Jeff Stahler for June 07, 2011
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School's out... Man: I can drop Max off at the rec center if you can pick Meg up from Volleyball clinic and... Woman: But I'm dropping Zoe at the nature center & picking up Emily froim band camp between afternoon meetings and Girl 1: Don't forget my swim lessons. Girl 2: Who's Zoe?
WarBush about 13 years ago
When’s American Idle on?
Dtroutma about 13 years ago
The reason parents want year-round schools.
Justice22 about 13 years ago
Sounds like dad worked two jobs to get away from home.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member about 13 years ago
I wonder where children were left during the war, back when men were gone and women worked in factories…
CorosiveFrog Premium Member about 13 years ago
A big cause of this is paranoia. The constant fear that the child won’t be challenged enough, won’t be the smartest kid around, won’t make it big years from now.
zekedog55 about 13 years ago
^^What an odd declaration about retiring to Florida. Bruce sure seems to be leading an active and fulfilled life down in the Sunshine State. An aberration, Ch555?
scottfroberts about 13 years ago
Ya, there are laws against that. Think before you type.
scottfroberts about 13 years ago
Pay no attention to those who clearly make excuses for their lousy parenting.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member about 13 years ago
My mom practically had to raise my sister’s two boys. Old women can’t keep up with raising young children. she wa their grandmother, but it’s their mother they needed.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member about 13 years ago
Kids themselves have become a way to show off social rank. “I can afford to put my precious little boy in the hockey team, you can’t. I can afford ballet for my three year old daughter, you can’t. I’m richer than you. My kid has a better chance in life. I’m a better parent than you.”
CorosiveFrog Premium Member about 13 years ago
And don’t forget parents who put their kids there for them to realize their broken dreams!
scottfroberts about 13 years ago
How would you know what humor is, let alone if I have any? You’re a liberal.
-HARLAN about 13 years ago
I suppose they drove themselves to pre-school and to play dates? Or were they alredy in college by then?
-HARLAN about 13 years ago
Stay-at-home mom’s were the norm back in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Few women worked outside the home. In my neighborhood, maybe two of the mom’s worked.