http://disgruntledmom.com/2008/11/22/how-my-personal-philospohy-and-behavior-have-ruined-any-hope-for-the-future-of-my-kids-reason-43/ For Those Who View Motherhood From a Slightly Skewed Perspective Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://disgruntledmom.com/2008/11/22/how-my-personal-philospohy-and-behavior-have-ruined-any-hope-for-the-future-of-my-kids-reason-43/#comment-81 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:41:40 +0000 http://disgruntledmom.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-81 I hear you, disgruntled. And we’ve been there, too. My son doesn’t know what a needle and thread do, either, but he also has no idea an iron is. Or an ironing board. Or a hair dryer.
We’re not ludites. We just have higher priorities than appearance. As you can tell from looking at us. But my kid can do some things that other kids his age can’t.
It’ll all even out in the end. I heard about an NPR correspondent who thought, for her whole life, that unicorns were real. Because her parents supported her imagination. Apparently a bit too much? Nah. She found out eventually, in an extinction discussion.
Nice post. Thank you.

]]> http://disgruntledmom.com/2008/11/22/how-my-personal-philospohy-and-behavior-have-ruined-any-hope-for-the-future-of-my-kids-reason-43/#comment-79 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:27:31 +0000 http://disgruntledmom.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-79 I am a single mom and have to play the role of mom and dad so I try to do my best. But there are days that I feel like I am screwing up my daughter more than other parents some days. Case in point: My daughter thinks that I can sew anything and asked me to make a new dress for Barbie. Let me tell you I found out making little Barbie clothes are a lot harder than it looks, and I found out that I do not sew well at all.

]]> http://disgruntledmom.com/2008/11/22/how-my-personal-philospohy-and-behavior-have-ruined-any-hope-for-the-future-of-my-kids-reason-43/#comment-77 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:16:50 +0000 http://disgruntledmom.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-77 We do everything backwards in our family, my hubby stays at home and I work in a male-dominated field. I hope to teach my daughter: there are no boundaries just be you and feel free to spread.

]]> http://disgruntledmom.com/2008/11/22/how-my-personal-philospohy-and-behavior-have-ruined-any-hope-for-the-future-of-my-kids-reason-43/#comment-76 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:20:24 +0000 http://disgruntledmom.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-76 Years ago, when my youngest was a baby, I was overcome with the need to create something for him. I made a very basic sock puppet and was very proud of it. He was indifferent. He never played with it.
Recently, he and his little sister retrieved the puppet from a toy box. “Look what daddy made for us!” they announced.
“No,” I countered, “I made it.”
They refused to accept this. Daddy is the one who sews, not mommy.
Oh well.

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