July 16, 2005 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Do I really have the right to say “take your finger out of your nose” to a child whom I’ve allowed to spend the entire morning watching cartoons in nothing but his underwear?
Discuss.
Posted by Mir @ 11:22 am
July 16th, 2005 at 11:31 am
of course you do. you’re still the boss.
July 16th, 2005 at 11:55 am
What’s wrong with cartoons in your underwear?? Saves mommy some laundry! My kids would live in only underwear if it wouldn’t get us funny looks!
July 16th, 2005 at 12:22 pm
Naked cartoon watching with finger in nose….that’s how you know it’s the weekend!
July 16th, 2005 at 12:59 pm
Depends on if they were clean underwear or dirty underwear. If the underwear is clean, I say you have every right.
July 16th, 2005 at 2:19 pm
Depends on where the other finger is.
July 16th, 2005 at 2:20 pm
That’s one article of clothing more than mine had on durring morning cartoons today… :)
July 16th, 2005 at 2:59 pm
Of course you do. After all, the finger-in-nose behavior is something that could be repeated in public, but you’re unlikely to let the kid out of the house wearing nothing but underpants. You’re allowed to nip in the bud anything that might embarrass you in public in the future.
One of my son’s best friends, age three, has an odd self-comforting routine: he sucks his thumb with his forefinger jammed up his nose. It’s an odd look, but extremely efficient.
July 16th, 2005 at 5:49 pm
I would say sure you do. It shows you are still the authority figure. Unless of course you were sitting there beside him in your underwear with your finger up your nose. Then, not so much.
July 16th, 2005 at 7:51 pm
Of course! Luckily the finger in your nose they grow out of, but the watching cartoons in your undies they don’t. I have a much hairier version of my son that does that same thing every Saturday morning.
July 16th, 2005 at 7:54 pm
You’re asking me, the guy who spent half the day surfing the internet in his underwear with his fingers up his nose, for an opinion on this?
I’m glad you’re not my mommy!
July 16th, 2005 at 7:58 pm
Of course you do!!!!
That kinda thing is what we are here for- nose picking policing.
Oh the joy.
July 16th, 2005 at 9:51 pm
Of course you do. You’re the MOMMY. ;)
July 16th, 2005 at 10:57 pm
Hey, there are manners and then there are MANNERS! There are rules and the important ones are the ones that could embarrass you!
July 22nd, 2005 at 4:59 pm
Oh YES. Of course you do. You have any right you want.