Let me ask you more experienced parents...
Do you guys have trouble with extended family members thinking that no matter what they have RIGHTS to your children... no matter if that would interfere with your own traditions and family life?
Hmmmm, cause mine do!
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-While he might be small, he makes up for it with a very outgoing personality.
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-Have you ever seen a baby llama take its first few steps... that's my Snookie, his body is always one growth spurt ahead of his brain.
MommaLlama
Daddio
Bobcat: 11 yrs old
-While he might be small, he makes up for it with a very outgoing personality.
Bubba: 10 yrs old
-To capture his heart, you must enter through his stomach... and be prepared with large quantities!
Snookie: 9 yrs old
-Have you ever seen a baby llama take its first few steps... that's my Snookie, his body is always one growth spurt ahead of his brain.
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4 comments:
We derailed that train of thought from the very beginning. We put our foot down and made it known that these were our kids and we call all the shots but in my experience, that also means giving up the "perks" that some people get by putting up with their family. Sorry if this doesn't make sense. I don't think my head is connected to my body anymore.
Both sets of parents are very supportive of our homeschooling. My Dad loves it because it's anti-big government and he reads lewrockwell.com that has a lot of pro homeschooling articles. It's a couple of brothers on both sides that seem to put their two cents in; usually in the forms of questions like, "How is she doing? Is she reading yet? What do you do about friends?" "I'm tutoring a homeschooled child who does not know how to read yet." Ironically, these are brothers who don't have children yet. To be fair, I was concerned about socialization as well because she is our only child. But adults can't get over how chatty she is with them and she has no problem playing with other children when she's with other children. The real issue is that she has the mindset of our golden retriever in that a stranger is just a friend she hasn't met. While I'm on the subject, the Popcaks recommended a book that I'm currently reading called, Hold On To Your Kids: Why Parents Need To Matter More Than Peers by Gordon Neufeld. I think it helps with the whole socialization argument. At least it makes me feel better. I've realized that there's nothing I can say to them to make them change their mind and vise versa. Argument is futile. I simply tell them, "We both love learning and are learning from each other everyday". Who would want to take that away from us?
Yes. Colleen's mom always has a better idea. Her theme song should be, "Anything you can do, I can do better."
My MIL told Travis we should take IndieGirl to the doctor b/c she walks with her feet a little turned in. We asked about that when she was still a toddler. He said not to worry. We don't. My MIL then told Travis she thinks our pedi is terrible. She has never been with us to an appointment. We have never complained about him. Our kids are healthy. They have never had any undiagnosed, dangerous illness. I have no idea where she gets her ideas. We are ignoring them.
And I would complain about it on my blog, but family reads it, so I can't. And it is probably uncharitable and inappropriate.
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