What is The Monday Morning Parent?

So... it is an odd title, isn't it.

It's NOT a reference to bleary-eyed, caffeine-seeking, sleep-deprived parenting... at least not always.

The name comes from a segment on Sports Center I watched in college - the Monday Morning Quarterback.  The idea is simple: during Sunday's game, players made decisions - good and bad - based on what they knew at the time.  During the game, and even in the post-game interview, they were so caught up in the emotions of the game that you would defend those decisions to the death.  However, on Monday morning, after some rest and some separation from the emotions of the game, they could finally look back objectively at what happened and evaluate those decisions.  Hopefully, they would then learn from the mistakes made and avoid them in later games.

I find that parenting is similar.  I frequently have to make decisions quickly, at times when I am emotionally involved in the situation.  Looking back, some of those decisions were good, and others.... well.... not so good.  Hopefully, as I look back after some rest, I can be objective and learn from my mistakes, thus resulting in "better game" going forward.  So that's what I hope happens here in the blog - that I force myself to look back at what I've done and try and learn from it.