[rsj_hn]

Parenting strategies, like war plans, rarely survive first contact with the enemy.

[iExploder]

every parent has a plan until their child has a nuclear melt down demanding chocolate and cake at 3 am in the morning

[groestl]

I like this thread :D But be good to yourself too. You don't have to be the perfect parent all the time, as long as you are nice to your kid(s) most of the time.