tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post6937435280956238337..comments2023-11-05T02:43:58.241-05:00Comments on Mimi on the Breach: Me. She.Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-88342809439047517682007-02-28T14:41:00.000-05:002007-02-28T14:41:00.000-05:00Hi there,I'm a producer with CBC and I'm hoping to...Hi there,<BR/>I'm a producer with CBC and I'm hoping to put together a debate on the hipster parenting thing. I read your post and think it's great, could I have a chat with you about it? Also, are you Canadian?<BR/><BR/>Thanks very much. <BR/>michelle_eliot@cbc.caMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543966348097312515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-57960832981448150972007-02-19T10:32:00.000-05:002007-02-19T10:32:00.000-05:00AD -- Pynchon's brother's ex-wife is one of those ...AD -- Pynchon's brother's ex-wife is one of those rural alberta farm-dwelling fundamentalists. Has 7 children, and none of the girls can wear pants, because it's not properly modest. Modest, say, like have 7 children by several different men, in marriages the duration of which are measured in months ... I'm just saying.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-13270859341805675432007-02-17T21:21:00.000-05:002007-02-17T21:21:00.000-05:00Oh, good point! Yes, I like it. We do need to try ...Oh, good point! Yes, I like it. We do need to try to teach our values and yes, I do hate the no-hands parenting that I see so often at work. And yes, I think as long as we allow them the room to go their own way when they want to, you're bang on. Snaps!kittenpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215443551546036909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-63417465207889732032007-02-17T15:29:00.000-05:002007-02-17T15:29:00.000-05:00I'd also just like to request some more informatio...I'd also just like to request some more information about about your "(ex) sister-in-law won't let her daughters wear pants at all, for religious reasons."<BR/>I'm intrigued.N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07533821425490415972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-80380634431320951852007-02-15T21:20:00.000-05:002007-02-15T21:20:00.000-05:00Mad -- what a great observation! and so true. an...Mad -- what a great observation! and so true. and don't you mean 'tjb' of the tlc? ;-)<BR/><BR/>Beck -- you make an excellent point to distinguish between vales (i mean *values*) and tastes. must rethink.<BR/><BR/>Jen G -- yes, I was thinking of you when I posted me and Miss Baby in matching outfits.<BR/><BR/>B&P -- i've been thinking all day about this business of 'normal' and 'values free':Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-5358068482307279422007-02-15T20:49:00.000-05:002007-02-15T20:49:00.000-05:00Awwww! Love the pic!And great post. Isn't it our ...Awwww! Love the pic!<BR/><BR/>And great post. Isn't it our job to try and instill some of our values into our kids (within reason) ???ewe are herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339650361453626546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-58027047245638833102007-02-14T22:52:00.000-05:002007-02-14T22:52:00.000-05:00My friend and yours--man with the initials TB who ...My friend and yours--man with the initials TB who runs a little shop called the TLC--said to me just this past fall on the topic of parenting: "you can read all the books in the world but, in the end, you can really only ever be yourself as a parent." Amen.Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-78275510122757551432007-02-14T17:45:00.000-05:002007-02-14T17:45:00.000-05:00This was a great post. I read the original Time ar...This was a great post. I read the original Time article yesterday and was put off by the author's smugness. <BR/><BR/>I want to expose my kids to a lot of influences so they know that somewhere out there is a niche, a career, or a partner who shares their passions and values. <BR/><BR/>So I expose the boys to the places and the people and the books that inspire me. So my kids watch Star Trek (N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07533821425490415972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-84051927245832809032007-02-14T12:16:00.000-05:002007-02-14T12:16:00.000-05:00Love that photo. What makes it so fascinating is ...Love that photo. What makes it so fascinating is the interplay between similarity and difference: the way Miss Baby's hair is starting to come down across her forehead, just like yours, and the way those chubby baby-cheeks contradict the resemblance.<BR/><BR/>Isn't that the incredible thrill of having biological children? We look for ourselves constantly, and yet we're equally delighted by the Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-57462227337315926142007-02-14T11:15:00.001-05:002007-02-14T11:15:00.001-05:00VALUES. Not vales.VALUES. Not vales.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-43154333459795239162007-02-14T11:15:00.000-05:002007-02-14T11:15:00.000-05:00I love dressing my children alike. They don't look...I love dressing my children alike. They don't look much like each other, you see, and so it makes them look more like a family group. Besides. It's funny and parenting is hard so I need to get my laffs where I can.<BR/><BR/>I distinguish in my own life between tastes - things that I'd like my children to enjoy - and values - things that are in my mind essential for my children to also believe andBeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-35380459631619515132007-02-13T23:38:00.000-05:002007-02-13T23:38:00.000-05:00Love the photo! You know of my love for dressing t...Love the photo! You know of my love for dressing the girls alike. If truth be told I like my look to "compliment" them as well. Yes, my misguided attempt to control my environment expands.<BR/><BR/>Love the argument too. Isn't any parenting better than the benign neglect? Even if you don't agree with the method or even content I still agree it is active parenting. I didn't see this side Jeniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100043209000589029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-20811109835477546902007-02-13T21:17:00.000-05:002007-02-13T21:17:00.000-05:00Yay for Fluevogs! Oh, wait, is there some other p...Yay for Fluevogs! Oh, wait, is there some other point I was supposed to get out of this post? I got distracted.<BR/><BR/>Good god. I know that I am setting myself up to raise a bullying, Top-40-listening, McDonalds-eating, you-name-it-I-reject-it kid. And yet I really couldn't do it any other way. Besides, I delude myself into thinking that after the teen years those values will emerge againNotSoSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782162947524115936noreply@blogger.com