It's official!!! I have become THAT mother. The mother who lets her son do basically anything in playgroup. Now don't get me wrong, I won't allow him to hurt others or put himself in danger. The big problem today was the slide. I allow Donny to go down the slide any way he chooses minus running down. I must let everyone know that Big Daddy has been taking Donny every week since Abigail was born. By the way, the mothers were quite disappointed to see me today. I was not aware of the other mother's feelings concerning the slide. On your tushy only! Since every child was being scolded for going down on their tummy (following Donny's lead), I told Donny tushy only. The instructor overheard me and then proceeded to give me a lecture, nice but firm, on the advantages of letting Donny go down the slide anyway he wanted. Adventure is beneficial to young children and so on. I looked around to see if the other mothers were listening to this valuable and important information, not one. I tried to tell the instructor that I don't mind, but I didn't want the other children to get in trouble. She was understanding, but failed to tell the other mothers slides are for fun. Now I'm in a pickle. Do I allow Donny to go slide wild or do I conform to the others?
Friday, January 30, 2009
THAT Mother.
It's official!!! I have become THAT mother. The mother who lets her son do basically anything in playgroup. Now don't get me wrong, I won't allow him to hurt others or put himself in danger. The big problem today was the slide. I allow Donny to go down the slide any way he chooses minus running down. I must let everyone know that Big Daddy has been taking Donny every week since Abigail was born. By the way, the mothers were quite disappointed to see me today. I was not aware of the other mother's feelings concerning the slide. On your tushy only! Since every child was being scolded for going down on their tummy (following Donny's lead), I told Donny tushy only. The instructor overheard me and then proceeded to give me a lecture, nice but firm, on the advantages of letting Donny go down the slide anyway he wanted. Adventure is beneficial to young children and so on. I looked around to see if the other mothers were listening to this valuable and important information, not one. I tried to tell the instructor that I don't mind, but I didn't want the other children to get in trouble. She was understanding, but failed to tell the other mothers slides are for fun. Now I'm in a pickle. Do I allow Donny to go slide wild or do I conform to the others?
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Do not conform! I've had mother's lecture me about the dangers of going down the slide the wrong way (i.e. not on your bottom). But I say as long as you feel comfortable with how Donny is going down the slide, let him go down wild. Conformity is boring.
ReplyDeleteI knew you would agree! Did you see the slide? (photo-Donny is under slide) Any closer to the ground and it would just be a mat.
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