Mother's fear and worries (when my kid turns to be a teenage guy)

Philippines
September 24, 2010 12:31am CST
I was very happy when my eldest son turns to be a teenager 2 weeks ago. However, never did I think I could be this afraid and worried; for the things he might try, people he might encounter and pain he might feel.
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@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
24 Sep 10
well of course it's normal to feel anxious or worried about our kids, especially when they grow up.... it's normal. i feel for you. i'd feel the same way when my kid turns a teenager.... but that's about 7 years from now...but i've been starting imagining about it..... i think let's just continue to play our role as a mother - a guide and as a support, as much as we can.... but when kids grow up, they learn to be independent and need less of our support....but that's okay, because it's only natural. i think the best thing i can do to lessen my worry over my child is to pray for him....
• Philippines
24 Sep 10
yes, i have that in mind too and I agree that prayer helps. I even convinced myself; I was once like him but was never lost in my teenage years. But then looking at the way the world goes now, it's far beyond compare to the world I am in when I was his age. Yes, I have faith that I have instilled the values he would carry wherever he goes but again, the worry and the fear remains.
@rog0322 (2829)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Sep 10
During those long sleepless nights caring for that very little boy, we long for the time when he shall become independent and be free so we can sleep all we want. When that time came, we have to deal with bruised knees, torn clothing and cut fingers. We talked like crazy to their uncomprehending eyes and when they began to learn our language, we have to deal with their endless questions on just about everything and the strings of why's to every answer. But then we learn that such things are part of a long process of growing up, of being there in every faltering steps he took, of easing up every pain he felt and endless forgiveness for every mistakes he made. It is a continuous role we must undertake: to be always there come what may, to be always around even when he won't recognize us in front of his friends, to hold and to let go, and to accept him back when hurt and betrayed by those he loved. That is the nature of a mother (and a father's) loving heart.
• Philippines
24 Sep 10
"to accept him back when hurt and betrayed by those he loved" this is the greatest fear I have and I think all parents too.... to see my son hurting and you know that you being there is not enough to ease the pain.
@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
24 Sep 10
I also worry, if my son grew into a teenager. I am afraid, my boy wrong in life and choose the wrong friends and doing bad things. Many other concerns that I feel. My boys now aged 7 years. I have to instill a good thing to my son, so when my boys grow up not doing bad.
@johney264 (544)
• China
24 Sep 10
For my mother always i be a child, as a chid often want to show her I already grow up, so at my childhood I was very naughty, but think that' good. so i don't know about my parents' feeling, now I call back all the things i had done in my childhood very regret. because could not afraid and worried others,unti I really grow up, gradually know how wrong it was. be shamed myself.
@IoanaBI (494)
• Romania
24 Sep 10
I'm not a mother but i heard that a mother's worries grows with her child. The more her child ages, the more bigger and important are her worries..So look with fear to the day i will have a grandson :)