July 26, 2006 11:47 AM
Mommy motivator of the day
If you have time, skim Sorry, but my children bore me to death! - a glimpse into the mind of a mother who probably should never have had children to begin with.
The only positive thing I can see in this woman is that she is intellectually honest. Rather than saying she has to work for financial reasons (nannies cost a lot, after all), she makes her real reasons clear.
So sad to hear that she avoids her kids' sports events and that she hates reading them bedtime stories.
Give your kids some extra hugs and kisses today!
HT to King of Fools, Keeper of my Blog, via email
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Comments
Sickening & sad. And sadder still are the comment-ers that are DEFENDING her! She needs to give those poor babies to someone that will LOVE them. She claims to, but I'm sorry. That woman loves only herself.
Posted by: ~Kayla~ | July 26, 2006 12:38 PM
I admit I sometimes (often?) find motherhood and my children boring. But I generally assume at those times the problem lies with me and not with my station in life or my children. It just means God still has a lot of work to do on me.
Posted by: Jodi | July 26, 2006 1:55 PM
It is a very sad article. I just don't understand WHY she had kids - couldn't she have babysat for someone else's and figured out that kids bored her?
However, I do sort of agree with what she's trying to say about parents over-scheduling and over-programming their kids. Let a kid - an older kid - discover boredom and figure out how to conquer it (without TV) by him or herself instead of constantly trying to provide the entertainment/stimulation for them. Let your child learn to problem-solve for himself.
Posted by: Nancy | July 26, 2006 4:17 PM
Okay, so she's honest. That's not enough.
I see her future clearly: If euthanasia of the elderly does not become acceptable, she will be shuttled away to a nursing home left to sit for hours in her own urine-soaked clothing. She will have no hair remaining to highlight, no friends to text-message, and certainly no loving attention from her grown children. She will be JUST SO BORING.
Posted by: floorplan | July 27, 2006 1:38 PM
