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There was a kid running at the neighborhood pool the other day. The pool attendant asked him to walk\u200a\u2014\u200aas pool attendants have done since pools existed. The boy\u2019s dad\u200a\u2014\u200aa big-chested, serious kind of guy\u200a\u2014\u200acame over to the attendant and told him (I swear I\u2019m not making this up), that as the child\u2019s father, he\u2019s the only one to tell his kid what to do, and that if the attendant has something to say, it should be directed at him, don\u2019t talk to his kid; he\u2019ll decide if his kid needs direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Life is amazing!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
The attendant kept his cool (I would have rolled my eyes or worse) and replied\u200a\u2014\u200acarefully\u200a\u2014\u200athat it was his job to make sure that people follow the pool rules, and \u201cno running\u201d is pretty much the universal pool rule. The dad pushed back and added some aggressive posturing to intimidate the pool guy, saying that he didn\u2019t see anything wrong with what his kid was doing, so, as far as he was concerned, the pool guy needs to back off. In summary: The kid was free to run at the pool because the dad said so, fuck the pool rules, (this is America!) nobody tells my kid what to do except me. Uh, ok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.\u201d<\/p>Elisabeth K\u00fcbler-Ross<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s a weird sort of fear spreading amongst reasonable grownups<\/strong>. My sister\u2019s family had some friends over. Or, maybe my sister\u2019s family went over to their place. I don\u2019t remember, doesn\u2019t really matter. Anyway, one of the adults gave one of my sister\u2019s kids some polite direction about sharing or something basic like that, you know, stuff people tell kids. Then the grownup realized the grave error in 21st century feedback rules concerning kids who aren\u2019t yours, and apologized to my sister for shamefully overstepping. \u201cAre you KIDDING?\u201d my sister said. \u201cI absolutely want you to tell my kids if they\u2019re doing something you don\u2019t think they should be doing! In fact, do more of it! They need to learn to hear things from people other than me.\u201d If I\u2019m the only one who can tell my kids what to do, I\u2019ve failed them in every possible way by making sure they have completely unrealistic expectations of the world. Also, I can\u2019t ever die, because my kids won\u2019t be able to take care of themselves. Following Big-Chested Dad at the Pool\u2019s logic, a lifeguard can\u2019t lifeguard, teachers can\u2019t teach, coaches can\u2019t coach and, later in life, managers can\u2019t manage… you see where this is going, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is cushiony perfection for our kids a new national obsession?<\/strong> We all know That Mom in the neighborhood, who is literally at the school every day, escalating everything to make sure her kid gets an A, is chosen for Student Council, or gets placed in the gifted program. Later, when her kid is in college, professors will hang up on her and laugh behind her back because she\u2019ll call about something that\u2019s none of her business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
All events are blessings given to us to learn from.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
My middle schooler and his project partner failed to turn an assignment in on time, after many reminders of the deadline. The other kid\u2019s mom (who I met once, briefly) came to my house and wouldn\u2019t leave<\/strong> until I talked with her for nearly an hour about the Injustice. She was heartbroken for the disappointment her kid must be feeling at the failure, and wanted to fix it somehow. She left, but I think it was only because I told her I had no idea how to reverse the course of what happened and suggested she escalate to a school administrator if she believed the teacher could be convinced to reverse his decision. I haven\u2019t heard back from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPicture caption text<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t mean to brag<\/strong>, but my high schooler fails at quite a few things. None of them too epic, but there\u2019s still time. We talked about it recently. I told him it\u2019s my job to let him fail while he\u2019s still at home with me, because he needs to learn how to lose his shit and then pick it up and move forward.<\/span> That\u2019s like the most major of life skills\u200a\u2014\u200ain my experience, anyway\u200a\u2014\u200aand I\u2019ll be damned if any kid of mine is going to fall to pieces his first semester in college because I\u2019m not there to fix life for him. You remember that person from your dorm days precisely because that person became an utterly forgettable shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5 Things Super Successful People Do Before 8 AM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Exercise<\/li>
Map Out Your Day<\/li>
Eat a Healthy Breakfast<\/li>
Visualization<\/li>
Make Your Day Top Heavy<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n\nImage Caption<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nImage Caption<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nImage Caption<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nImage Caption<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nImage Caption<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGallery Caption<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
This is an open notice to people who know my kids:<\/strong> You can tell them what to do. It\u2019s really, really OK. Tell them not to put their feet up on your coffee table. Tell them to stop running, not to play with that knife or not to touch your things. Actually, now that they\u2019re older, you\u2019ll likely be telling them not to eat all of your potato chips and beef jerky, and not to take that drink onto your freshly cleaned carpet. Whatever the rules are at your place, tell my kid to fall in. I have a selfish motive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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