Baby books are interesting.  They claim to tell you what to expect when you're expecting, but they can't anticipate every thing that might happen.  I don't know of anyone who has encountered a problem with their child and immediately runs to that baby book, goes to that massive index, and finds what problem they have and reads it and immediately applies it right there in real life.  It doesn't happen that often.

And what about the later years, like toddlers, and 8 year olds, and tweens, and teenagers... is there a book for that?  What about how they will make it in the real world?

Yeah, one step at a time.

I know quite a few friends that have kids.  The kids range from 7 months until over 2-3 years old.  I also know a few couples looking to eventually have kids and maybe that's the one thing they have in their grand plan.  All is great, but there's certainly more to just making sure they are ok until they learn to walk.

Today, I talk to two very dear friends that I have been friends with for almost 8 years now and get their insight about parenthood and how it has changed and how it will continue to change.  Sarah and Travis Heath have over 18 years of parenting experience and it's been quite the journey for them.  I feel they could write a book, they would be the first to say they could, but it's going to be immediately obsolete because of what they've seen.

Even if you don't plan to have kids, listen to this episode called "Sarah and Travis Heath - 18 years of parenting and counting", to understand what it takes to be very good modern parents.

Also shout out to the single parents out there, who had to go through part of the journey, by themselves for a time.