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Whose the Dork Now?
- Feb 16, 2010 at 11:48 PM
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A a teenager, facing what most teenagers did, I decided I would be a cool parent. I wouldn't tell my kids they couldn't listen to certain music, especially if they were really cool like Prince and Guns and Roses! I would never ground my kids for something stupid like dating an unacceptable person, for all people deserved a chance. I wasn't going to shove religion down my kids' throats. If they didn't want to be what ever religion I was going to be, (cause I sure wasn't going to be a Roman Catholic, perhaps the lamest religion there ever was) that was fine. I would listen to their music, and enjoy it! I would use their slang, because it would be like mine, because mine was to most totally awesome slang there ever was! I would never let my hair go gray or wear dorky clothes. I would never sing stupid old songs. I would let my girls let boys in their bedroom. And, most importantly, the music would never be too loud.
So, here I sit, at a computer my kids know more about than I do. Surfing the internet to the cool places like myspace, facebook and cafe mom! Listening the the really cool music, (like Sir Mix A Lot who is so cool one of his songs appeared in Shrek. By the way, better turn it down, it is a bit too loud, I can barely hear myself think.) I am wearing the latest in fashion. (Blue stretch pants, red football shirt and blue hoodie sweater! Cool huh). My hair is not grey (it is a cool bleach blonde, to cover the grey that isn't there). I never ground them for something stupid. (They just have to do what I tell them and follow all my rules.) I am letting them choose their own religion (only after they have gotten confirmed and they will not be missing Mass thank you) I do not choose their music (Except for Eminm, ICP and Marilyn Manson are not aloud at my house). I only use the coolest slang in front of my kids (Isn't that Like totally awesome.) I do not sing old songs either (well, you can't help but to sing when a good George Michael song comes on). How ever, I do admit that I don't let boys in the girls' bedroom (you can only be so cool before it goes too far)
So, turn off the ICP, put on some MC Hammer. Not too loud, don't want to bother the neighbors do we? No, Peg you can't date that Trickett boy, he smokes pot and lies and if I catch you with him you will be grounded. No, Steve, your friend Becky can't be in your bedroom now that both of you have reached the double digits in age. I am trying to find my flowered dress to wear to mass tomorrow night, hey, do you guys want me to sit with you and your little friends? What do you mean you are not going to Ash Wednesday Mass, does Holy Day of Obligation mean anything to you? Yes you are going, and don't make me drag you there! I don't care if all your friends go to the really cool Church of Christ! You are going to be Catholic if I have to drag you to Mass every Sunday until I am dead! Now. like, let's go the mall and have a totally rad time!
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good post!
Ahhh.. I cant wait til mine are old enough to start doing all the things I swore I would never do!!
LOL. This is cute! I was a MAJOR rebellious teenager and now I'm pretty straight-edge, so I feel the same way you do about the way I parent. My kids aren't teens yet, but it's coming and should be interesting!
So funny!
Love it!
LOL love it! My daughter constantly gets the "I wish my mom was like your mom, she's soo cool!" Makes me feel good.
They say that cause I let her get her lip pierced, dye her hair and stuff like that. Not my hair, or my lip so I don't care. I only have to be seen with her and it don't bother me. I'm not one to care what people think of me, just what I think of myself.
Don't get me wrong though I monitor her internet usage and keep tabs on her, but I can do it right from my desk and she has no idea ;-)
LOL!!
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