Comments on: Other people’s children

By: Tinker

Tinker — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:04:29 +0000

This is a bit random, but thought you might want to take the kiddos. Once a month GA State has an open house at their observatory, and you get to check out their telescopes. If the open house matches up with a clear night, it is really interesting.

http://www.chara.gsu.edu/HLCO/openhouse.html

By: Good Enough » Blog Archive » Who are the people in Your neighborhood?

Good Enough » Blog Archive » Who are the people in Your neighborhood? — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:34:14 +0000

[...] There’s been a lot of chit chat about neighbors lately…it’s a subject that is about as controversial as you’ll see me get. [...]

By: Detasseling: It’s like castrating corn « It’s all in my head

Detasseling: It’s like castrating corn « It’s all in my head — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:47:43 +0000

[...] Now, I have an overactive imagination, and I probably walked those two miles in a new land speed record. I’ve never been so nervous in my life! Every time the wind blew and russled the corn, I about jumped out of my skin. I mentioned this to Mir the other day, which may be why I was thinking about detasseling in general this morning. [...]

By: Esme

Esme — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:45:25 +0000

I wouldn’t make it in your new neighborhood. Nope, nope, nope. Not even pie would make me fit in.

By: Jenifer

Jenifer — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:39:45 +0000

Sounds like the neighborhood I grew up in…. but back then there weren’t all the dangers there are today. It was normal for all the neighborhood kids to “go out and play” and basicallly roam the neighborhood and invade each others houses.

And I can remember my Mom letting me go to sleep overs at homes where she didn’t know the family well. As a matter of fact I went across the country and stayed with a pen pal whe I was 13 and my Mom only knew the family by talking on the phone…. sometimes now that I have become a mother I wonder what my mother was smoking. I loved the freedom, but I was lucky nothing bad ever happened. Will I be as free with my kids? HELL NO!

I now respect the Mom who wouldn’t let my best friend sleep over my house when we were in school, even though at the time I thought she was a super BEY-OTCH!

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:22:48 +0000

You have described my su”bourbon” hell! BUT – the kids mostly stay away now, as I have shown my evil – don’t f*ck with me KIDS – face. They think I’m a b*tch and I am OKAY with it.

By: Desi

Desi — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:07:36 +0000

it is NOT a southern thing! I would have been killed, and I would kill my kids if they did something like that. Bad manner abound everywhere. Are you sure they aren’t from “somewhere” else?

By: carrien

carrien — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:45:43 +0000

i wrote something on this last week.

http://shelaughsatthedays.blogspot.com/2007/07/kid-magnet.html

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:24:07 +0000

Holy cow girl I never thought I’d get to the end of your replies..

How rude is all I can say..I’m with you inviting yourself over to someone else’s house is just plain rude. Oh how i love the country..having a 600 foot driveway keeps many kids away. :)

I like the flag and the pad lock idea..

Colleen

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:55:07 +0000

It’s perfectly all right – in fact, if you wish to survive this, it’s required – to set limits on other people’s children. You can do it so much when the parents are around (darn it, anyway), but since these parents are NEVER AROUND, I’d say that gives you pretty much free rein to start drawing some big, fat boundaries.

I love the flag idea.

As to the sleepover? In your situation, I’d tell the children that I will be willing to consider sleepovers in a couple of months or so, when I’m all settled in, and have had lots of opportunity to get to know the other parents. Because of course, you can’t go to someone’s house if they’re strangers, now, can you?