{"id":63,"date":"2005-11-09T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-09T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/11\/09\/im-not-perfect\/"},"modified":"2005-11-09T18:06:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-09T17:06:00","slug":"im-not-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/11\/09\/im-not-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m not perfect…."},"content":{"rendered":"

…but I’m as close as I’m going to get!<\/p>\n

Its official (well nearly), for the doubters, the disbelievers and the down right judgemental and abusive….<\/p>\n

….I AM A GOOD PARENT, regardless (or in spite of I’m not sure which) of my age and the fact that I am very much single!!<\/p>\n

I have just returned home from my sons parents evening and I think I have just sat through the best hour of any parents life! It was so nice to sit there and be told that your child is excelling in subjects, is well behaved, conscientious, considerate and I quote “Makes it a pleasure to be in the classroom with him.”.<\/p>\n

The blood, sweat and tears any parent sheds’ for their child comes as par for the course, but to sit there and be told that all that as paid off, and then some…<\/p>\n

….I’ve never been prouder in my whole entire life!!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…but I’m as close as I’m going to get! Its official (well nearly), for the doubters, the disbelievers and the down right judgemental and abusive…. ….I AM A GOOD PARENT, regardless (or in spite of I’m not sure which) of my age and the fact that I am very much single!! I have just returned … Continue reading I’m not perfect….<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wbiagw"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6WGy-11","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":151,"url":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/04\/11\/you-better-believe-im-pissed\/","url_meta":{"origin":63,"position":0},"title":"You better believe I’m pissed!!!","date":"April 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Children who grow up without their biological father are more likely to be unemployed, commit crime and leave education early, according to research by think tank Civitas. 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