- On blame and farting: If everyone knows who did it, there’s no point in arguing about it.
- On noise: Many people think soundproof windows are for keeping noise out.
- On repetition: One must make peace with the notion that two of the primary parental duties are turning off lights and flushing toilets.
- On marriage: “Spouse” is another name for that person who stops you from murdering the little people.
- On discipline: Is there even any point in telling children not to throw sand? Society might be better served if we allowed children to do what they will and allow people with sand thrown in their eye to beat them.
- On entertainment: I don’t care how many times they remake Sense & Sensibility if it’s still Sense & Sensibility.
- On aging: You know you’re an adult when you can call children “boys” or “girls” without any hint of discomfort or sarcasm.
- On normalcy: One very quickly becomes accustomed to children despite the fact that they are non-stop engines of destruction and then they are gone for a few days and the silence kills you.
- On resourcefulness: Children can never seem to find anything except you. Especially when you are in the bathroom.
- On communication: Rhetorical questions, irony, sarcasm. These things mean nothing to children.
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inspired awesomeness, john…so very true. all of it.
Too true, and I couldn’t agree more with you on the sand!
My favorite is “on resourcefulness.” Then again, why are we in the bathroom so much if it’s not a very good hiding place?
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Great list. I’ve learned that only parents can cherish the wanky teenager down the street as much as they do their very own children… enough that $10 an hour seems an entirely reasonable rate for an uninterrupted conversation with the spousal unit.
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I agree with you on discipline it is better to serve/beat someone with valid reason than have nothing at all. It would be well deserved.
-Jan