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new parenting debate

Talking on a cell phone while you're with your kid is depriving your child of quality time.

FFS.

http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/40609945.aspx

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Re: new parenting debate

  • Good greif. I also like her (SBP's) position that you can't "do" law school correctly if you don't go full time. And definitely not if you have a baby.
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    I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
  • SBP is BSC. I'm sure as an attorney in Chicago she is never on the phone around her precious. Ever.
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  • But that's precious time you could be spending going over flashcards and enriching their little lives with your presence!
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    "That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
  • Has anyone told PDX you can't go to law school and have a baby?  She needs to know so she can find a good home for Sean before the next semester begins.
  • imageBobLoblaw:
    Good greif. I also like her (SBP's) position that you can't "do" law school correctly if you don't go full time. And definitely not if you have a baby.

    Well. Whoops.

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  • I must be a genius because I have somehow been able to function all thist time walking my dog and talking on the phone at the same time. Apparently, that's a recipe for killer dog disaster. 
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  • imageBobLoblaw:
    Good greif. I also like her (SBP's) position that you can't "do" law school correctly if you don't go full time. And definitely not if you have a baby.

    I actually do see her point about the difficulty of truly being able to do law school "part time."  There were 2 people in my class who were trying to go to school while running family businesses and ended up dropping out the first year.  That said, I also know a guy who's currently working ridiculous hours at KPMG, going to law school at night, and doing really well.

    IMO, babies don't make law school impossible.  I was on Law Review with a woman who wrote her Note during her 3rd trimester, got it ready for publication before the baby was 4 months old, got a great clerkship, and a subsequent offer from a good firm.

    re:  the cell phone thing--I'm imagining SBP watching that new iPhone commercial (the one with the new father showing his newborn baby to the new grandfather) and yelling "YOU'RE A TERRIBLE PARENT!  MAKE SOME EYE CONTACT!"

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  • Being Mother Superior like that all the time must be exhausting. Unless I'm taking a tire iron to my kid for not playing hopscotch properly, I don't need your feedback on the nuances of my parenting.
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  • Wait, wait. Parents take their kids to the park so they can play with them? HELL NO. I take my kid to the park so she can play with other kids. I barely have to do anything. I mean I'll push her on the swings and make sure she doesn't eat broken glass or take a tumble off the top of the slide, but all the parks I go to are great for talking with other parents or bringing a book to read.

    I'm trying not to laugh at her right now because she's really not doing the park thing well at all.


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  • that's the most ridiculous objection to cellphone use i've ever come across.

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    I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
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