Fairy just down the road. They sometimes share elves when the pressure is on.

I don't look forward to the day when my last one moves out,but he is already talking about it. My kids are a major part of my life. Sure I have my husband but we have such different interests since we are older. I think it will be lonesome without kids around

It very much depends on why you are having children... Many women have children to replace their barbie doll. It which case... they don't like them to grow up. But as they cannot prevent them growing up... they keep on having more children. That's how families end up with 5 children or more. In the past... and it still happen in poor countries... people were having children to improve their wealth. They could not wait for them to grow up... so that they could put them to work and earn money. In our society... I think most people have mix feelings about it. They enjoy them when they are young... but they also enjoy them growing up and becoming smart. When you have an 18 year old making it to University... it is a great reward for your 18 years of work and you can be a proud mum.

i know what you mean. mine are growing up too. sometimes i look and think cant they be little again but then when i see them do something that most adults wont do like work without fussing etc. when we say ok we are cutting firewood and have to haul it too and they get out there without being asked to help and help with it it makes me relize that they are growing up and they are growing into wonderful, little ladies. i am scared of teenage years they are 11 and 13 but i know i have done a good job and they are smart and good and therefore they are going to be great. i miss the snuggles and hugs but hey they still do it

Actually I dont have sons or daughters....but im a teenager like your child...for my opinion...yes for a parent they sometimes wish that their child wont grow up...have crushes..have boyfriends/girlfriends....have family....but actually its part of life that as a parent you must support the decisions of your child whether it is hard for you....so I can suggest that dont be paranoid(if thats the word) about it...they say that the only permanent thing in this world is change....

I don't have kids of my own and I haven't started imagining of having even one, so i'll just tell you about how i feel about my dog getting bigger and bigger, she got less painful now and i need two hands to carry her now, haahhh, the good old days... but i'm sure every parent want their kids to stay innocent and playful i'm sure that's fun to watch. my mom still calls me BABY! in PUBLIC!

Hehehe.. I don't have children yet but I have nephews and neices. They're still kids and they're very lovely ever since they're young. I actually like kids at the age when they're just trying to talk and you're trying to understand it. I love it, it's so cute. they're cute. They could fade away your tiresome days or lonely thoughts. When I go home, I always be with them. Thank goodness they live nearby home.

I would love to stop the clock, while they are still pretty innocent. I have teenagers now, and would love to go back.

I wish I could slow it down. My oldest is gonna be 11 next month and I am wishing that he was a little boy again. But that is how life is. Now we have a different relationship. We talk about different things. It is just as nice as it was when he was alittle boy. You just need to be thankful that you still have a relationship with your children. Look at the positives instead of what once was.

My son has not reached the crush-stage yet but even then, I sometimes wish he did not grow up so fast. As it is, being allowed to cuddle him is already a rare treat and he is slowly but surely starting to have his own world. But what scares me most is the independence he will have to choose whatever he wants to do without me liking or disliking it. I know that I need not interfere in every nook and corner of his life but there are some things on which I would like to express my opinion too. Like the other day when we were having one of our regular showdowns and he became quite frustrated at my ‘obtuseness’ and shrugged his shoulders and said ‘just wait till I turn 18, I am gonna have my own place’…well this maybe kidspeak at his age (8 yrs) but once when he turns, he may very well do so and I would be worried sick for him. Or the way he is determined to buy his own bike in college…I may not be able to stop it but I don’t want him to have a bike too will all the rise in road accidents. Girls and such I think I can handle, but it’s the more important decisions which may well affect his future that I am worried about. I would rather he stayed the way he cuddled up to me at night to listen to fairy tales and such.

I can identify up to a point here k sweets! I do remember the first step, first word and the expression of wonder over simple things with great affection and sometimes wish I could go back there! Now though I enjoy every new skill that my children learn and sit back in wonder that I carried and gave birth to these amazing human beings (even when they drive me nuts) who are strong, intelligent and compassionate! I look forward to seeing the people they become and the achievements they make and then of course we get the wonder of grandchildren and get to experience Santa and the Easter Bunny all over again and even better we get revenge on our kids for all the aggravation they gave us via those Grandkidsxxxx!

I remember thinking that I wished I could just stop the clock for awhile when my kids were growing up, but not such chance. I loved the times when my son was small' he loved for me to go for walks with him and he was into exploring every thing. each week it seemed he had a new hobby and was utterly passionate about it. but from the time he started school he was crazy about computers. so when he finally settled on computer programminng for his livihood I was not surprised.I was glad on the one hand to watch him grow up and thrive and do what he loved to do, on the other hand I missed those times when I seemed to be all for him and he was so eager to share all his enthusiasms with me.

My husband and I were talking about this today. We were remembering all the little things that we as parents ran into and had to be fast on our feet to either come up with an answer or fix the problem. My hubby had said that he was glad that we don't have to do that again. I reminded him that were going to be grandparents sooner or later. He rolled his eyes and said, "I hope it's later, than sooner." With your children reaching that stage of their lives where you do wish that they would slow down is the time to regroup and start thinking about all the new experiences that you will have. DCMerkle

i think every parent does not want their kid to grow up,because it mean we stop need how parents for things,well i say that i still ask my dad for help,just not much i use to. im a parent myself,but i got 2 nephew who are 2 and other 1 next month at the moment and a discussion me and my cousin had was she does not want my nephew to grow up,i said the same because it mean he get older and will start have to learn things that we can only give advice on.

It is agonizing, kbourgerie, knowing that they are growing up and finding their independence more and more. All of that happened to me many years ago but I still remember what it felt like when the last one walked out of the door to begin their new life. You shouldn't feel too badly, however, since this is what we have prepared them for if we did our job right. Think of it less as losing your babies and more in terms of getting your life back. To everything there is a time and a season.

My children are all grown now with children of their own and it was very hard as they all grew and left home I had two leave home in the same year and I had empty nest really bad, but as I see what kind of women and mothers they have become I am very proud of them. I remember one of my daughters first crush he was so heart broken when they broke up he would call me and cry for hours I felt so bad for him but there was nothing I could really do if she didn't want to see him anymore.I don't know if you have grandkids yet or not but it all starts over when they come along with the Tooth Fairy,Santa Claus and the Easter bunny.I hope you are feeling well and have a great evening.

When they were two I wanted to send them back where they came from. When they were ten I wanted them to be two again. When they were fourteen I wanted to inflict them on their deadbeat father. When they were eighteen I couldn't wait to pack their bags. When they were gone I cried for days. Now I make scrapbooks of their growing up, against the day they have their own children. And some days I still cry.

I love seeing my kids grow up and what kind of people they are turning into. And I'm sure I'll get a kick out of them when they get older and have children and so on. What I'm having a problem with is that when that happens I'll be old!

Are you kidding? If they don't grow up, I won't have anything to look forward to. I'v been a single mom for 11 1/2 of the 13 years that I've been a parent. I love them very much, but I want my life back. I want to go out and travel on a whim without making arrangements with someone else to take care of them. I want them to be able to make the decisions that I have to make for them. Hopefully, they will have been prepared to do that even better than I have. Most of all, I want to be responsible for all of the messes in my house, if I live in one. I may never want to have that responsibility again either. I have my memories and the clock keeps on ticking. Tick Tock, only 7 years to go.

I certainly would like to. I enjoy my toddlers antics and i would like him to remain so. But that is not the natural way. we have to accept certain things