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The first person I interviewed was Celeste Lashmett. Celeste was my high school track coach and had recently became a new parent in the last two years. AJ is two years and four months old right now. Celeste is currently living in Winchester Illinois with her husband Tim. Tim and Celeste have been married for the last five years. With AJ only being a little over two years old I would still consider them to be new parents. Tim works at Lincoln Land FS in Winchester and Celeste is the high school guidance counselor and also the high school track coach. The interview was done at the high school in Celeste’s office and Tim was not present. The second parents that I interviewed was Terry and Ross Kunkel. Even though they were both present, Terry answered the majority of the questions. The interview was done at their house in Bluffs. Terry and Ross are both retired; even though Terry has gone back to working part time for the village. They have two kids; Linsey and Harley. Linsey is I’m assuming in her upper 20’s and has her own family with two kids, and I just learned, she is also expecting twins in October. Harley graduated in my class and just turned 21 a few months ago. …show more content…

Celeste mentions how she is learning to function on less sleep and is getting used to having no free time. I think their hearts are in the right place, and there is no doubt in my mind that they will be good parents, but like a lot of new parents in today’s society, they are stuck finding time to raise a kid while also working full time jobs. I think the next few years will be difficult but crucial for them as parents. Some things will get easier for them, while others will get more difficult. For example, for Celeste it is easier to figure out what’s wrong with AJ. She said a year ago if he was crying I would worry and have to guess why he’s crying. Now I know usually what’s making him cry and if I don’t he can usually at least tell

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