tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post113816436867111335..comments2023-10-30T09:45:32.994-05:00Comments on The Musings of Kev: Pa-RantKevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1138598517229144162006-01-29T23:21:00.000-06:002006-01-29T23:21:00.000-06:00Agreed upon. I am often late, and that was my fau...Agreed upon. I am often late, and that was my fault, but no matter how I went about being lazy in the morning, when my parents dropped me off, I was almost always there on time, maybe a few days where we were both running late. I wish they rubbed on me. My father more than my mother. He's the most punctual of all.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373409632342639001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1138326650162543952006-01-26T19:50:00.000-06:002006-01-26T19:50:00.000-06:00Some very cool words mate. I definitely agree with...Some very cool words mate. I definitely agree with them all =)Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456124395941072901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1138303364590806522006-01-26T13:22:00.000-06:002006-01-26T13:22:00.000-06:00I meant mom and dad. *s*I meant mom and dad. *s*Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905275594750828620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1138303207329249862006-01-26T13:20:00.000-06:002006-01-26T13:20:00.000-06:00I am the parent of two adult women aged 22 and 24....I am the parent of two adult women aged 22 and 24. I have never missed a teachers meeting or any school function that I had to attend. I was usually early cause I am the kind that would rather be an hour early than two seconds late. <BR/><BR/>Of course it is hard to raise kids and to be everywhere at the same time but that is just what parents do for their kids and they should do it without complaining. <BR/><BR/>We never cursed much in front of our kids either. Oh, they knew life was not always peachy keen between mom and dad when they heard mom slam the pots and pans or the doors, or dad would sulk but name calling and cursing at each other was out.<BR/><BR/>I am betting your dad did a fine job with you.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905275594750828620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1138293522578597302006-01-26T10:38:00.000-06:002006-01-26T10:38:00.000-06:00I was late a handful of comsecutive times in middl...I was late a handful of comsecutive times in middle school, but it wasn't my mom's fault. It was because <B>I</B> didn't get up on time, and she was tired of yelling at me about it. So, she just said "Come get me when you're ready." After causing myself to be late on a few important days I got the picture. Maybe a few of those kids are just thick-headed like me, and need to learn from personal experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1138207400536925562006-01-25T10:43:00.000-06:002006-01-25T10:43:00.000-06:00I've used this line before and I'll use it again: ...I've used this line before and I'll use it again: Bill Cosby once joked that he and his wife were intellectuals before they had the children. This line still kinda scares me about becoming a parent (which won't be happening anytime soon).<BR/><BR/>I get very frustrated with how I see parents treat their children and hide behind the "You don't know how hard it is" curtain at the same time. I know raising children is not a 9-5 job; it's a lifestyle. But I scoff at how parents treat their children as lost and wayward. So what happens when it seems like the parents are lost and wayward too? More frustration.<BR/><BR/>Being tardy to class was something that I feared in middle school and high school. I never got a tardy and I never got detention. I always assumed that my parents would be angry if ever did anything wrong. I wasn't a troublemaker or a bad kid; I had plenty of self-esteem issues that made me curl up and barely do anything. <BR/><BR/>I always thought that my parents (especially my father) were free of mistakes and could do no wrong. Well, they're not, but I grew up thinking that they were. I always feared letting them down (which I thought I did a few times, thus pouring on years of shame and guilt). <BR/><BR/>There were things that I would be forced to do and never could get the grasp of under my father's eyes. From riding a two-wheel bike to understanding basic math, the emotional bruises of not understanding those concepts were there for years. It wasn't until after I was in a stress-less atmosphere that I really understood these things. <BR/><BR/>Parents need to show their children a model of basic, everyday concepts in positive, understandable ways. Being late has never been looked high upon, so punctuality is a super important concept to teach. Let them know that you're not free of mistakes and they aren't free from them either.Eric Grubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237140729566147948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1138207366024408902006-01-25T10:42:00.000-06:002006-01-25T10:42:00.000-06:00Hey Kev - got here via Ms. Worley.I am a new paren...Hey Kev - got here via Ms. Worley.<BR/><BR/>I am a new parent and I can already tell you that I NEVER want to be the kind of parent you are talking about. In high school, one of my carpoolmates had a mom like you described - everytime it was her turn to drive, we would get to school about 90 seconds before the tardy bell rang. It drove my mom crazy and I dreaded the days when my friend's mom would drive.<BR/><BR/>When it is my turn to drive my daughter's carpool, I PRAY that I arrive with plenty of time to spare. Maybe that's just my perfectionist nature, but I wouldn't want my daughter to be late to school because I couldn't get my act together.<BR/><BR/>Blessing to you!<BR/>DeanRev_DeanLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14286921154955879245noreply@blogger.com