Random Thoughts IV
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I kinda just quit drinking pop over the last couple weeks. I used to drink a ridiculous amount of diet pop, then thought I'd switch to making my own sodas, then realized keeping up with my consumption habits making my own syrups was going to be a chore, and I wasn't using caffeine in them. One morning I got a glass and went to get my morning pop...realized that if it didn't have caffeine, why did I need a 'morning pop', so I got water. Then I was lazy, walking to the fridge to get more water was way simpler than walking downstairs and mixing up a pop. I was still taking it to work at night, though, until this week. Last week they gave everyone these drink cups, so I thought "why don't I try drinking water at work, too?"..since they put in nice filters on the water fountains over the last year or so as well. Friday, we were at Costco, and Mrs.00 wanted to get some water bottles to replace our sippy cups since our kids are 5 and soon to be 3, and right next to the kiddo cups were some Camelback bottles, so we got one for each of us as well. Took that last night, and my co-worker about soiled himself when he realized I hadn't had a pop all week when he saw my water bottle and asked about it.
So, I stole one of my wife's Dr. Peppers last Sunday, but other than that, I haven't had caffeine in a few weeks, and I haven't had a pop since that one last Sunday.
So, I stole one of my wife's Dr. Peppers last Sunday, but other than that, I haven't had caffeine in a few weeks, and I haven't had a pop since that one last Sunday.
OK, not to drag this topic up again, but a pretty good illustration of how parenting sometimes is about stopping them from doing things they want to do just for their protection: Little00 has been tired from school this week, but this morning the neighbor kids wanted to play with our kids. Wanting to keep an eye on how little00 was doing, we said they could play, but had to stay at our house. Sure enough, around lunch time, he's fried, starts whining about something, throws a tantrum. They go home, we have lunch, we rest. Afternoon, little00's feeling better, but we know his reservoirs are still low. Neighbor kid comes over and wants to play again. While we love that little00 is gaining independance and making new friends, we know he'll play till he's fried again, and we have a church thing tonight. So we said no. He hated it, threw a fit, but while it is an unpopular decision, it's the right thing for him knowing the consequences later.
I mentioned last night that I was making stuff to take to new mom friend today. Well, mostly I was taste testing it.
And as I indicated elsewhere - making most of the decisions for a toddler/pre-schooler is absolutely the right thing for a parent to do, IMO. We were talking more about teenagers and sports. Get back to me when your guys are 10 years older.
And as I indicated elsewhere - making most of the decisions for a toddler/pre-schooler is absolutely the right thing for a parent to do, IMO. We were talking more about teenagers and sports. Get back to me when your guys are 10 years older.
And as I indicated elsewhere, it does change when they get older. I was only addressing the comment "Saying "I refuse to let you do something you'd really enjoy and would gain lots of positive life experiences from because there's a chance you might get hurt" is not the way to properly do so." with a specific example of doing just that. It is a core part of parenting, although the scope and necessity of that action decreases as they get older.
I've been watching high school football games on ESPN and I have notice there's like no one in the stands. If my school was playing on ESPN the stadium would be full.
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