A parent will experience the joy of teaching children many things along their adventuresome path to adulthood. There is certain to be a number of bumps along the way but the child will not realize how close they came to disaster.
A parent will feel great joy when their child takes their first steps. They will also get a lot of amusing moments that will stick in their memories for the rest of their life. Every parent will remember the rigors that they went through just to train the child to use the potty. The sound of the first flush is an event that is likely to bring tears to a weary parent's eyes. Some children need further teachings because they will be prone to flushing anything small at every opportunity they get.
Some parents will have a celebration when their child no longer desires a bottle to go to sleep with. Some children find their own way to the refrigerator and parents are horrified when the child has also discovered how to open the refrigerator door. Some parents prefer to be lighthearted about the mishaps that is before them on the floor and will refer to the mess as their child's first artistic endeavor and the parent might even run around the house in search of a digital camera.
Some parents are overjoyed when their child cuts their first tooth. They will have to teach the child a few things about teeth though because it is a child's natural instinct to clamp down on their Mother's finger because they have been teething for so long. The parent could treasure the small marks in the knuckle for an hour or so, and feel melancholy when the impressions fade away. The child might learn from these teachings by thinking that there is no harm in testing out new things.
A parent will certainly enjoy teaching a child about the world around them. There are many places to explore with a child and the wonderment of every new discovery could bring tears to a parents eye. Each event will close a chapter in the life of their child. The first caterpillars that survived a ride on a toddler's sock is sure to be placed in the baby's memory book to be remembered for a very long time.
