Comments on: Stuff you don’t need to worry about

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:24:16 +0000

“Who can add a single hour to his life” – Jesus

I like your list… a great reminder.

Thank you

By: Robert "BUTCH" Rath

Robert "BUTCH" Rath — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 05:25:01 +0000

New to this. But I have something to say that just may help a new male kid and that father to have the kind of relationship I’m working on that probably evolved by virtue of the mother-hen syndrome. We’re rough guys, right, well you know; fall down don’t cry, brush it off and act like nothing happened even though you can’t figure out why you don’t get lavished with, oh it’s alright honey,come and sit with me. Maybe it has to be this way so we can get our bodies broken in football or MMA’s. Treat the hurts of little boys and girls with the same love and affection, care and concern that they can actually feel and learn to emulate. Watch, as to how little boys and girls grow up to be parents a father and mother that can show that care and concern for their child’s humanity and so the story goes. I think I’m following you, I need help to navigate the web, ah my son this weekend lol:) So many ways for a father to take ownership of the parent role, begin by sharing parenting.

By: Matt Lawrence

Matt Lawrence — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:37:35 +0000

I completely agree.

I just wish I could be more patient with her in those moments.

I KNOW she is feeling his pain more than I am during a 2 am screaming session. He had a minot infection and was seriously bumming. But while I seem to know that the suffering will pass, she seems to be unable to disassociate herself from his pain.

Maybe it’s just too much to hold his pain and her pain in the balance.

By: vicki

vicki — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:28:11 +0000

AS the mother of 5 teens – well, one is 20, but I am still counting her as a teen till she turns 21 – I LOVED this post.

Your insight, humor, tell it like it is, get off it style is refreshing and encouraging. I so often feel like I am the only rebel out there screaming the hazards of worry.

My motto – even if you did it “right” 100% of the time, there is still a 50% chance that YOU will be the parent who gets the call from the police station – “Hi Mom, about the car…….”

Parenthood is the absolute best ride on the planet. I wish someone had told me to buckle up tight when my kids are 2 days old.

Thanks for sharing and the giggles.

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By: Josa Young

Josa Young — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:10:17 +0000

I can’t do headstands although husband can. But I have worried about the boy more than the girl. He has had to restart a year, and his lack of work coupled with good brain drove me to paroxisms of anxious shouting. Glad your kids are doing well. I have one more to go – now 8 – very different personality and even more worried.