tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702390518597700869.post3866307791433419472..comments2023-08-22T06:30:03.364-04:00Comments on Powell Power: Don't stop it...just re-direct itEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04065195610270532889noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702390518597700869.post-18658920778761142802013-04-02T18:16:30.970-04:002013-04-02T18:16:30.970-04:00I don't wonder that your children are thriving...I don't wonder that your children are thriving! By modeling selflessness and compassion you are giving them a far greater gift than your presence at another school party! lsnellingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306967664545992842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702390518597700869.post-68240609991372443372013-04-02T13:34:02.922-04:002013-04-02T13:34:02.922-04:00And I spelled swallowed wrong. I just can't le...And I spelled swallowed wrong. I just can't let that go.... :)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03689238640477884004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702390518597700869.post-20992073070638113492013-04-02T13:31:58.052-04:002013-04-02T13:31:58.052-04:00But, how do you REALLY feel about it? :)
The uber...But, how do you REALLY feel about it? :)<br /><br />The uber parent...remember the rant I posted a couple of weeks ago about the severe lack of real men in the world? I have a similar one brewing inside for the uber parent. It's ok to love your kids, but you don't have to LOOOOOOOOVE them. I'm a parent, but I'm also a son and a husband and a neighbor and a friend. We can't have our entire life and identity swalloed up in one role, and that's what I see these days. Let the kid be a kid -- that includes time away from his or her parents. When I was a kid, on summer mornings -- or Saturdays -- we left the house at sun up and came home for dinner. Parenting is hard enough without feeling like you have to keep up with the Joneses. And I think that is what's happening. Since we know everything about everyone (or at least we think we do -- thanks to things like Facebook) we are scared to death that we might not be as perfect as the other kid's mom down the street -- so we become over acheivers. And, truthfully, it's mostly the moms -- because the fathers are little better than children themselves any more (maybe that's what drives these mothers -- the fact that they have to be both mother and father?). <br /><br />You have the ultimate volunteer mom, but it also gets worse -- you have the mom that volunteers for everything, AND sits on the PTA board, AND makes the cutest crafts EVER, AND runs marathons...blah blah blah. It's a recipe for an early grave. <br /><br />Really -- care for your kids, love them, provide for them, and then give them -- and you -- some breathing room. You deserve it -- parenting is hard. <br /><br />And holidays....don't get me started. Remember that line from The Incredibles: "If everyone is special, then no one is?"<br /><br />Welcome to our world. <br /><br />Wow, sorry Emily. I didn't mean to write you a masters thesis.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03689238640477884004noreply@blogger.com