Growing Into Your Parenting Role

 

                      "If I had to select one thing I feel contributed most to our happy marriage, I would say it was the fact that we had trusting relationships (I trusted her, and she trusted me). Now, of course, on a scale of one to ten, it was not always a ten, but it was always very high."     The statement above is a quote from my book "Growing Into Your Parenting Role". It highlights the lesson I learned about the important role trust plays in relationships.   Think about it: do you have any lifelong friends you cannot trust? You have friends who are vastly different from you. They may have habits you personally disapprove of. Behavior you would never exhibit. Tell jokes that make you cringe, or personal/political beliefs that are just the opposite of yours. All these things you can accept. But trust is usually nonnegotiable.     How Trust Allowed Me to Play Basketball for A Lifetime   As a...