'Out Of Gas'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
"People often ask me how I managed to raise two such brilliant, kind, high-achieving kids. The answer is simple: neglect."
Not sure I'd call it "neglect" (to defend my Mom). But yeah, I started cooking at an early age because a) I was hungry, and b) it tasted better than Mom's. And she taught us to do laundry by 6th grade. Because a) she didn't have the time to lug 10 million loads down to the laundry room, and b) who likes doing other peoples laundry??
Custom ViewMaster with pictures from the wedding and honeymoon: fun Christmas gift or corny Christmas gift?
I don't think instilling basic life skills (laundry, cooking, amusing oneself quietly) in children (at an age-appropriate time--no deep fat frying at age 2) is neglect. You're supposed to be raising kids to become adults some day. They don't magically know how to measure out laundry detergent when they turn 18.
I don't think she literally mean't "neglect" when she used the word. She was being funny. Basically what she described was what today are called "free range" kids.
Uh oh, I'm raising my kids all wrong.
Laga, congrats!
Ginger, unless there are people inside your refrigerator, you can't be morally judged good or bad as a result of your relationship to it. Also, as long as you're still Ginger, I'm not judging you bad and you can't make me.
I don't think instilling basic life skills (laundry, cooking, amusing oneself quietly) in children (at an age-appropriate time--no deep fat frying at age 2) is neglect. You're supposed to be raising kids to become adults some day. They don't magically know how to measure out laundry detergent when they turn 18.
I agree completely with this. Both the boys were doing their laundry as soon as they were tall enough and started cooking as soon as they could comprehend. It was part my not really wanting to crawl under beds for stinky boy socks and not feeling I had to satisfy every food craving of rapidly growing boys. Primarily I wanted them to be independent. I didn't know how to do a lot of stuff when I moved out because I had a stay at home mom. They have had checking accounts for a long while for that reason too. No helpless creatures here.
They weren't neglected as such, but as small business owners they grew up in our office. Bobby was on my desk full time when he was 7 days old. No maternity leave for me. They stayed at the office until they were 2 then off to pre-school. After school was the office.
I wasn't actually neglected, by the way. I used the word because Barbara E. used it (humorously, I thought.) My parents both worked and we were pretty self sufficient from an early age.
I love the custom viewmaster idea.
Much date~ma, Omnis.
Date ~ma, omnis!
As a child I existed in a state of benign neglect. It would've been great to be taught to do shit.