Comments on: They’re Getting To Big To Cuddle, Or Jamie Foxx Can Kiss My Grits

By: Jaina

Jaina — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:24:05 +0000

Wow. And congrats on the lead in the school play! That’s awesome :) I won’t tell you how long it took me to understand that whole spelling question…

By: seven

seven — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:42:18 +0000

Oh man. I don’t have any kids but my sister is 14 now and I can say with certainty that young-people-growing-up is the craziest thing ever.

Also: Nice They Might Be Giants reference. I think that is one of my favorite phrases of theirs.

By: Cuz_I'm_The_Mom

Cuz_I'm_The_Mom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:21:43 +0000

I fancy myself the BEEN-THERE-DONE-THAT jaded parent of teenagers, but this one slapped me ugly hard, Shannon. It does go by way too quickly.
Next thing you know, you’ll shake out a pair of jeans in the laundry room and a condom will pop out and you’ll almost cough up a lung on top of it then pick up the condom hoping that you’re wrong. You’ll then realize that yes, it’s a condom and, yes, those are his jeans. You might even start crying and wondering if you should be glad he’s using protection or if you should go out and sign him up for the nearest True Love Waits seminar in hopes that he’ll stay away from all those sluts from that fucked-up public high school you’ve been sending him to.

Not that I’ve had any experience with that or anything.

By: Expat Mom

Expat Mom — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:55:31 +0000

Wow. I’m so glad you are going through all this before me because I’m pretty sure it will make me feel better when my kids start falling for girls and singing weird songs. I hope.

As for zombie movie appreciation, I know this makes me a really awful mom, but my 3 year old is all over that. He LOVES Supernatural as much as I do and while I probably (ok, definitely) shouldn’t let him watch it, it’s just so darn nice to have a kid who appreciates really great shows/movies along with you. Of course, hand in hand with that comes correct usage of certain words such as “dude”, “fuck” and “bitch”, so I probably should have thought that one over a little more. The 2 year old yells, “Dat’s SCAWY!” and runs away.

By: MrsFinn

MrsFinn — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:06:14 +0000

And as far as songs go…

I’m the worst influence a kid can have- I taught her the “kill the wabbit” song (I think it’s metallica) when she was two… :D