I had an eye-opener conversation with the Kid and her buddy, let’s call her Doey.*
Come with me, inside the mind of the six year old…
In their 1st grade class, they had just decorated little gingerbread houses (graham cracker, actually) and were back at our house nibbling on various sugary paraphernalia, when Doey noticed the [...]
Now that she’s a ripe, old six year old, the Kid is getting more comfortable on computers.
A little too comfortable.
She’s making freaky self-portraits on iphoto.
Plus, since reading and writing has entered her world, she’s begun creating Word documents and emailing (on my account).
The hubs figured this might save us all some grief tonight, [...]
It’s official. The Kid doesn’t need her mommy anymore. She’s dumped me like yesterday’s fried calamari, cold and limp.
What happened, I wonder. Even after she finished kindergarten, she still managed to talk in baby talk and call for “Mama.” She still wanted help drying off after a bath. She still asked [...]
You may know a few people who fudge when it comes to telling their actual age. Our society is youth obsessed, after all. I admit the number “39″ springs to my mind often enough that I’ve pretty much convinced myself that is my age.
Or, I’m just old enough now to lose [...]
Things are hardly ever black and white in the world of parenting. If they are for you, congratulations and yes, Fox News is fair and balanced!
Some bad actions are clearly bad–hitting someone, pushing someone, or other violence. Although, even then, a time might arise when you are proud of when your [...]
We had spring break here, and spring decided to actually join us for part of it.
Let them rejoice!
We also had a road trip for part of that break, during which the Kid decided to start calling me “Wendy” instead of “Mommy.”
I decided not to answer to “Wendy” if the person calling me “Wendy” [...]
As a parent, you are continually required to think fast and react in some kind of grown-up-ish way. Yet, just when you think you have figured out the best, quick solution, your kid undermines all your confidence. Again.
We had the following incident the other day:
It’s bedtime. I’m trying to read one of [...]
