Have you ever noticed that it’s always after the fact that someone decides to impart their wisdom on you? As if it were common knowledge that babies are best bathed before they eat as opposed to after, as they may decide to change the bath water from clear to a murky brown. Or how about that toddlers are healthier eaters overall if they graze rather consume a full portion at each sitting?

There are so many books out there with tidbits of information on how to care for your child, but I have not found one that I would call a complete encyclopedia on raising children from conception to graduation. Maybe there isn’t meant to be a “how to” manual, but there were times at 3am when I would have liked to have felt like there was somewhere I could turn for answers on a crying infant who was clean and fed. Someone to suggest that the baby was just missing being in the womb and needed some white noise and a swooshing motion to drift off to sleep.

Are parents just not imparting their aged wisdom on their children and when we become parents we’re lacking in the knowledge of our forefathers? Have we become so reliant on technology that we no longer look to our elders for advice, rather we search the internet for options on proper breastfeeding techniques? Or has it been this way throughout the ages that we just stumble around, trust our gut and make our best efforts at molding these precious little bundles into productive, responsible adults?

If technology is the teacher we’re turning to, perhaps we should create a list of What Parents Know FAQs? So I ask you, as a parent, what do you know? Feel free to leave a comment, or offer to write a blurb on lessons you’ve learned in the course of parenting that you wish someone had told you.

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