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Yahoo's "Shine": Not The Brightest Bulb In The Box
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This site looks dumb as hell though.
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(Dude, good job the other day BTW...I read the whole thing)
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Besides, all smart kids know that if you sit under the kitchen table and pull all of the chairs in, it makes the best fort/prison.
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I should add that our rooms were about 8 x 6 and that they only contained beds, books, and clothes.
Now that I think about it, she was probably the one napping.
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My kid has started to freak over "nap" so I tell him it's quiet time. He doesn't have to sleep, but he does have to stay quietly in his room for at least an hour. On weekends, we have family quiet time after lunch. Then, sometimes Mr. JB and I get to have the sex at an hour of the day when we're not both exhausted. There are times when marital romance consists of, "Oh, whatever; you do what you want as long as you don't wake me up."
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I think it's awesome that you also have "quiet time" as I really feel it was a huge boon to my brother and I to learn at a very young age that we had to depend on ourselves for entertainment and answers to questions, or just wait to ask them. We're both big readers but we also don't mind being alone, which is a trait I'm very glad I have as an adult.
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After mudpies, and just before books, I made an entire village of acorn people in the moss on my hill. Why can't I be that focused now?
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If I was simply bored and getting on my parents' nerves, I was told to go outside and amuse myself, or read a book, or go practice any number of instruments my parents put up with me squawking and twanging and hammering on.
There's a difference between "parenting" and "amusing your offspring every single waking moment", isn't there?
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@tscheese: I learned early that if I complained to my mother that I was bored, she had a lengthy list of things that I could do to alleviate the boredom -- extra chores.
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1. Watch back episodes of Samantha Who? On Hulu.com
2. Purchase a pair of Ballet Flats on Zarros.com
3. Mail off your anual donation to Vassar
4. Call your older sister and "rub it in a bit"
5. Prepare a fresh, organic meal of ehtiopian tamales.
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Or they could use a Disney tape like my mother would.
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[www.ulta.com]
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Books.
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I think my parents probably went and had sex while we were doing this crazy decathalon.
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@Mary McCarthyite: my mother also gave us books and/or kicked us out the house. It doesn't seem to have done much harm.
@Majrhoulihan: this appeals to me, when daughter older I may well try it.
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