Sidekick — Frankly, Raising Parents Is Hard, Too   

On a related note, she really needs to get out more.

After much discussion, my brothers and I decided that if there are people willing to read about our mother’s parenting adventures, then perhaps it’s time to share the other side of the story.

We feel it’s our duty to bring awareness to the often ignored and swept-under-the-rug issue of how hard it is to raise parents these days. We speak on behalf of not only ourselves, but most children in the world today.

For starters, the fact that we as kids are given the task of revamping our parents’ sleep schedules is expecting a bit much. Don’t get us wrong — we knocked that job out of the park, but it sure wasn’t easy. The early years were especially rough since our verbal skills needed work, but we’re pleased to say that we can now disrupt healthy sleep rhythms with really, really long conversations about why sleep isn’t necessary tonight, why midnight is an appropriate time to wake up and insist on baking the cake for next week’s birthday party, and why five a.m. is officially morning.