Some people might define successful parenting as reaching the point where your children have grown up, without making any negative life-impacting decisions, left the house, and are thriving on their own. That could be one way to define success. But what do the 18 or 20 years leading up to that look like? How do I know if this was a successful parenting week, for example? The first thing to realize is that successful parenting doesn’t always mean a happy child in the short-term. If we constantly try to please our kids, we inevitably sacrifice some of our long-term goals as parents, which almost always center around growing our children to be fulfilled and productive members of society. So, let’s talk about what success looks like!
Defining Success in Marriage