Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[jbowyer01]

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I avoided that thread! My kids were allowed on the computer in our family, and I was allowed access to everything they were on. No budging! Oh and lock your door and you would find no door the next time you entered your room. MY HOUSE MY RULES! Dont like it...Great lets see if I can find something to make you more miserable.

 

[sparkles2307]

My kids dont have video games. We dont have a home computer (altho we need one for school soon I think). They don't have TONS of toys, I buy them clothes and books, granparents can get them toys that theyw ont play with if they want to. They don't have a bedroom door, its easier to monitor brothers in the same room if its doorless. They are much more behaved than most of the kids I've seen at their daycare or at our church or school. So. No damage in not having all the technology and privacy.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

It's SCARY how many parents aren't interested in their kids. That's why the kids get to have friends over, they don't go over. Am I hovering? Probably some. But when those friends have parents who don't even notice that their kid isn't home the next day when I drop the kid off after leaving a message that the kid couldn't get in the house, so he came over, then a message that he's staying for dinner, THEN a message that he's spending the night - dropped kid off the next day, walked him in to make sure they didn't have any questions. The mother looked at me and said "OH! I thought he was in his room all night." HELLOOOOOOOOO, did you listen to the messages? Nope, doesn't ever. Yeah right, my kids ain't going there.

It's really sad when the only kid who is used to quiet says they'd rather live at our noisy, insane house than be at home.

 

[jbowyer01]

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I didnt have a computer and I think I'm well adjusted........



all negative opinions will be considered poo on that comment lol

 

[Orchid]

We have a Wii and a home computer. DH and I have full access to whatever the kids are doing on the computer. DS#2 (6 years old) loves music and saved up his allowance money for months and months and months to buy himself an Ipod Shuffle. I was pretty proud of him. Of course I pick what music goes on it. DS#1 is still saving for an Ipod Touch. We do nice gifts for birthdays and Christmas and the rest of the year we don't buy "things", we go and DO things. Valleyfair, the Science Museum, the zoo and mini golfing are all on the agenda the next couple of months.

I scope out the homes of their friends before I ever let them go there. I am the world's most paranoid mother, and I could care less.

 

[jbowyer01]

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I was known as the strange mother because I would pop in whenever to check on my kids. If they were at slumber parties I warned the parent that I did that. They all thought I was weird but my kids would say they never tried to do what other kids would do because some how some time mom could show up.

 

[sparkles2307]

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OK I take it back, we got a Wii this spring. We use it so rarely that I forgot about it. We keep it up in the family room instead of down in the boys' rec room so I can monitor time, if any, they spend on it.

 

[saddina]

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I was known as the strange mother because I would pop in whenever to check on my kids. If they were at slumber parties I warned the parent that I did that. They all thought I was weird but my kids would say they never tried to do what other kids would do because some how some time mom could show up.

My mother would "call to say goodnight".

 

[Orchid]

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OK I take it back, we got a Wii this spring. We use it so rarely that I forgot about it. We keep it up in the family room instead of down in the boys' rec room so I can monitor time, if any, they spend on it.

We use ours very rarely now that the weather is nice. We did use it more in the winter. I love the bowling.

 

[sparkles2307]

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I was known as the strange mother because I would pop in whenever to check on my kids. If they were at slumber parties I warned the parent that I did that. They all thought I was weird but my kids would say they never tried to do what other kids would do because some how some time mom could show up.

My mother would "call to say goodnight".

My brother would tag along to my freinds' houses when were were like, 7 and 8, for sleepovers and EVERY time he'd wake up crying and mom and dad would have to come out at midnight to get him.... and then I had to go because they werent driving back out in the morning to get me too. He also pooped in the tub EVERY time we took a bath when he was a baby. Lucky him he did 3 tours in the marines so I let all the sissy stuff from when we were kids go.... mostly haha!