avatarAndrey Pilipets

Summary

The author, Andrey Pilipets, expresses his frustration with the time it takes his son, Anton, to complete daily routines like dressing, which challenges his patience despite his love for his children.

Abstract

Andrey Pilipets, a father and online personal trainer, shares the most annoying aspect of parenting for him: waiting for his son Anton to finish tasks at his own leisurely pace. Despite loving his children, Pilipets finds it particularly challenging when Anton takes an excessive amount of time to dress, especially in the mornings, which often results in them being late for kindergarten. Although Anton is independent and dresses himself, his slow pace has led to frequent tardiness. Pilipets reflects on whether he expects too much from Anton or if he should be more involved in speeding up the process. He also promotes his BootCamp column and invites readers to subscribe to his Medium stories, join Medium, and try out an AI service called ZAI.chat.

Opinions

  • The author deeply loves his children but finds the slow pace of his son's routine tasks, such as dressing, to be the most annoying part of parenting.
  • Pilipets values his son's independence and prefers to let him dress himself, despite the time it takes, rather than rushing him as other parents might do.
  • The author acknowledges his patience being tested and questions whether he should be doing more to expedite his son's morning routine.
  • He appreciates the cleaner's humor at the kindergarten, who jokingly comments on Anton's slow pace, likening it to a turtle or snail.
  • Pilipets is proud of Anton's ability to dress since the age of two and maintains that he should continue to do things on his

The Most Annoying Thing About Being A Parent

I’ll tell you mine. Can you tell me yours?

Out with my kids, Anton and Adriana.

I love my kids. I really do. When you’re a dad, you’re a dad every day. And I love it. Except for one thing.

One little thing.

Waiting.

It took my son 45 minutes this afternoon to dress himself up at his kindergarten. It usually takes him 10 to 15 minutes. Less if I’m lucky. Sometimes way, way longer. The cleaner almost finished her evening job while he took his time. She joked that Anton might take until next winter. There was some talk about turtles and snails as well.

Evening waiting is less usual. It’s the morning. He wakes up at 6 am and then takes 0,5–1 hour to get out of bed and start his morning exercise. Then eat his breakfast and dress up. I don’t know what he does for so long. He probably doesn’t know it himself.

It takes us only 20–30 minutes to cycle 2 km (1.25 miles) to the kindergarten. Yet we were late for months. We managed to be mostly on time only 2 months ago. The majority of parents bring kids by car, of course. It’s not like taking a car solves all the time issues. I only drive to the kindergarten when it rains.

Anton is a very independent boy. He’s been dressing and undressing for his kindergarten since he was 2 years old. Other parents always try to speed things up. They dress and undress kids, and carry them around. I prefer to let him do everything himself. Yet he can take his time to do things. Sometimes a lot of time. I feel like a got patience of a mammoth.

I love my kids a lot. Yet my son manages to challenge my patience. Am I asking too much? Should I be doing more for him?

Waiting is the most annoying thing about me being a dad. How about your parenting?

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