1. What are the joys of parenting?
Shanita Scott
Theodore Foye

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3. Knowing that you are a role model
• They look up to you.
• Teaching them right and wrong
• Rely on you for guidance
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5. Someone that provides you with
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• Love and accept you
• Deals with your flaws
• Understands your fears
• Makes you feel complete
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6. Helps you mature
• Thinking of someone else
before yourself
• Teaches you new things
• Changes view on life
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7. Fun
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• Makes you feel youthful
• Smiles are worthwhile

8. Satisfaction
• You did the best you could
• Watching them grow up
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9. Bibliography
• Benokratis, N.(2010). Marriages & families changes, choices, and
constraints. (7th ed., pp.219-317). Nj: Prentice Hall.
• Dedrick, B. (2010). The joys of parenting. Retrieved from
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Joys-of-Parenting&id=3928612
• McVeigh, T. (2011). Parenting guru bryan caplan prescribes less fuss – and
more fun. Retrieved from
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/15/parenti
gless-fuss-more-fun
• Pasley, K. (2011). Stresses and satisfactions of the parental role. 65(7),
400-404. Retrieved from
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.21644918.1984.tb00236.x/abstract

10. Bibliography
• Benokratis, N.(2010). Marriages & families changes, choices, and
constraints. (7th ed., pp.219-317). Nj: Prentice Hall.
• Dedrick, B. (2010). The joys of parenting. Retrieved from
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Joys-of-Parenting&id=3928612
• McVeigh, T. (2011). Parenting guru bryan caplan prescribes less fuss – and
more fun. Retrieved from
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/15/parenti
gless-fuss-more-fun
• Pasley, K. (2011). Stresses and satisfactions of the parental role. 65(7),
400-404. Retrieved from
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.21644918.1984.tb00236.x/abstract