ah, my mother; baby names

[flea]

Email subject line: How many mothers and grandmothers

Content: Are discussing the article "Whose Bed is it Anyway?"
in today's NYT. Don't all those exhausted families
sound silly and wimpy? And don't their bedrooms seem
too fancy for them to deserve everything going right.
Too bad raising good kids, kids with boundaries, isn't
their top priority...Can you imagine sharing your bed
with 5 year old Dillopie?????And 8 year old Casper?
Oops you mean you intend to?
Actually, the part of the article I did like was the
statement by the mental health pro that setting
boundaries for children is important and the bedtime
is a part of that. KEep up the good work! (KEep
trying, that is.)
Do not be offended by this message. IT is meant to be
funny.
love, D

Note to mother (and everyone else watching): If you have to SAY "Do not be offended; this is meant to be funny," maybe you should just keep quiet.

I haven't even read the article yet. Ugh.

Born to Beth and Matt: Jonah Peter
Born to Connie and Truman: Truman, to be called, we think, Tucker, or something. Sisters are Wilder and Annabel.

Comments

[cashmerepett.livejournal.com]

OH. MY. GOD.

Dude, my mom has issues through the roof but she would NEVER be so condescending to me.

It's actually an interesting article--but definitely one that Superior Parents can shake their fingers and tut-tut those "wimpy" parents that "don't know how to set boundaries."

My first rule of parenting is NEVER say NEVER. You don't know how desperate you're going to be some day.

[cindywrites.livejournal.com]

This I know: never generally comes back to bite me in the ass.

For what it's worth, flea, I didn't think the article itself was bad.

I also feel a little bad for your mom. I think it must be hard to be the parent of an adult. You're still a parent, but you have no child. You have grown offspring, but they're the same people. When you see them struggling with something, it's got to be hard to refrain from nudging. I know why you don't find her note funny, but I can see she's trying to be funny, and what's keeping her from being funny is that she's also trying to be pointy.

[hecubot.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry!

I never think you're wimpy.