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"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
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sharks, let's make a pact
Never to be these parents.
Moving their students in usually takes a few hours. Moving on? Most deans can tell stories of parents who lingered around campus for days. At Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., a mother and father once went to their daughter?s classes on the first day of the semester and trouped to the registrar?s office to change her schedule, recalled Beverly Low, the dean of first-year students.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
Re: sharks, let's make a pact
Attachment parenting wasn't even in vogue yet when these kids were born. I fear the future.
I dropped Bug off at the park to play with friends one day (they're all 10-11 y.o.) and there was another mom there. She was having trouble driving off. "It's just so different from when we were kids." It took everything I had not to reply, "Yeah, there was more crime and I didn't have a cell phone for emergencies."
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
OH I believe it. I used to be an RA and had parents asking me to remind their kids about their exam times.
I feel my entire goal as a parent is to get Jo to the stage where she can figure out how to wash her clothes, feed herself, and make life choices that will keep her safe and alive. I'd also encourage her to get good grades a long the way. I feel like if I had to follow her around campus, I'll have failed her somewhere.
My parents were not hoverers at all. My mother always says she viewed her job as giving us the tools we needed for our toolbox, and being available when we needed help using those tools. It's the balance I'd like to strike, which I think we can do because that's how F is with his older son.
I have no plans to hover around my son while he's in college, however when he talks about going across the country it does make me panic a little. Not that I don't think he can handle himself, it's more about if something should happen it's not like I can be there in an hour. I have no idea what these imaginary "things" are but it's hard to let him go so far away.
maybe I should go hang out with these people.
When I first went away to boarding school (my choice and I had a full scholarship), my parents brought me and I was telling them to leave right after we unloaded the car. I was 13, I cannot imagine wanting my parents to come to college with me.
When I lived in their home, my parents were up my butt about everything. I remember coming home one Spring day in my junior year of high school and hearing my mom on the phone researching 'remedial' classes for the SAT. She opened my SAT scores (that were addressed to me, btw, but I digress) that had come in the mail, and decided that they weren't good enough. Then, she spent the evening calling me stupid and unmotivated. My dad joined in, telling me that he's not paying for some shiity college and that I should consider 'becoming a 'domestic'' because that's the only type of job that will be available to me. Fun times.
Once I actually got into what my parents considered a good college, everyone pretty much left me alone. I do find it interesting that my parents were so concerned about my ability to support myself one day, but now my mom spends her days telling everyone who will listen that I'm abusing my kid because he's in daycare and not home with me.
i think my husband would do stuff like this if I didn't let him know that it makes him a Nancy. Seriously, he'd put the child in a bubble and shrink wrap it to foam pool noodles.
Crap, I hadn't factored in Mr M. We had the biggest struggle about letting Bug walk to school by herself. It's 8 blocks!
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
My parents opened my SAT scores and my college acceptance/denial letters, too. They didn't believe anyone in their house had privacy beyond them, as paying contributors.
I won't be a helicopter parent. I already give M a wide berth, because he's not used to someone breathing down his neck all the time. So, while I make sure I'm close if he needs me, I let him play outside what would likely be my comfort zone with a more sheltered child.
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I'm not sure I'd say that. Most daycares have a daily summary sheet for children too young to tell you how their day went. They usually list things like diaper changes/types, amount and types of food eaten, activities for the day, and anything special that you need to bring for the next day. I don't think it's unreasonable to want some feedback on how your child's day went from a nanny as well. Now, if you give her an excel spreadsheet to fill out, that's another story.
Oh yeah, and my idiot 18 year old brother went back to SC to visit his friends / dad and got in a fight within 24 hours. Came back minus a tooth and with a black eye. So, yeah, I'm still in the teenagers can't always be trusted to travel cross country alone camp.
My sitter fills me in on the times he ate, how much he ate, and if he had any diapers worth mentioning. There's no paper or anything official. She just tells me when I pick him up. Info like that is good to know with young babies, so I'll know when to feed him next and if I am sending enough ounces of milk to satisfy him.
Once he's five, I'm guessing I won't need to know so much about his daily eating and bathroom habits.
Let's hope not.
Connor's sheet now crosses out the diapers/bathroom section and they write "Potty Trained" across it. YES!!