skinnybeanie SG Originally posted by the Bear: you'll be fine if you remember these... [b]TEN THINGS PARENTS MUST REMEMBER Children are not pets. The life they actually live, and the life you perceive them to be living, are not the same. Don't take what your children do too personally. Don't keep scorecards on them - a short memory is useful. Dirt and mess are a breeding ground for well-being. Stay out of their rooms after puberty. Stay out of their friendships and love-life unless invited in. Don't worry that they never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. Learn from them; they have much to teach you. Love them long; let them go early [/b]not easy to do so when one becomes a parent...
skinnybeanie SG i dun like to watch it on TV, prefer to be there. It's a totally different experience. I always feel very very proud to be a Singaporean when there.
the Bear SG a couple years ago, kena from the clerical staff coz i threw away 4 preview tickets don't even know why they were mailed to me...
sillyme SG it's hard.. mixing with school boys every saturday.. i understand how the parents feel.. the kids' life are also more demanding.. not like our time
the Bear SG i'm not one for choreographed rejoicing.. i'd feel so out of place and out of sorts there...
skinnybeanie SG my sis is 26 yrs old this year.. behave exactly like those kids. I see already also vomit blood, not to mention if that's my kid..
skinnybeanie SG no lah, when there in the stadium, the rejoicing is not choreographed... only the performers are choreographed.
the Bear SG parenting isn't easy.. that's why we have so many screwed up people around... i'm pretty screwed up in my own way.. my folks never followed a lot of them and my sister and i had and still have to fight for our own independence and to defend our right to live our own lives... it's taken many many years... and we've been scarred badly... these 10 things may not be easy, but they are vital.. especially when you remember what's at stake.. your child.. you will find the strength somehow
skinnybeanie SG well, can't really blame the parents for the screwed up pple we have around us. Some kids are just tough to handle. send me the 10 "commandments" again when i'm pregnant k?
the Bear SG i know... still, it's a feel like it's all staged.. and i'm not one for these things.. i'd rather raise a glass with my friends with a toast to my country at least, that'll be an honestly spontaneous thing
skinnybeanie SG gotta go liaoz bye ah bear and silly! nice chatting wif u two today. Looking forward to the Monday thread! Have a good weekend!!!
