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By: Would you leave your kids by the side of the road a la Primoff? | MOMania

Would you leave your kids by the side of the road a la Primoff? | MOMania — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:49:44 +0000

[...] Lassally whose book, “True Mom Confessions” we just discussed last week, wrote her take on the issue for The Huffington Post. I think it is well stated. Here’s what [...]

By: TeeinCSG

TeeinCSG — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:26:55 +0000

I’m not traditional with the breakfast either. shoot, sometimes we have it for dinner!

By: TeeinCSG

TeeinCSG — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:23:49 +0000

Wow.
I yell — especially after a very stressful day and my kids are wired.
And I feel awful about it immediately afteward. Sometimes I’ll just steal a few moments, cry it out, and strive to get it right and not lose it again. Do I “spare the rod”? Most of the time, yes.
98% of the time I only have to tell them once, but some days even June Cleaver can’t get it right.
Kids are precious. They depend on US until they can do and understand things on their own.

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:09:17 +0000

These stories have been hilarious!!! I’m certainly not a perfect parent either. But I wouldn’t trade a minute of mothering for anything!! It’s made me a better, more patient person.

By: DB

DB — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:45:24 +0000

MJG – hmm, Rice Krispie treats, eh? What’s the difference between a Rice Krispie treat and a bowl of Rice Krispies with a spoonful of sugar? NONE! (OK, a bit of butter — but you’d put that on toast, anyway, so it’s all good . . . !)

By: nurse&mother

nurse&mother — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:03:23 +0000

Very clever, DB. I will have to remember that one. I like the roll of coins and the glitter idea too. Thanks for sharing!

By: motherjanegoose

motherjanegoose — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:14:15 +0000

JOYCE AND DB..it is a tie as to whether the music truck, tooth fairy or the $10 bill is the funniest. Thanks for sharing. This is why I love this blog….some comments just crack me up!

I have never been stickler about certain foods for breakfast. When my son was little, he would eat cut up beef hot dogs and cubed cheese ( I put it in a tupperware bowl with a lid) with juice in a sippy cup on the way to preschool.
My daughter is known to eat a Rice Krispie treat with a glass of milk before leaving for high school. My mother would have a fit if she knew I let me kids do this….LOL.

By: DB

DB — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:43:25 +0000

I was pretty good with the Tooth Fairy stuff — the Fairy would “kiss” them with gold glitter and leave a shiny dollar coin (I had bought a roll from the bank and kept it in my nightstand drawer). But one of the kids got too clever for me, and, slyly, didn’t tell me that they had lost a tooth. They slipped it under their pillow and voila!, no Tooth Fairy. The next morning, very pleased with themselves, they calmly informed me that there was no Tooth Fairy, they had tested the theory the night before, and I had flunked!

Re: bathing. I have so much respect for the hardiness of Boy Scout leader’s noses! The leaders of my son’s troop once wryly commented that they only insisted on a shower on the last day of week-long camp at Woodruff, before the parents arrived to pick them up. One summer, I craftily hid a $10 bill tucked inside of my son’s bathtowel. When he arrived home at the end of the week, I was helping him unpack, picked up the very neatly folded towel, shook out the $10 bill, and chirped cheerfully, “See what you would have found if you had taken a shower?” He was quite annoyed!

By: Theresa Walsh Giarrusso

Theresa Walsh Giarrusso — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:22:22 +0000

JG — We totally stink at being the Tooth Fairy — With Walsh have forgotten to do it and said “Oh she must have been very busy!! We’ll leave it again and she’ll try to fit you in tonight.” Have also had issues with one child (Rose!!) who wanted very specific coinage (not amount but the types of coins) from the Tooth Fairy. We were scrambling at midnight to come up with what she had requested!! No more requests for the Tooth Fairy!!

I agree with some of what the author of the book Romi said earlier — some of the parents are just tired, frustrated and normal!! WE all have our days — parenting is tough!! But a few of the things are read are just BAD — no way around it. But I think for the most part these parents were just venting on the Web site like we share here. (And they could be even more honest because it was completely anonymous — here even though we don’t real names, monikers do have personalities and expectations.)

By: nurse&mother

nurse&mother — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:53:07 +0000

Escapee, I have never been a big breakfast eater. I too, would be content to eat cold pizza or pasta in the morning. I can remember my mom hovering over me trying to get me to eat a bowl of cereal. It was so early, my stomach felt like I was going to vomit.

Now days, I will eat cereal, but I do love other foods for breakfast (usually not before 10 am, though).