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I decided when I had kids, I was not going to make hair length an issue -- and I have not but my kids seem pretty old-fashioned for the most part. I wasn't going to make bedtimes or the dinner table into battle zones and I haven't. I don't force them to sit at the table, I don't force them to fall asleep just because some clock said something.
Everything else my parents did, I thought was right and I pretty much do the same things.
Try to control their lives or interfere when they are an adult. Ha! Now my one and only is leaving for college 7 hours away. If I could tether him to me ~ I would!
I have to figure out a way to let go. It's not as easy as I thought when I was busy being annoyed at my mother.
Most of those quotes are just laziness. I'll critique one-by-one:
1) "Except what I didn’t realise is that it’s really hard for me to sleep through bloodcurdling screaming"
Sleep with earmuffs and close the doors. Problem solved.
2) "Pretty hard if it’s the 4,753rd time you’ve read it that day and if you ever have a stroke it will, no doubt, be the only information you’ll retain."
You don't have to read something 4,753 times. But make sure you spend the time you would have spent reading to your kid in doing something else with your kid.
3) "You know, you just sit there while they have fun. Oh, wait you want to go on the swing? No more swing now? Now the slide? Mommy can’t fit up there but hold on tight….whoa…no, come down now!! That’s too high!! Okay, yes, let’s play in the sand. No, that’s not your truck that’s the little boy’s truck. Give it back, please. No hitting!! Hey, do you want a cookie? The cookies are at home. Okay, let’s go home and get a cookie. Bye park! Kiss my ass until I’ve had another Goodnight Moon stroke and forgotten how horrible you are."
An adult should be able to generate sufficient momentum to swing themselves. I could do so when I was ten years old.
Unless the mother is 300 pounds, she can fit on the slide.
Cities are paranoid these days about getting sued for injuries. If a city park has built something, it's pretty safe. Calm down.
You could easily just remember to pack some cookies.
That whole paragraph boils down to "I have to teach my child not to steal! Too much work!"
4) "I mean, it takes about 3 hours to get ready for 10 minutes of fun. Except I didn’t think of what else I would do to occupy a small child for 3 hours if I wasn’t getting ready for swimming."
Why does it take 3 hours to get ready to go to the pool for 10 minutes?
This was blatant article filler here.
5) "I once threw an open bag of cheesies down the basement stairs to stop my kids from fighting like drunk white girls while I was on a really important phone call. They swarmed it like racoons and ate all the trans fat goodness silently off the floor. I stand by my actions and I’d do it again in a heartbeat."
Or you could have just not gotten on a really important phone call when your kids were home.
And let's be honest. You don't have a really important phone call everyday. If you did, none of the calls would be very important.
6) "Children stand behind you like a 20lb footstool when you’re carrying pots of boiling water, try to throw things down the toilet while you’re cleaning it or take their diaper off and pee down the air vents while you’re taking a shower?!"
If you respected them more and didn't do thing #'s 1-5 to them, maybe they would respect you more.
7) "If I have pants on when I leave the house I consider my appearance to be completely appropriate and should therefore, not be judged."
Oh, I'm sure everyone judges everyone at all times.
I know when I pass by someone, if their appearance is unusual, I make a comment to myself about it. If I'm with anyone else, I'll say it to the group.
Most of those quotes are just laziness. I'll critique one-by-one:
1) "Except what I didn’t realise is that it’s really hard for me to sleep through bloodcurdling screaming"
Sleep with earmuffs and close the doors. Problem solved.
2) "Pretty hard if it’s the 4,753rd time you’ve read it that day and if you ever have a stroke it will, no doubt, be the only information you’ll retain."
You don't have to read something 4,753 times. But make sure you spend the time you would have spent reading to your kid in doing something else with your kid.
3) "You know, you just sit there while they have fun. Oh, wait you want to go on the swing? No more swing now? Now the slide? Mommy can’t fit up there but hold on tight….whoa…no, come down now!! That’s too high!! Okay, yes, let’s play in the sand. No, that’s not your truck that’s the little boy’s truck. Give it back, please. No hitting!! Hey, do you want a cookie? The cookies are at home. Okay, let’s go home and get a cookie. Bye park! Kiss my ass until I’ve had another Goodnight Moon stroke and forgotten how horrible you are."
An adult should be able to generate sufficient momentum to swing themselves. I could do so when I was ten years old.
Unless the mother is 300 pounds, she can fit on the slide.
Cities are paranoid these days about getting sued for injuries. If a city park has built something, it's pretty safe. Calm down.
You could easily just remember to pack some cookies.
That whole paragraph boils down to "I have to teach my child not to steal! Too much work!"
4) "I mean, it takes about 3 hours to get ready for 10 minutes of fun. Except I didn’t think of what else I would do to occupy a small child for 3 hours if I wasn’t getting ready for swimming."
Why does it take 3 hours to get ready to go to the pool for 10 minutes?
This was blatant article filler here.
5) "I once threw an open bag of cheesies down the basement stairs to stop my kids from fighting like drunk white girls while I was on a really important phone call. They swarmed it like racoons and ate all the trans fat goodness silently off the floor. I stand by my actions and I’d do it again in a heartbeat."
Or you could have just not gotten on a really important phone call when your kids were home.
And let's be honest. You don't have a really important phone call everyday. If you did, none of the calls would be very important.
6) "Children stand behind you like a 20lb footstool when you’re carrying pots of boiling water, try to throw things down the toilet while you’re cleaning it or take their diaper off and pee down the air vents while you’re taking a shower?!"
If you respected them more and didn't do thing #'s 1-5 to them, maybe they would respect you more.
7) "If I have pants on when I leave the house I consider my appearance to be completely appropriate and should therefore, not be judged."
Oh, I'm sure everyone judges everyone at all times.
I know when I pass by someone, if their appearance is unusual, I make a comment to myself about it. If I'm with anyone else, I'll say it to the group.
I'm sorry you completely missed the point of the article.
Quote:
Originally Posted by plmokn
Jump out of a window
Slash my wrists
Drink poison
Blow my head off
Run away and join a cult
Commit myself to a mental institution
Perhaps you'd like to read the article in the OP, and then try again?
Oh, I'm sure everyone judges everyone at all times.
I know when I pass by someone, if their appearance is unusual, I make a comment to myself about it. If I'm with anyone else, I'll say it to the group.
What we can deduce from your post is that you're single and childless and have a lot of time on your hands. Even on a Saturday night. I'll critique just one of your ..... ummmm..... declarations:
Any parent who is half-way doing their job as a parent is too busy being a parent to notice, let alone comment on, how other people appear.
Most of those quotes are just laziness. I'll critique one-by-one:
1) "Except what I didn’t realise is that it’s really hard for me to sleep through bloodcurdling screaming"
Sleep with earmuffs and close the doors. Problem solved.
2) "Pretty hard if it’s the 4,753rd time you’ve read it that day and if you ever have a stroke it will, no doubt, be the only information you’ll retain."
You don't have to read something 4,753 times. But make sure you spend the time you would have spent reading to your kid in doing something else with your kid.
3) "You know, you just sit there while they have fun. Oh, wait you want to go on the swing? No more swing now? Now the slide? Mommy can’t fit up there but hold on tight….whoa…no, come down now!! That’s too high!! Okay, yes, let’s play in the sand. No, that’s not your truck that’s the little boy’s truck. Give it back, please. No hitting!! Hey, do you want a cookie? The cookies are at home. Okay, let’s go home and get a cookie. Bye park! Kiss my ass until I’ve had another Goodnight Moon stroke and forgotten how horrible you are."
An adult should be able to generate sufficient momentum to swing themselves. I could do so when I was ten years old.
Unless the mother is 300 pounds, she can fit on the slide.
Cities are paranoid these days about getting sued for injuries. If a city park has built something, it's pretty safe. Calm down.
You could easily just remember to pack some cookies.
That whole paragraph boils down to "I have to teach my child not to steal! Too much work!"
4) "I mean, it takes about 3 hours to get ready for 10 minutes of fun. Except I didn’t think of what else I would do to occupy a small child for 3 hours if I wasn’t getting ready for swimming."
Why does it take 3 hours to get ready to go to the pool for 10 minutes?
This was blatant article filler here.
5) "I once threw an open bag of cheesies down the basement stairs to stop my kids from fighting like drunk white girls while I was on a really important phone call. They swarmed it like racoons and ate all the trans fat goodness silently off the floor. I stand by my actions and I’d do it again in a heartbeat."
Or you could have just not gotten on a really important phone call when your kids were home.
And let's be honest. You don't have a really important phone call everyday. If you did, none of the calls would be very important.
6) "Children stand behind you like a 20lb footstool when you’re carrying pots of boiling water, try to throw things down the toilet while you’re cleaning it or take their diaper off and pee down the air vents while you’re taking a shower?!"
If you respected them more and didn't do thing #'s 1-5 to them, maybe they would respect you more.
7) "If I have pants on when I leave the house I consider my appearance to be completely appropriate and should therefore, not be judged."
Oh, I'm sure everyone judges everyone at all times.
I know when I pass by someone, if their appearance is unusual, I make a comment to myself about it. If I'm with anyone else, I'll say it to the group.
Go ahead and judge me. I'm guessing you are not a parent. Just a wild guess here.
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