'Sleeper'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
But in those days children also spent more time with each other, too.
Oh yeah, I'm sure that's right.
Mostly in a "big complex systems and ideas and not being afraid to fail" kind of way rather than "nobody knows what they're doing, welcome to the shit show."
My job is a little of column A, a little of column B. Not that people don't know what they are doing, but certain things are definitely a shitshow.
You know, I am still sitting here being flabbergasted at tenured professors with no offices! Can't they overule that at faculty senate or something?
This is interesting -- I just heard a thing about a study that shows that children of middle-class working parents today spend more time with their parents than children of middle-class housewives did in the 50s/60s. (I'm also interested in the switch from housewife to SAHM, which tells sort of the same story...) Granted, that includes older children than yours!
I read something similar -- possibly in that Atlantic article about overprotective parents? To a certain extent, of course, it's age-related -- Rose is young enough that she still needs us to help do things like get the Play-Doh down off the shelf, read to her, etc., not to mention feed her and change her diaper. We are getting to the point where she can build with her blocks or play with her puppets or trains without us needing to be involved -- but she still *wants* us to be involved, and it's hard to say no if the only time I spent with her yesterday was the hour between when she woke up and when I left for work.
Of course! She's still little yet. It's when she's 8 and still needs you to play with her that might be an issue....
Oh Sparky, what a mess. I'd be livid if I were kicked out and I'm not even tenured!
Ugh, I really have more work I needed to get done today, but I cannot. Ah well.
As a mom who played Monopoly with her kids this weekend, I loved being able to put my work aside for a day and actually play with my kids. It's the supervising homework and bedroom clean-up I'd like to end soon.
What Jesse said, Kate. But I also come from a whole different perspective -- I was mostly home when all three of mine were that little, so I taught them really early to amuse themselves while I was writing or doing freelance work. Also because I have limited patience with playing Duplos or whatever, but that's my issue.
But seriously, 3 BR, 2 Bath for $1350 AND ME!!!
Alas: Texas. And lots of summer heat.
but we have really good A/C.