Parenting is Hard. Thank God for That. — Ben Christenson, Living as Creatures — “But if you come to accept that the difficulties are God giving you “occasions to learn” and the good times are blessings, then you can find the whole experience far less pointless and far more meaningful. Just like in the gym you need to push until failure to make strength gains, I like to think of it as Progressive Overload Parenting. You need to push past your perceived limits time after time.