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Gabe1

Gabe1

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Songbird76 said:
I think a lot of the negativity comes from people who don't have kids themselves and who live under the assumption that children must be supervised every second of the day and raised military fashion. People who HAVE kids are less likely to judge, because we know that it's ok to let them be independent sometimes...in fact, it's our job to raise them to BE independent because we won't always be there to do everything for them, and if they don't learn to make a sandwich, or to get dressed, or to do their homework, they're going to be in trouble when they get older and the world expects them to be functioning adults. BUT, there are some people who really don't pay attention to their kids at all and the kids have to raise themselves. My nephew complains all the time that his mom only plays on the computer all day and won't do anything with him. He comes home from school and she takes him to her parents and that's it. So I get that there are some who fit the stereotype, but I think that's a minority...it's just that those are the visible ones.
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Yeah you are right, didn't think about that yesterday. It is a little hard to judge unless you walk in those parenthood shoes and yes it is our job to raise independent children and release them into society as productive adults. Me that started when they were tiny. I knew if I didn't have their respect and their attention to listen to instructions it would be all over by the time they hit their preteen years. They knew I only asked once. No 3 strikes, no counting to ten, no thinking my leadership was up for debate. But still I didn't pull that MOM card often.

On the flip side of Moms being called self absorbed if we do insert ourselves then we HELICOPTER MOMS. At times we just have a target on our backs. I never had a kid sent to the principals office, they both graduated high school and college. I did my job.
 
catmom46

catmom46

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FutureCEO said:
Drink your donut calories instead

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Slurp. :hungry:
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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Gabe1 said:
Yeah you are right, didn't think about that yesterday. It is a little hard to judge unless you walk in those parenthood shoes and yes it is our job to raise independent children and release them into society as productive adults. Me that started when they were tiny. I knew if I didn't have their respect and their attention to listen to instructions it would be all over by the time they hit their preteen years. They knew I only asked once. No 3 strikes, no counting to ten, no thinking my leadership was up for debate. But still I didn't pull that MOM card often.

On the flip side of Moms being called self absorbed if we do insert ourselves then we HELICOPTER MOMS. At times we just have a target on our backs. I never had a kid sent to the principals office, they both graduated high school and college. I did my job.
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Yeah, we started from day one (literally) with things like looking both ways before crossing the street. We always talked to the kids, even when they were still in the buggy. So we'd get to a curb and make a point of saying "And now we look both ways and there are no cars, so it's our turn." By the time my kids were 2, they could be allowed to go to the curb themselves because we knew they wouldn't run into the street. I did have a rude ambulance driver hang out of his window and yell at me once when DS went to the curb without me. Yes, I was on my phone because I was trying desperately to make a doctor's appointment and you can only call between 8 and 9, which was right at the time I needed to take DD to school and then get groceries. So I dropped DD off at school and then used my cell phone to call the doctor while we walked to the store. DS walked a little ahead, but he did NOT run into the street or anything and the guy in the ambulance drove by and yelled at me for being on the phone instead of watching my kid...meanwhile HE was hanging out the window of the ambulance, not watching where he was driving and my 3 year old was standing patiently at the curb waiting for me to get there so we could cross the street. Many a person has complimented us on the fact that my kids never ran into the street...they always waited at the curb. We will get flack no matter what we do because people don't know you and don't know your kids. Let them. YOU know the truth.
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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Gabe1 said:
That is sweet your Mom was so touched by the instruments. Does she also play?
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She plays piano, and she learned violin when she was young, (and can actually tune a violin more easily than I can. I like my electronic tuner and fine tuning pegs very much), but I've got bigger hands and longer fingers. Not very feminine, but good for those instruments. I can play piano pieces she can't simply because I can reach more easily. I think my orchestra conductor in middle school was better because I learned what she never could figure out (verbrato, playing in third position). My voice came from her (it obviously did NOT come from my father) but sadly, it is starting to show the effects of age. She can't sing soprano anymore, and my voice overpowers hers. And everyone else's for that matter unless I hold back. Last semester in chorus, we had six altos, two sopranos (including me), and two guys. For three of the songs in our concert, I was the only soprano. Me, with the melody, could be heard clearly over the rest of the chorus, and 30 ukuleles at one point. The other soprano had laryngitis for about two weeks (but still attended rehearsal). After that, she was like, "I'm not worried about you being by yourself.":hilarious:
 
French Quarter

French Quarter

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Gabe1 said:
I wrapped up potatoes and put them out on my cast iron in line gas grill to make baked potatoes for dinner. I put them out there so when I came back from the store all I had to do on my way in was turn the ****. Being a rule follower I always lift the heavy lid when igniting the BBQ. Good thing. Somehow stupid squirrel got in there and was chewing through a potato. :facepalm:

That would have been nasty.:hungover:
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Sounds like a two for one deal! :)
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
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MinnieM123 said:
Sounds delightful. I want temps in the 40s big time--we keep getting close to it, and then some stupid weather system comes in and knocks us up in the high 60s, and even and occasional afternoon in low 70s. It's October, for goodness sake--I want fall crisp temperatures!! :banghead:
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What are you talking about? 70s this time of year is glorious. 80s would be better, but can't have everything. :P
 

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