{"id":8763,"date":"2020-08-27T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childrensbureau.org\/?p=8763"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:06:35","slug":"kris-corner-am-i-too-old-to-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/sw\/resources\/news-library\/kris-corner-am-i-too-old-to-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris&#039; Corner - Je, mimi ni mzee sana kulea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\">Sawa, kwa hivyo kuna siku ambazo huwa na wazo, &quot;Mimi ni mzee sana kwa hili!&quot; Lakini, najua si kweli kabisa. Kwa kawaida, kunaweza kuwa na umri ambapo mtu anaweza kuwa mzee sana kutoweza kulea, ambayo itatofautiana kati ya mtu na mtu\u2026Nitakupa hilo. Lakini, ni ya zamani kuliko vile watu wangetaka nijaribu kuamini. Na najua ni mzee kuliko mimi!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Basi hebu kuwa halisi kwa dakika. Watu wengi (ambao baadhi yao ni wachanga kuliko mimi na mimi si mzee KWA HIYO\u2026unaweza kusema kuwa naweza kuwa mtu wa kuguswa na jambo hili?!) wananiambia kuwa wao ni wazee sana kuwa mzazi wa kambo. Si suala la afya, si suala la pesa, si suala la nafasi (watu wasio na kitu, ninazungumza nanyi)\u2026lakini badala yake wananiambia kuwa wamezeeka sana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Um, hapana\u2026wewe sivyo. Na nikuambie kwa nini. Kwa sababu kadiri unavyozeeka ndivyo unavyopata hekima zaidi; unapopata majira zaidi; na wakati mwingine unapata tulivu zaidi. Na niamini, uzazi wa kudumu ndio jambo la mwisho ambalo watoto kutoka sehemu ngumu wanahitaji.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Sio kwamba mimi ni mzazi mpole, kwa kunyoosha yoyote (hakuna haja ya kuthibitisha hili na watoto wangu, kwa sababu watanitupa chini ya basi). Lakini, hakika nimetulia zaidi katika mtazamo wangu wa malezi kuliko nilivyokuwa na watoto wangu wakubwa wawili (hasa yule mkubwa zaidi\u2026samahani kwa hilo, jamani).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Fikiria: babu na babu. Hiyo haimaanishi kuwa wewe ni babu au babu au una umri wa kutosha kuwa babu na babu, kwa hiyo usiondoke kwenye blogu hii na kufikiri kuwa ninakuita mzee, kwa sababu sio. Lakini basi tena, unaweza kuwa babu na babu, na hiyo inafanya kazi pia! Hoja yangu hapa ni hii: unapozingatia babu na nyanya wanaofaa na jinsi wanavyoweza kuwa wachangamfu, wakaribishaji, wapenzi na wapole\u2026pamoja na hayo mara nyingi huwa na utulivu kidogo katika jinsi wanavyoshughulikia mambo\u2026hii inaonekana zaidi kama aina bora ya mzazi mlezi. , haki?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Ili tu kuwa wazi, baridi sio mwisho wa yote. Lakini, nimejifunza kwamba wakati mwingine ninahitaji kuchukua hatua nyuma kutoka kwa tabia isiyofaa ya mtoto na kuamua kama ninahitaji kuweka hisa kwenye jibu langu; au, ikiwa naweza kujidhibiti na kutambua chaguo au tabia ya mtoto sio jambo litakalofanya au kuvunja siku. Hili ni jibu kwa upande wangu mwenyewe ambalo limekuja kutokana na wakati na uzoefu na *kukata tamaa*\u2026umri.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">\u201cTunapojua vyema, tunafanya vyema zaidi\u201d\u2026na kwa kawaida ujuzi bora na kufanya vizuri huja na umri na uzoefu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Kwa dhati,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Kris<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so there are days when I have the thought, \u201cI am too old for this!\u201d But, I know it is not really true. Naturally, there may be an age when an individual might be too old to foster, which will vary from person to person\u2026I\u2019ll grant you that. 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