Fete Lifestyle Magazine August 2022 - Anything Goes Issue | Page 36

My Favorite Things

BY HEATHER REID

s long as I’ve dreamed of having

children, I thought about what it

would be like to teach them about

the world. When they were babies, it was things like peek-a-boo, their first words, colors, and such. Those milestones were so thrilling that it never occurred to me that being a parent would keep getting better.

But it has.

In the last few years, my boys have officially moved into Big Kid status, and now that they are 8 and 11, parenting is a whole new experience. Now I can teach them important things. Here are a few of our recent life lessons imparted to them by their wise and witty parents that certainly will help them get ahead:

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Photo Credit Robert Ruggiero

3 loves that I get to share with my kids