Building the Future

July 20th, 2006 | Category: Family

Is my 8 year old son going to require years of counseling as an adult because of what I said today? After he threw the ball a short distance while playing a game of catch, I said, “now set down your purse, and throw me the ball”.

Somehow I can’t picture that in a book about great parenting.

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  1. Yarsh July 21st, 2006 12:00 am

    Possibly… you were telling him that he needed to do a dance after spiking the ball…

  2. Cabe July 21st, 2006 4:39 am

    No, I don’t think that was in the great parenting book. Just so you know, neither is “Hike up your skirt Alice”. Kids these days, they have such thin skins.

  3. Mark MacLeod July 21st, 2006 9:10 am

    He has a good sense of humor and thought it was funny, so it may be okay…

  4. Rhonda July 21st, 2006 11:49 am

    Mark, you’re such a good Dad I’m sure it’s fine, epecially with John’s sense of humor. The refreshing thing to see is that catch yourself and know that no parent is perfect!

  5. Mark MacLeod July 21st, 2006 12:30 pm

    Now you’re telling me that I’m not perfect? :-)

  6. Josh July 23rd, 2006 3:50 pm

    My grandfather used to tell me that he’d seen “better looking heads on a pimple” and I turned out ok…

    Didn’t I???

    (boy am I leaving this one W-I-D-E open)

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