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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 23:26:40 GMT
Three new kids? Motivation is everything. Bun the genes.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Jan 17, 2020 2:02:49 GMT
"I told mine I don't want to be a grandmother. And I told my neighbour with a new baby that I have kid burnout. I'll push a stroller in case of emergency, for an hour at a time only."
Oh, my, Maggie. That sounds like famous last words. When that first little grandbaby sounds off and shines her/his little sparklers at you, well, I know what instinct will kick in. Hee hee hee...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 2:16:04 GMT
I know , I love babies. All talk. What to do...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 2:17:28 GMT
I'm just getting out of the long teenage years. Wow, you can't read about this stuff. Babies are sweet though. Delicious.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 17, 2020 16:46:44 GMT
I have a good idea of what lies ahead as they become teens, though for now I'll be happy when all three can wipe their own rears sans assistance.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 19:09:32 GMT
I look at people with small kids and smile, thinking, you have no idea what awaits you.
With the new technology and internet use, teens are staring at a screen 20 hours a day. New world.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 17, 2020 19:57:41 GMT
That's where 2 mile hikes on challenging trails comes in handy.
Once they're big enough I'll have these kids carrying 3-day packs and their own water.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 14:51:30 GMT
I believe it. They'll probably know how to build a fire and a house better than most adults.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 16:37:08 GMT
With the new technology and internet use, teens are staring at a screen 20 hours a day. New world.
Maggie in England it's much earlier than the teen years. Our reading group (we are all oldies) was invited to our local library in order to read stories about our early years. The children were 9 and 10 year olds. One of the ladies was explaining that in our day there were no smart phones, at that point there was a huge gasp from the entire group of children. They couldn't imagine life without their smartphones. As she went on the horrified looks continued. TV came late to us in the UK and initially was black and white. As my colleague continued reading, the children's horrified looks continued!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 17:39:47 GMT
Larika, I know; it's wild. My sister, who lives in Greece told me last week that two teens jumped over the balcony when their parents took away their phones. So scary, hard to parent nowadays.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 19, 2020 21:27:44 GMT
My replacements get screen time as well as outside time. In time they will learn a variety of useful skills as don't involve FacePain,WhatsAnApp, or whatever other electronic software force de jour rolls around.
I can horrify kids by recounting my father, barefoot, guiding a mule-drawn plow, or perhaps the pre-antibiotic treatment for pneumonia of making a hole between ribs and draining a fluid-filled lung in order to keep the patient from dying.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 22:38:44 GMT
Oh my Lord, Cameron. Sounds like an episode of Vikings, where they split open the guy's chest.
Your kids will be so impressed with you they won't want to look at a screen.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 20, 2020 14:51:02 GMT
I asked my father about the scar between his ribs once, one of his sisters confirmed the old-school pneumonia treat saying: "He always thought he was special, that was one reason why." Waking up during surgery with an eye deflated while the surgeon was working on it? Done it, my young kids aren't impressed. I've got the video somewhere in a box, never cared to watch it. A chuckle-head [my oldest son] managed to slam a trailer tongue and hitch onto the back of my head giving me a mild concussion? Done it, my young kids aren't impressed. I still have the scar from the secondary impact on one shoulder. Being so still during an MRI the technician was afraid the patient had died? Done it, my young kids aren't impressed. The technician told me the only scan he'd done of someone who moved less was when he had to scan a corpse.
If my kids could send me to live in The Time of Legend that might impress them, I'd see it as par for the course.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2020 20:24:23 GMT
True, it says in the bible you can't find glory at home. But I was eating popcorn while reading your post.
Even if I was Oprah my daughter wouldn't be impressed.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 20, 2020 20:56:00 GMT
Glory is overrated. A lot of those who've sought it have gotten a lot of good personnel killed who didn't need to buy the farm.
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