He wants free range children
I have an image of them scratching at the carpet and curling up in heaps whenever they're tired.
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Connie Neil - Mar 29, 2005 10:23:47 am PST #106 of 10001
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Calli - Mar 29, 2005 10:30:45 am PST #107 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
He wants free range children, and I want bedtimes.
I bet if you make sure he deals with the kids whenever they're sleep deprived and cranky he'll view bedtimes more fondly.
Connie Neil - Mar 29, 2005 10:32:12 am PST #108 of 10001
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LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday, battling his second case of viral pneumonia in just five weeks, hospital and church officials said.
Allah has just a few words for you, Jerry. Jesus, too.
DebetEsse - Mar 29, 2005 10:33:38 am PST #109 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
No. He's not supposed to die. It's way too fun to walk around saying "Jerry Fall well" when he's done something lately t /Sports Night geek
Sparky1 - Mar 29, 2005 10:37:40 am PST #110 of 10001
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I bet if you make sure he deals with the kids whenever they're sleep deprived and cranky he'll view bedtimes more fondly.
I suspect this will happen, too. At least, I hope so. Meanwhile, he's baffled why anyone has to tell their kids to go to sleep. "Won't they just go to sleep eventually?" he says.
JZ - Mar 29, 2005 10:42:48 am PST #111 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Meanwhile, he's baffled why anyone has to tell their kids to go to sleep. "Won't they just go to sleep eventually?" he says.
Admittedly, this is true, but YEventuallyMV considerably from the kid's.
I actually do know one child who will voluntarily put himself to bed or even stop playing and lie down for a nap, courteously excusing himself from company, at the age of not-quite-four. But just the one. His parents regard him with wonder and something like fear, and I'm pretty sure his sleep habits are a mystically created In Every Generation There Can Be Only One-type deal.
Gudanov - Mar 29, 2005 10:45:47 am PST #112 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Meanwhile, he's baffled why anyone has to tell their kids to go to sleep. "Won't they just go to sleep eventually?" he says.
That's funny.
Betsy HP - Mar 29, 2005 10:48:40 am PST #113 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
"Won't they just go to sleep eventually?"
Of course they will.
But there's a good chance they'll go to sleep from (say) 4PM to 2AM, or some other time frame that is incompatible with the adults getting any sleep.
erikaj - Mar 29, 2005 10:49:05 am PST #114 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
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sj - Mar 29, 2005 10:56:24 am PST #115 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
"Won't they just go to sleep eventually?"
I know I am not a parent, but my experience with children is that most of them will fight going to sleep with every ounce of energy and will they have.
I actually do know one child who will voluntarily put himself to bed or even stop playing and lie down for a nap, courteously excusing himself from company, at the age of not-quite-four. But just the one. His parents regard him with wonder and something like fear, and I'm pretty sure his sleep habits are a mystically created In Every Generation There Can Be Only One-type deal.
My cousins were like this. I used to babysit for the two of them when they were little, and they used to come downstairs exactly at 8 and tell me they were going to bed now. Always freaked me out.