Confessions of one sahm

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Confessions of one sahm
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Fri, 04-03-2009 - 1:58pm

I've been thinking about this *debate* lately, and I think that many of my

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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 12:01pm

Even with our very crazy schedule, not only do we have dinner of some type together (home, out or on the road) we spend a great deal of time together in the evenings.


But you know, I think the teamwork within the house is just as important as dinner together

PumpkinAngel

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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 12:02pm

That's what is being quoted....I would love to know the answer to the question that was asked to the parents, that and how they got them to do it!


Amazing, imo.


PumpkinAngel

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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 12:07pm

Good point, having a experience say limited to only one year of dance at a young age, say 6 as in your example....I

PumpkinAngel

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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 12:41pm
I'm pretty sure that having learned to change a tire at fourteen will be of benefit when the tire blows when he is 21 or 22. Even if he has to get out the manual to figure out how to loosen the spare or use the particular jack the car he's driving comes with, he will have the confidence to know how to do it. Loosening a lug nut and things like that are not things that take a long time to re-learn. And he will also have a AAA membership. As I have explained before, a AAA is a great thing, but there are times when it is beneficial to be able to change your own tires, especially if you are in a remote area. DH and I got a flat one time in the Ozark Mountains in July, with the temperature and the humidity index both approaching triple digits. I guess we COULD have sat there for two or more hours until AAA arrived, but it was nice to take care of it in less than half an hour and be on our way.
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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 12:43pm
Frankly, I have no clue why an 11 year old with normal motor skills would need assistance cutting meat, but whatever. I think my kids would have been mortified if they were over about eight and out in public and were served steak and had to have a parent cut their meat for them.
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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 12:45pm
You have a very skewed and inaccurate, and frankly, insulting picture of what it's like for a family to work together.
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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 12:45pm
FYI, verbatim is one word. There's no space between the first and second syllable.
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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 12:48pm
I'm not sure what you are asking. Did I feel differently in that I didn't think that it was everyone who lives in the house's responsibility to help maintain the home? No, I did not. But in my first and second homes that I owned, I was the sole person living in the condo/house, so it was somewhat of a different situation. When DH and I bought our first place together, there was no question but that maintaining it was going to be a joint venture.
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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 12:52pm

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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 12:55pm
Oh, I do not miss the birthday party circuit thing. Not at all. It was fun while it lasted, and we've got some great memories, but what I like now is that with my older kid, any birthday celebration for the kids is organized and planned by the kids. Last year when my son turned sixteen, I got a call from one of his classmates who wanted my help in arranging a surprise party for him. All I had to do was get the kid out to dinner, and leave a side door open. When we got home, our lower level was full of kids from his high school who had pizza, soda, cake, ice cream, and watched a movie AND cleaned up after themselves. Seriously. They even took the trash away in a black bag. You couldn't even tell there had been kids down there. These kids delight in surprising each other and have had to pull ever more elaborate ruses in order to maintain the element of surprise.

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