Comments on: My Children Bore Me! http://www.mandikaye.com/2006/07/27/my-children-bore-me/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amanda http://www.mandikaye.com/2006/07/27/my-children-bore-me/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Amanda Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:38:34 +0000 http://mandikaye.com/?p=139#comment-281 Unfortunately, if you read the article closely, you'll see there's no way a journalist could have misconstrued her words--there was no journalist. The mother in question wrote the article herself. Unfortunately, if you read the article closely, you’ll see there’s no way a journalist could have misconstrued her words–there was no journalist. The mother in question wrote the article herself.

]]> By: Sue http://www.mandikaye.com/2006/07/27/my-children-bore-me/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Sue Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:25:28 +0000 http://mandikaye.com/?p=139#comment-280 Wow, what an awful woman she sounds. I wonder why she bothered to have children. How sad that ending part is... they no longer even ask her to take them to the park or play board games. <br/><br/>Of course it may be that the journalist exaggerated or took comments out of context to make a point. There is a bit of a tendency, sometimes, for parents to be 'enslaved' (as she put it) to their children, to ignore their marriages, to rush around trying to entertain children constantly with activity after activity, and it's true that a bit of boredom (for the children) can spark creativity and imagination. <br/><br/>But how dreadful to have it IN PRINT that her children 'bore her to death'. I was sometimes frustrated with mine but don't think I was ever bored by them! Wow, what an awful woman she sounds. I wonder why she bothered to have children. How sad that ending part is… they no longer even ask her to take them to the park or play board games.

Of course it may be that the journalist exaggerated or took comments out of context to make a point. There is a bit of a tendency, sometimes, for parents to be ‘enslaved’ (as she put it) to their children, to ignore their marriages, to rush around trying to entertain children constantly with activity after activity, and it’s true that a bit of boredom (for the children) can spark creativity and imagination.

But how dreadful to have it IN PRINT that her children ‘bore her to death’. I was sometimes frustrated with mine but don’t think I was ever bored by them!

]]> By: ontheedgeofmyseat http://www.mandikaye.com/2006/07/27/my-children-bore-me/comment-page-1/#comment-279 ontheedgeofmyseat Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:35:41 +0000 http://mandikaye.com/?p=139#comment-279 While this mother is obviously in need of an attitude adjustment (and maybe some ADD medication), I do agree that our culture caters to children too much. However, there's a difference between buying your child the newest toy vs. playing with them and their toys. I predict that her sons will become overbearing parents, trying to avoid mommy's mistake. Poor boys! Also, we all know that how children relate with their parents trains them in how to relate with people of that same gender in the future. Are they going to be insecure in their marriages? While this mother is obviously in need of an attitude adjustment (and maybe some ADD medication), I do agree that our culture caters to children too much. However, there’s a difference between buying your child the newest toy vs. playing with them and their toys. I predict that her sons will become overbearing parents, trying to avoid mommy’s mistake. Poor boys! Also, we all know that how children relate with their parents trains them in how to relate with people of that same gender in the future. Are they going to be insecure in their marriages?

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