Two Things

"I wouldn't let her
walk in traffic because she doesn't like the sandy broken sidewalk or something.
She might NOT get hit by a car but it's just too risky."

" If she has the the flu
but wants to play out in the snow all day? "


These two quotes are brought here from an unschooling group I'm on. I brought them here, to my blog, so I can comment on them without hurting anyone's feelings. ;)

First part: traffic - I can completely imagine Anna not wanting to walk on a sandy/broken sidewalk. She has little quirks, and things that don't feel good to her feet is one of them. HOWEVER, just because she doesn't want to walk on the sidewalk doesn't mean she'd be - like it sounds like the OP is saying - walking in the middle of traffic. It's one thing to have a three-year-old playing in the middle of a busy street, it's quite another to hold your child's hand while they walk beside you on the edge of the street, stepping back onto the sidewalk or stopping when a car passes. Silly, silly people who can't see options!

Second part: flu. That's just nuts. What kid with the flu WANTS to play out in the snow all day anyway? No one. Not one kid who has a choice of what to do, and isn't being told repeatedly "It's too bad you're sick, you CAN'T go outside in the snow!" wants to go out when they are sick! I'd be willing to bet that if your kid has the flu and you leave it alone, staying outside in the snow all day will NOT happen.

Okay. Glad that's off my chest. ;)

Helping

Emma is reading a story Anna is writing -

"You could change the format, so it will look better."

"How?"

"Like this...."

**click, click, click**

LOVE!!!

Game Over.

I Win.

Helping?

A friend was telling a story today, about after her son had to have surgery on his head to repair a skull fracture, and when he went back to school all the other kids wanted to help him with his schoolwork, doing his homework for him, and helping on his tests.

She said, "They didn't mean to cheat. They just wanted to help him. They didn't know any better yet."

Yes....I knew - in my head - that schools discourage people from helping each other, but it had never quite hit me like it did when she said that.

I am SO glad my kids have NEVER learned that it's "wrong" to help someone!

I was watching tv with them one night, and there were various crimes....can't remember the show, but it had clips of people being robbed, or beaten, different crimes - some sort of news show thing....and my kids were SO compassionate to the victims *and* the perpetrators! Along the lines of, "What kind of life must he have had, to do that?" Such beautiful people I have living with me! What a blessing!

The Things You Can't Say Out Loud

From facebook today:

(Me) had an awesome church meeting to start off the new year this morning! The preacher was HOT....and I'm not just talking about the sermon. ;)

(Friend) i assume the preacher was your husband but some folks on here that may know you but not anything else will see this as you were lusting after some preacher. choose your words carefully in a dark world!!!!!!!!!!

(Me) My facebook friends are carefully chosen so as to be only those who get my jokes.

(Friend) understood but friends of your friends and their friends may not know

(Me) Which is why my settings are set to friends only.

And the part I won't say *outloud* there......"Guess who's getting ready to be unfriended?"

;P

Just wanted to get that out there. ;)