j.goolia@timeout.com
i watched luci open the laptop, turn it on, double click internet explorer, select nickjr.com from the dropdown menu, double click on games, and start playing away with more dexterity than i ever had playing super mario brothers. mmmbop mmmbop mmbop (the sound when mario was in the basement/dungeon).
i think of all the wonderful things i want to show her. then i think of all the things out there seeking to corrupt her. she's already in the formative stages! for example, there's a bully at her school named julia. **UHGGHG!** it kills me to think that this bossy little girl is throwing stuff at her and knocking her down. but get this... lucia won't tell the teacher. we keep asking her why, and she evades us with comments like, 'oh, i was busy playing...' or she changes the subject entirely. wow. finally i said, luci, are you afraid to tell the teacher? she said yes.... because julia is friends with a girl named eva, and if she tells on julia, then eva might not be her friend... and "that's why i don't like my new school, mommy." she's only four, and she doesn't understand the whole eva-is-not-your-true-friend-if-she-won't-be-your-friend-if-you-tell-on-julia thing.
i remember when luci was 2 weeks old. i changed a particularly rancid diaper, and it suddenly reminded me of a nursing home. then i had this image of her growing really old, and that i would likely not be there (physically) to take care of her. it made me extremely sad. i can't cushion her from everything, though. especially when she won't stand up for herself.
gary, i guess, already had a talk with the teacher, who says julia is always in timeout. he seems to think she's a troubled girl with problems at home. FINE. but don't throw that stuff in my daughter's face! hence... the ripple effect of sin.
and so it begins.
i think of all the wonderful things i want to show her. then i think of all the things out there seeking to corrupt her. she's already in the formative stages! for example, there's a bully at her school named julia. **UHGGHG!** it kills me to think that this bossy little girl is throwing stuff at her and knocking her down. but get this... lucia won't tell the teacher. we keep asking her why, and she evades us with comments like, 'oh, i was busy playing...' or she changes the subject entirely. wow. finally i said, luci, are you afraid to tell the teacher? she said yes.... because julia is friends with a girl named eva, and if she tells on julia, then eva might not be her friend... and "that's why i don't like my new school, mommy." she's only four, and she doesn't understand the whole eva-is-not-your-true-friend-if-she-won't-be-your-friend-if-you-tell-on-julia thing.
i remember when luci was 2 weeks old. i changed a particularly rancid diaper, and it suddenly reminded me of a nursing home. then i had this image of her growing really old, and that i would likely not be there (physically) to take care of her. it made me extremely sad. i can't cushion her from everything, though. especially when she won't stand up for herself.
gary, i guess, already had a talk with the teacher, who says julia is always in timeout. he seems to think she's a troubled girl with problems at home. FINE. but don't throw that stuff in my daughter's face! hence... the ripple effect of sin.
and so it begins.
posted by mad @ 5:36 PM
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