Gotta love when (often bitter childless) people come up with new unrealistic things you have to do with your child to avoid traumatizing them for life and dooming yourself to a no-contact life. If you have a bad relationship with your parents, I promise it isn't because they didn't want to play fairy pirate with you. My parents never did, and I don't feel neglected because of it. In fact, I distinctly remember *not* wanting adults involved when I did that kind of thing. I do play with toys with my son, and while he's too young to be coming up with elaborate stories just yet, I really don't see myself participating in that when he does start doing that. I would kind of hope that he has friends/siblings to do that with by then, or that he's independent-minded enough to do it on his own.
Ya if you like the activity you’re doing with your kid, regardless of what it is, that’s better than vroom vrooming a toy car while staring despondently out the window like some Mama Bovary
In the case of this discussion on Twitter, what really struck me was the legion of extremely smug dads who failed to grasp that this came from a stay at home mom who has spent way more time with her kids than any of them could ever dream of. That's not a criticism! I'm a childcare mom. It's good for me. My kid likes it. But I think they aren't seeing it in the larger context of, "She spends ALL. DAY. with these kids and is saying no to a very narrow window of activities."
Gotta love when (often bitter childless) people come up with new unrealistic things you have to do with your child to avoid traumatizing them for life and dooming yourself to a no-contact life. If you have a bad relationship with your parents, I promise it isn't because they didn't want to play fairy pirate with you. My parents never did, and I don't feel neglected because of it. In fact, I distinctly remember *not* wanting adults involved when I did that kind of thing. I do play with toys with my son, and while he's too young to be coming up with elaborate stories just yet, I really don't see myself participating in that when he does start doing that. I would kind of hope that he has friends/siblings to do that with by then, or that he's independent-minded enough to do it on his own.
Ya if you like the activity you’re doing with your kid, regardless of what it is, that’s better than vroom vrooming a toy car while staring despondently out the window like some Mama Bovary
In the case of this discussion on Twitter, what really struck me was the legion of extremely smug dads who failed to grasp that this came from a stay at home mom who has spent way more time with her kids than any of them could ever dream of. That's not a criticism! I'm a childcare mom. It's good for me. My kid likes it. But I think they aren't seeing it in the larger context of, "She spends ALL. DAY. with these kids and is saying no to a very narrow window of activities."
Good lord.