“Since when do having the party at your house and your child not ending up a juvenile delinquent equate in any way?”I’d venture that there’s some correlation, because if you’re willing to have other kids over, it means that you’re a “giver,” and don’t shunt your kids off elsewhere whenever you can. My mother wasn’t a great party-thrower, but my friends knew that they could come over and discuss things with her that their moms wouldn’t be interested in.
The friends didn’t turn out to be juvenile delinquents, but one took antidepressants and died early because of smoking, and another is the legal guardian of her sister, who has mental-health problems.
@ Nabuquduriuzhur – Surely you jest! Who says a stay-at-home-mom has more time than one who works outside the home. Do not throw stones unless you have walked in the other’s moccasins! (That was fun to write.)
I have been on both sides, and anyone who can run a home with children and the constant interruptions of life whilst trying to pay bills, straighten out medical insurance, handle repairs – especially when one must be home for a two, four or eight hour time period, cook, clean, clean again, clean again, teach, safeguard and entertain the children, change diapers, toilet train, handle teen angst and heartbreak, meet with teachers, be involved in school, perhaps volunteer or run a side business from home, do laundry, iron, empty gutters, rake leaves, handle the families medical appointments and concerns, make sure the family is clothed, and, well, I can’t fit it all here, and do it perhaps being a single parent (or single at the moment with a partner who travels or is deployed for extended amounts of time) is on a par or above anyone who works outside the home in busyness or importance.
Oh, wait, I forgot, you seem to think we’re not BUSY and have lots of time to put our feet up and eat bon-bons! It is time for me to go back to cooking for the 25 school parents coming to our home tomorrow for a meeting the school asked us to host.
I loved my kids wanting to have their friends at our home. I made sure I had their favorite snacks. I also made sure they had a secure place to go when one of the group committed suicide. He had left home and lived on his own. My child was at first hesitant, then grateful that I reached out to have the group of friends gather at our home to grieve.
My home is open to my children’s friends even it my children aren’t home. We will find a way to make a meal stretch and always have a hug waiting. We are so fortunate.
I just started to read this strip again after almost 20 years, when I read it like one year in a row.So, what mom is this? Is this a rerun? Don´t recognize the kid, since the one I remember should have his own family by now, and the daughter used glasses, unless she had eye surgery and she is the mom now.
Really. Would you do the ironing in your living room, to block the view of the TV? Or in your bedroom, where your husband’s dirty clothes are likely to be lying all over the floor so you cant’ find space for an ironing board? Does walking from one room of a home to another make it seem, to a child, that a mother is more ‘busy’? Or is it more likely that the other mothers have jobs outside the home, and are therefore seen by the children as ‘busier’ than the mother who stays home to take care of the house and because she is not paid, is not ‘busy’?
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 10 years ago
Wrong answer Mike
sbchamp over 10 years ago
Chuck E. Cheese approves
danlarios over 10 years ago
here we go again
Gokie5 over 10 years ago
“Since when do having the party at your house and your child not ending up a juvenile delinquent equate in any way?”I’d venture that there’s some correlation, because if you’re willing to have other kids over, it means that you’re a “giver,” and don’t shunt your kids off elsewhere whenever you can. My mother wasn’t a great party-thrower, but my friends knew that they could come over and discuss things with her that their moms wouldn’t be interested in.
Gokie5 over 10 years ago
The friends didn’t turn out to be juvenile delinquents, but one took antidepressants and died early because of smoking, and another is the legal guardian of her sister, who has mental-health problems.
Deborah N Lurie over 10 years ago
@ Nabuquduriuzhur – Surely you jest! Who says a stay-at-home-mom has more time than one who works outside the home. Do not throw stones unless you have walked in the other’s moccasins! (That was fun to write.)
I have been on both sides, and anyone who can run a home with children and the constant interruptions of life whilst trying to pay bills, straighten out medical insurance, handle repairs – especially when one must be home for a two, four or eight hour time period, cook, clean, clean again, clean again, teach, safeguard and entertain the children, change diapers, toilet train, handle teen angst and heartbreak, meet with teachers, be involved in school, perhaps volunteer or run a side business from home, do laundry, iron, empty gutters, rake leaves, handle the families medical appointments and concerns, make sure the family is clothed, and, well, I can’t fit it all here, and do it perhaps being a single parent (or single at the moment with a partner who travels or is deployed for extended amounts of time) is on a par or above anyone who works outside the home in busyness or importance.
Oh, wait, I forgot, you seem to think we’re not BUSY and have lots of time to put our feet up and eat bon-bons! It is time for me to go back to cooking for the 25 school parents coming to our home tomorrow for a meeting the school asked us to host.
Deborah N Lurie over 10 years ago
I loved my kids wanting to have their friends at our home. I made sure I had their favorite snacks. I also made sure they had a secure place to go when one of the group committed suicide. He had left home and lived on his own. My child was at first hesitant, then grateful that I reached out to have the group of friends gather at our home to grieve.
My home is open to my children’s friends even it my children aren’t home. We will find a way to make a meal stretch and always have a hug waiting. We are so fortunate.
nailer Premium Member over 10 years ago
I just started to read this strip again after almost 20 years, when I read it like one year in a row.So, what mom is this? Is this a rerun? Don´t recognize the kid, since the one I remember should have his own family by now, and the daughter used glasses, unless she had eye surgery and she is the mom now.
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
Really. Would you do the ironing in your living room, to block the view of the TV? Or in your bedroom, where your husband’s dirty clothes are likely to be lying all over the floor so you cant’ find space for an ironing board? Does walking from one room of a home to another make it seem, to a child, that a mother is more ‘busy’? Or is it more likely that the other mothers have jobs outside the home, and are therefore seen by the children as ‘busier’ than the mother who stays home to take care of the house and because she is not paid, is not ‘busy’?