What Sage Says

According to statistics gathered by Ipsos Reid, a research form, 90 per cent of Canadian parents agree that parenting is more challenging than any other job they have ever had. I happen to fall into the other 10 per cent of the minority group here.

First of all, I haven't had any really challenging job in my life. And if anything is more challenging than others, it wouldn't have been being a parent.

Secondly, why would you pick a challenging job to do? Isn't there something called life outside one's career or job? If a job is too challenging, one should quit to get a life, so to speak.

Thirdly, why do people consider parenting a job? Isn't it the most important part of our so-called life?

Sage Confucius says, "Choose a job you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life." I think that sums up my situation. I always pick what I like (and it's got to be easy for me too)to do. So with any job I have, I never really feel that I am at work. As far as parenting is concerned, I almost always feel that I am at play...