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I hope you enjoyed your rainy day read
There is so much out there for kids these days. It is really nice to just spend some time together at home.
posted by
MsVision
on November 2, 2006 at 4:33 AM
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uh...where are you? are you okay?
posted by
shelly_b
on November 1, 2006 at 12:26 PM
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bel, oh bel, why are you keeping us in suspense?
posted by
MaggieMae
on October 30, 2006 at 11:46 AM
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Bel....
Just checking in on you to see if you're OK?
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on October 30, 2006 at 5:09 AM
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Bel
Just stopped by to say hello!
posted by
BrightIrish
on October 25, 2006 at 8:41 PM
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yes Bel--where the heck did you run off to?!?
posted by
Julia.
on October 24, 2006 at 3:20 PM
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Bel
Missing You!
posted by
Justi
on October 24, 2006 at 3:18 PM
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Bel, we have not seen much of you lately. I hope you're not on a permanent
hiatus. It's funny that the ones who say they're leaving seldom do, it's the people who just pack up their blogs and steal away into the night, that I miss.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 24, 2006 at 11:09 AM
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The kids I know insist on doing all sorts of activities
and really enjoy every single one of them. So, I think their parents are the ones stressed trying to coordiante all of the schedules.
posted by
WritersBlok
on October 22, 2006 at 9:59 AM
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Passionflower, can bel and I come under your blanket and share your hot chocolate? Pleez, pleez, pleez. It' cold here too.
posted by
MaggieMae
on October 20, 2006 at 1:05 PM
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Are you still under that blanket drinking hot chocolate??
It turned cold here today too. I dread winter but I'm afraid winter has come to the south.
posted by
Passionflower
on October 19, 2006 at 8:34 PM
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posted by
MaggieMae
on October 19, 2006 at 3:16 PM
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bellllllllll - h-e-l-l-o, bellllllll - where areeeeee youuuuu????
posted by
MaggieMae
on October 19, 2006 at 3:16 PM
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Bel -
It's unfortunate that some parents are trying to overcome the inadequacies of their youth through their kids.
posted by
sannhet
on October 18, 2006 at 7:48 PM
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I Agree
You can put too many activities on a kid. The sad part is that it isnt for the kids but for the parents. I always limited what my daughters activities were when she was younger. In high school I let her do as much as she felt she could handle as long as I did not see her grades slip any. If they did she had to choose which activity to give up.
posted by
StrickGold
on October 18, 2006 at 7:36 PM
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bel,
that's a strange notion you got there - homework? Judging by what I see, it's a concept many kids these days have never heard of, and might not even be able to spell!
posted by
Nautikos
on October 18, 2006 at 4:21 AM
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It seems that kids don't haave time to just be kids anymore.
You are a very smart mom.
posted by
Whacky
on October 17, 2006 at 11:16 PM
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all my kids want to do is SHOP!!! like their mother
posted by
ladychardonnay
on October 17, 2006 at 7:12 PM
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Who knows? Everyone's doing it these days.
Soccer, baseball, track, gymnastics....not to mention the fun nights of bowling and karoke...I don't think Americans sleep enough anymore.
posted by
Passionflower
on October 17, 2006 at 7:09 PM
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bel, at the school, we have four-year-olds who are involved in more than
three after school activities. Can you imagine what will happen when they get to elementary school? Geesh....they start young.
posted by
shelly_b
on October 17, 2006 at 6:09 PM
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Bel, I can't picture you as a "stage mom" of any kind. Have fun. See you
posted by
Blanche.
on October 17, 2006 at 5:39 PM
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It sounds like a great plan! I'd like to do the same thing.
posted by
Kasthu
on October 17, 2006 at 10:17 AM
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Yes, I think some do expect too much....
posted by
_Symphony_
on October 17, 2006 at 10:09 AM
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can't answer your question because I have absolutely NO
expectation from my fur kids, lol...other than to use the litter box that is. But you should be here and you'd love your rain...cuz' it's snowing here today!!!
posted by
Julia.
on October 17, 2006 at 9:21 AM
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I do think our kids are going on "overload", but it's not always the parents, it's the kids themselves. They want to take part in everything. I see my granddaughter doing it and I want to intercede for her sake, but it's really up to her mother to slow her down, and it's none of my business. Her young butt is dragging, but her grades all a's and b's. She does well. I'm afraid for her health.
I think you are right, bel, and that they should have a limit. They are too young to see the consequences.
posted by
MaggieMae
on October 17, 2006 at 8:28 AM
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I see it, too, Bel, same here. I hate it when parents use their kids for
status, bragging points or whatever. It just sets the stage for rebellion, imho.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 17, 2006 at 7:19 AM
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bel, yes, I do...kids can become so busy with "extras" no wonder they
end up nervous wrecks...I know parents who are out every afternoon or eve, if they aren't working, to see "him" or "her" in some activity or other....
it is a dull dreary day here, too...maybe by worktime it will clear up, but it doesn't sound like a very promising week...
posted by
Rumor
on October 17, 2006 at 7:18 AM
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Blanche
I can't stand the obnoxious stage mom's. I want Pam to do what SHE loves. I see so many kids being drug through their mother's tired old dreams and it sickens me.
posted by
bel_1965
on October 17, 2006 at 7:16 AM
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Bel, I think it's better to limt Pam so she can focus, than to try to live
vicariously through her and be a "stage mother". God, they're awful.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 17, 2006 at 7:11 AM
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Lady
That was a very nice thing to do, even if it didn't work out as planned.
posted by
bel_1965
on October 17, 2006 at 7:10 AM
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Bel, Thank you, if you like jazz music and big band music, she
has recently released a CD called Evenutally, which is doing very well!
posted by
MountainClimber57
on October 17, 2006 at 7:10 AM
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MC
She is BEAUTIFUL!!! I have bookmarked the site and will have a listen as soon as I finish loading the file I am working on.
posted by
bel_1965
on October 17, 2006 at 7:09 AM
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Bel, when my 33 year old daughter was a teenager, she
was often very rebellious. She would always say, sometimes quite loudly, when I have children, I will not raise them like you and Mom have raised me. When she had our granddaughter, she came to her Mom and me, and apologized, and said, "I want to raise my daughter just like you raised me." Today she is a loving mother, faithful wife, and a successful young lady in the music industry.
http://www.kimbermanning.com/
posted by
MountainClimber57
on October 17, 2006 at 6:58 AM
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bel - i drove back and she was already gone
i felt so bad for her i would have driven her to work
posted by
ladychardonnay
on October 17, 2006 at 6:51 AM
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MC
Thank you and from time to time my daughter will even admit to that LOL!
posted by
bel_1965
on October 17, 2006 at 6:49 AM
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Lady
What a way to ruin one's day! UGH!
posted by
bel_1965
on October 17, 2006 at 6:49 AM
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Dave
you mean parents are allowed to go out and play too? DAMN! I wish someone had told me! LOL! I am so busy trying to keep her up with her social life that mine suffers greatly!
posted by
bel_1965
on October 17, 2006 at 6:48 AM
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Bel, my wife said the same thing this morning as she left for work
As far as your daughter, you are doing well. Though kids today don't want it, they need discipline and boundaries more than ever, and she daughter is very fortunate you have a mother like you.
posted by
MountainClimber57
on October 17, 2006 at 6:48 AM
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Same here with the weather.
As for parents, some of them expect too much, some expect too little. Ride the enthusiasm of the child, I'd say, while they're trying new things out. But keep the life balance. And keep a perspective on parents having extra-curricular activity too. Fair's fair.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on October 17, 2006 at 6:33 AM
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it's pouring here and windy
i saw some lady waiting for a bus with a twisted umbrella - the rain is too slanty and she was drenched
posted by
ladychardonnay
on October 17, 2006 at 6:31 AM
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