Things Good Parents Do: Reader Favorites of 2008 (part 2)
(Jim’s fam in front of a door in Rome.)
Here are a few more fun posts I think you’ll enjoy if you’re new to Things Good Parents Do…(new material coming this weekend
Fun on Flight 1703 (The Zippy and Lippy Show or Dad Gone Wild!)
Christmastime 2007, my family and I traveled to New York [...]
(MORE) Good Parents Make Their Kids "Face The Fear"!
(A standalone post, but best read AFTER Good Parents Make Their Kids Face the Fear! )
The wild beast shown above can and has sent Bryan Schultz, 36, into a panic. He is afraid of “any small, furry animal that gnaws on things.”
“Rabbits and squirrels are especially terrifying for me, but even non-rodentia, like ferrets, freak [...]
Good Parents Make Their Kids "Face The Fear"!
Peyton Pinkerton, 37, has been known to run out of malls, fairgrounds, and other places “on repeated occasions,” to flee the object of his personal phobia: clowns (Coulrophobia). Why, you ask?“I was yelled at by a birthday party clown when I was about 4 years old and have been absolutely terrified of them ever since. [...]
Good Parents Raise Only Gifted Children! (The Story of Little "Drunk")
(See above–Kid who does NOT belong to a Good Parent, i.e., my kid.)
Good parents must have gifted children. As everyone knows, children of good parents are to be little “mini-me’s” of their brilliant, multi-talented, wildly successful mom and dad. Nothing validates good parents like a gifted child.
The goal is to be sure the child knows, [...]
It’s ALL Dad’s Fault!!
Self-image tanking? Insensitive “comments” from DAD caused this.Rebellious and delinquent? Authoritarian DAD–with all his laws and regulations did this to us.Sexually active at a young age? DAD didn’t say “I love you” enough and wasn’t caring or affectionate–we were just looking for love.Angry at men? Dang straight, because DAD ticked us off so much, all [...]
Talula Does the Hula and More Great Names for Children (Families in the News, #8)
(New Zealand) Some names are so weird they constitute child abuse, according to a court in New Zealand. The family court judge reached that conclusion after hearing evidence in the case of a girl named “Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii.” In a nutshell: The clueless parents were so resolute in keeping their daughter’s name [...]
How Being a Boy Almost Killed Me (If My Parents Had Known, They WOULDA’ Killed Me!)
When I was growing up, I could have died. Real bad. A whole bunch of times. And my parents never knew it until now. (”Hi mom and dad!”)
Oh and don’t feel so smug about your kids. Chances are you won’t find out until 20 years from now about the numb-skulled, death-defying craziness your child is [...]
Ain’t Nothin’ But a Twin Thang! (Sibling Rivalry x10…and what to do about it)
I have an identical twin. His name is Phil. Mine is James (”Jimmy” way back when, Jim now). So there was no cutesy name stuff happening, thank God. No Jimmy and Timmy, Billy Bobby and Bobby Robby, or Skeeter and Peter. One small grace in an otherwise graceless situation.
Many people would say to us [...]
BatMom! Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na…BatMom! Families in the News Part 7
“STEVENSVILLE, Montana (AP) — About 90 elementary school students in Montana have started a series of rabies shots after a parent let them touch a dead bat that was later confirmed to be diseased.” (Source AP, c/o USA Today, see link below)
Okay…here’s a good one. Bat-Mom shows up at school with a nature project. Dead [...]
Two Tykes on Trikes Cross Highway on Quest for Quisp and Quake! Parenting and Nutrition
The plan was perfect:
Snatch spare change from around house (steal from mom’s purse if necessary).
Drive tricycles to grocery store which was far away (2 miles).
Purchase Quisp and Quake cereal because mom wouldn’t buy sugary cereals for us.
I was 3-years-old when I hatched this scheme. Admittedly, I did have an accomplice, my identical twin brother Phil [...]