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Monday Fluff
| Mon, 11-22-2010 - 9:59am |
1. Will you be shopping on Black Friday or Cyber Monday?
2. "5 months of bills...." as the song says. Do you have a budget for the holidays or do you have "5 months of bills..."?
3. What is one food that most people make for Thanksgiving that you do not like?
4. Do you dress up for Thanksgiving?

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Nah, I find it easier to put little loads away. Much quicker, IMO as I don't have to find 6-8 hours at one time to do it.
I received that easy bake oven. My mom took it off of me after the first time we used it together. She thought the real oven was far safer than that thing.
We split household responsibilties pretty 50-50. But we don't have to split each responsibility 50-50.
"I don’t mind a banshee, that’s fine. 2 banshees? I HATE you. I actually wish bad things upon you." -- Day[9] Daily #459 P1
Oh, my hangers stay in the closets. I don't have a laundry "room" to keep all them downstairs. I also just take the entire load upstairs to sort and fold and put away. I wouldn't want to have to be downstairs doing it.
I don't think anyone is saying it's something every 6 year old does naturally. I do think what the majority here are saying is that if a 6-year-old is expressing the interest and has shown themselves capable of doing it, there is no need to stifle that. Most kids I know seem to latch onto a few interests in the 3-7 range. Some of the ones I know (including one of my own kids) latch onto maybe a character or TV show. Others may latch onto a set of skills. When I was a kid, it was reading and cooking/baking. I have read posts here implying that parents who do (as my parents did) allow the child to explore those interests are somehow doing them a disservice by "forcing" them to "grow up too fast". I think it's ridiculous to claim that a parent allowing their child to mature at their own pace, and develop skills at their own pace, when the child is the one leading it, are "forcing" them to "grow up too fast". it's not like my parents came in on Thanksgiving and gave me their pie order while they sat down to watch TV.
I don't think you should NEVER do anything for yourself but I DO think you need to not put all your needs first and IMO, if you HAVE to do things to be happy, then you are putting your own needs first and your families second. They will realize that after awhile.
True.
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