In answer to the last post's question--I'm a number one. For several reasons I'm sure but here are the top two:
- I hate confrontation. I avoid it. I pretend I don't know it's happening. I run the other way. Etc. I will thank anyone, for telling me anything, and thank them happily, and then apologize for anything happily, if it avoids any kind of, um, other people getting upset with me about stuff.
- The other truth is, for better or worse, I am a fairly trusting mother. I really do (probably without realizing it most times) trust that if I leave my kids on the playground while running another to the bathroom, or take my eye off two of them to help another down from a tree, that all the other mothers/fathers/nice people will notice if the boy I am not watching is about to tumble out off the climbing wall, or fall out of the grocery cart, or fall into deep water, and that said nice people will help the child I happen to be neglecting at the time. Isn't that how we all get along with more than one kid? I hope. Please say it is. At least I know I have stepped in more than once for other kids without thinking the worse of that mother knowing I have been or will be in the same situation at some time.
So, THANK YOU, to all you people who help me do my parenting. Who notice my child in danger when I am tying another's shoe (or chatting with my friend--but that never really happens) and easily save them when I cannot. But please don't mind if I joke about it later--like I had everything under control.
p.s. Is it horrible that I actually had looked over the fence to check the depth of the water and was slightly more lax knowing that, if they did fall over, at least it was shallow enough that they could walk to the shore?
And one more thing, Marissa's comment would have made for one heck of a good story:
What about #4 - let your kid fall in and when the annoying white honkey runs over to the railing screaming "I TOLD YOU SO" you cold cock his honkey a-double-s right over the railing after your kid. Then you say, "KICK DOWN WHITE BOY! HOW YA LIKE ME NOW!"
5 comments:
marissa's answer would have made for a great SNL sketch!
I think I voted for number two, but I am most definatly a number one-kind and gracious to the person's face even though in my mind I am telling them to mind their own freakin' business.
Every mom with more than one child needs to count on other moms and adults in general to help out when help is needed.
You are a good person, Em. Much, much better than the rest of the world out there. I need to be more like you.
You are a good mama,and your boys a very capiable...You always help other children/mothers in need...and you know what they say...what goes around comes around...that said...there are tons of mother/fathers that would help that child while you're talking to me on the playground...you have nothing to worry about.
So...has there every been a time you wanted to lash out at me, but since you hate confrontation you kept your mouth shut...let me have it! Next time just think of Marissa and say, "What would she say right now"? Chances are if you handled it like her, I could never be upset with you...I would laugh my head off!
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