Comments on: Parenting Code Violation Alert!

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:53:39 +0000

How thoughtless; how very, very Hollywood. Wild bandanas are endangered and the few in captivity have been unable to breed successfully.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:23:27 +0000

Is it bad that I couldn’t read a single word you wrote - I kept staring at his chest?

Sorry…

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:12:11 +0000

I bet he already plays Super Mario Galaxy. I do - it’s awesome!

By: gamma

gamma — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:57:36 +0000

Ah, the parenting code. Every parent should ponder it ahead of time, but mostly we learn it from experience, much as we learn the finer points of the traffic code.

MM will shortly learn that, although The Mother’s Curse guarantees we will have a child just like ourselves, it means that child will have the attributes that will most drive us nuts, not the ones we like best. (Section 3 Article 4.6; see also Section 16) Or The Curse could bounce to the next child, leaving MM with a son who’s a computer wonk, and a daughter who likes to dance on the beach in a wild bandanna.

But, MM, it may not be too late for you to learn this oft-ignored but perilous point: That which you announce your child will NEVER do, your child will most assuredly do. If you announce it publicly, your child will do it worse than anyone else’s child. Ever. (See Section 2 Article 15.)

You have been warned.

By: class-factotum

class-factotum — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:59:56 +0000

Poor kid. His dad is already such a doofus. I have to agree with MM’s mom, who, upon learning the news, asked immediately, “Are you getting married?” MM pretty much rolled his eyes and said, “Mooooooom!” Right. Because although he’s willing to have a child with this woman, he’s Not Ready To Commit. How could she ask him such a stupid question?

He’s going to be a great father.