{"id":71657,"date":"2024-03-27T15:57:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T08:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/?p=71657"},"modified":"2024-04-04T15:52:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T08:52:16","slug":"10-wonderful-things-that-make-being-a-boy-mom-so-extraordinary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/10-wonderful-things-that-make-being-a-boy-mom-so-extraordinary\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful Things That Make Being a Boy Mom So Extraordinary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Motherhood is extraordinary on its own, whether you have all boys, or girls, or both. We love our kids no matter what and truly do mean it when we say, \u201cAs long as they\u2019re healthy, that\u2019s all that matters.\u201d That said, being a boy mom definitely has some wonderful upsides!\n<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>1. We get to be someone\u2019s first true love\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>We can go through our entire teen and young adult lives never knowing what it feels like to be someone\u2019s first true love. Then, our boys come along and that completely changes. There\u2019s really nothing quite like knowing that you\u2019re the center of the universe for someone (and they\u2019re the center of yours), even if just for a little while.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>There\u2019s also nothing like the responsibility of knowing that how you return that love sets the stage for your son\u2019s future relationships. It\u2019s awesome in the truest sense of the word.\n<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>2. Boys teach us how to not take ourselves so seriously\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>When you\u2019re a boy mom, you quickly learn that every bodily function is potential joke fodder. There\u2019s a reason why boys love books like Captain Underpants! Even the title gets them giggling. Unless you want to spend your life blushing (which, hey, at least saves us a bit of money on makeup), you have to get over yourself really fast. Bonus: very little embarrasses us boy moms anymore!\n<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>3. We learn to thrive in chaos\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Nearly every list of things that make being a boy mom so interesting talks about the chaos that sons bring to our lives. They\u2019re a flurry of movement. They\u2019re noisy. They\u2019re messy. However, they leave one key element out. Boy moms don\u2019t just learn to survive chaos; we can actually thrive in it. We learn to think fast and act even faster; to find peace in noise. We even discover that there really is order amidst the unorderly.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Don\u2019t believe me? Go ahead and try organizing your son\u2019s messy pile of Pokemon cards, then tell me how he reacts!\n<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>4. Boys teach us how to communicate in the fewest words possible\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Ask your son how his day went, and you\u2019ll be lucky to get a complete sentence out of him. More often than not, you\u2019ll get \u201cfine\u201d or \u201cgood.\u201d Yet, we boy moms quickly learn to decipher the thousand unspoken words behind that single syllable.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>We become masters at reading tone and body language. It\u2019s not just a skill that helps us be better parents, it\u2019s one we can use throughout our entire lives.\n<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>5. They teach us to think about things in a whole new way\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>While neither boys nor girls are \u201csmarter\u201d (let\u2019s not perpetuate any stereotypes here), boys literally do think differently than girls. There\u2019s a quote from a study that really resonates with me. When explaining the differences between male and female brains, Ragini Verma, Ph.D. said, \u201cIt\u2019s like two people driving from Philadelphia to New York, who take different routes, but end up at the same place.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Boy moms have the unique opportunity to learn what it\u2019s like to travel both routes. Isn\u2019t that extraordinary?\n<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>6. Boy moms learn that sometimes the reward really is worth the risk\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Boys really do take more risks than girls. It\u2019s scientifically proven. While we boy moms wish they wouldn\u2019t take quite so many potentially bone-breaking risks, our sons teach us that sometimes the reward really IS worth six weeks in a cast. Plus, if our boys are willing to risk falling out of a tree just to see the world from a new angle, we can certainly risk asking our boss for a raise.\n<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>7. They literally teach us to watch our steps\u2026\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>We can\u2019t talk about things only a boy mom understands without bringing up LEGOs, Hot Wheels, and other things that are oh-so-incredibly painful to step on! All those late nights of tiptoeing around to avoid the agony of an embedded LEGO in our foot teach us a valuable lesson, though.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Watch your step and look before you leap. Now, if only we could pass that lesson on to our sons in the risk-taking category!\n<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>8. \u2026and that \u201cmama\u2019s boy\u201d is a good thing to be\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a mama\u2019s boy, and that\u2019s something we don\u2019t understand until we have sons. See, we know something that all those magazine articles full of warnings about dating mama\u2019s boys don\u2019t. Any woman would be lucky to date our sons because we raised them to respect women and express their emotions in a healthy way.\n<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>9. We finally understand everything that baffled us about boys as kids!\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Every moment of being a boy mom is a revelation. Finally, we know why boys on the playground were always talking about poop! At last, we understand why our 5th-grade crush didn\u2019t like us back (because girls are still \u201cyucky\u201d when boys are 10)! Literally every day, we learn something new that shines a light on the things that totally baffled us about boys as kids.\n<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>10. Boy moms know that a son is a Prince Charming for life.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Last, but far from, least, moms of boys know what it\u2019s like to live with a real-life Prince Charming. Boys may be messy and chaotic. They talk about things that make us blush. They give us heart failure when they jump out of trees. However, just like Prince Charming brought Snow White back to life with one kiss, our sons need only plant one on our cheeks and all the worries of the world just wash away.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>The best part? That never stops. Whether he\u2019s one or 100, a son truly is a Prince Charming for life.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>There really isn\u2019t anything quite like being a boy mom! It\u2019s not better than parenting a girl, it\u2019s just different. Sons open our eyes up to whole new worlds and teach us how to think of things in unique ways. That alone makes it truly an extraordinary experience.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motherhood is extraordinary on its own, whether you have all boys, or girls, or both. 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