Comments on: Community Parenting http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2009/05/07/community-parenting/ Ingrid's WordPress Blog Fri, 18 May 2012 20:55:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Cameron http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2009/05/07/community-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Cameron Sat, 16 May 2009 18:32:34 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=523#comment-505 Ugh. Let me try again. I can't BELIEVE your day that Thursday. I'm tired just reading about it! Ugh. Let me try again. I can’t BELIEVE your day that Thursday. I’m tired just reading about it!

]]> By: Cameron http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2009/05/07/community-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Cameron Sat, 16 May 2009 18:31:50 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=523#comment-504 I can't BELIEVE you day that Thursday. I am tired just reading it! I can’t BELIEVE you day that Thursday. I am tired just reading it!

]]> By: ingrid http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2009/05/07/community-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-471 ingrid Tue, 12 May 2009 16:31:12 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=523#comment-471 I have often thought that what I need is a butler. A butler has the ability to drive a car, watch kids, do light cleaning, ironing, closet organizing, grocery shopping, and maybe a bit of cooking? And if my butler could also have some gardening/carpentry skills, that would be PERFECT! I have often thought that what I need is a butler. A butler has the ability to drive a car, watch kids, do light cleaning, ironing, closet organizing, grocery shopping, and maybe a bit of cooking? And if my butler could also have some gardening/carpentry skills, that would be PERFECT!

]]> By: Mom http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2009/05/07/community-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Mom Sun, 10 May 2009 02:34:48 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=523#comment-470 This is a completely different world. Nowadays children are more high maintenance because parents don't have the freedom from fear that we used to have. "Outside" or "unwatched" are no longer safe. I remember fear coming into our lives with the attempted abduction of two little ten year olds on a country road over in Sherwood. Kirstin and Ingrid were even younger than ten and had already been allowed to travel up and down Rock Creek Road to visit friends. Rules changed at that point but I do have to agree that things were easier for us in many ways. This is a completely different world. Nowadays children are more high maintenance because parents don’t have the freedom from fear that we used to have. “Outside” or “unwatched” are no longer safe. I remember fear coming into our lives with the attempted abduction of two little ten year olds on a country road over in Sherwood. Kirstin and Ingrid were even younger than ten and had already been allowed to travel up and down Rock Creek Road to visit friends. Rules changed at that point but I do have to agree that things were easier for us in many ways.

]]> By: Ingrid http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2009/05/07/community-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Ingrid Sat, 09 May 2009 23:25:36 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=523#comment-469 I think that the answer is that they just stayed home. I distinctly remember mom saying, "Go. Out. To. The. Woods. NOW!". We city people can't say that. "Go play in the alley?" I think that the answer is that they just stayed home. I distinctly remember mom saying, “Go. Out. To. The. Woods. NOW!”. We city people can’t say that. “Go play in the alley?”

]]> By: Devra http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2009/05/07/community-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Devra Fri, 08 May 2009 05:59:04 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=523#comment-468 I'm with Anne - that sounds crazy! I don't know how people with kids manage schedules like this. How did you mom manage 4 kids, and mine 5? Did each child (and maybe each parent) have fewer actvities in the 70's? I’m with Anne – that sounds crazy!

I don’t know how people with kids manage schedules like this. How did you mom manage 4 kids, and mine 5? Did each child (and maybe each parent) have fewer actvities in the 70′s?

]]> By: Anne http://parmeter.net/ingrid/2009/05/07/community-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Anne Fri, 08 May 2009 04:25:45 +0000 http://parmeter.net/ingrid/?p=523#comment-467 And I bitch about my work schedule. Man. You need an assistant. Or a nanny or something. Forget doing trades. Just pay someone to come help you for a few hours per week. And I bitch about my work schedule. Man. You need an assistant. Or a nanny or something. Forget doing trades. Just pay someone to come help you for a few hours per week.

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