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[why_me_why_not]

I still have letters for claiming on this post, so give me something to ramble about?

Duke keeps getting stuck in the playpen. I don't know why we still have it up, or how he actually gets IN it, but it's kinda funny.

Larkin is STILL not here. If she doesn't come by next Friday, Kris will be induced, but she's already at 4cm, so hopefully we'll have a baby soon.

Monkey got his short cast yesterday, and the dr said his break has healed nicely, so three more weeks and he'll be good to go.

We're supposed to have triple digit temps the next few days, so I think I'm gonna be a homebody. What's happening with yall?

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[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

I'll lend you one of mine - you want the smartass or the one with the attitude? ;)

[sxysadie21.livejournal.com]

They both already sound like they could be mine with those descriptions. LOL

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

haha, yes. They're definitely my kids; it's like each of them has a different part of my personality.

[sxysadie21.livejournal.com]

I'd be afraid my kids would get my emotional-detached and bitchiness. They would never want to hug me and be mean. That would be awful. LOL

Actually my biggest fear about having kids is that they wouldn't turn out smart and/or witty. No joke. It is a legit fear of mine. I would have to give them back. (I really wouldn't...but that's also why I dont' have kids because that's not even a funny joke when you do. LOL)

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

Lol. My younger one has never been cuddly, and he shows his affection through smart ass, sarcastic comments. My older one has huge problems in school and I don't know how to help him because no one in my family was like that - learning always came easy to us. I really feel bad because Ronnie (older one) inherited a lot of my bad mental issues - I'm pretty sure he's gonna be biploar - and it sucks.

I threaten to sell my kids on the black market or trade them to the gypsies. Like, all the time.

[sxysadie21.livejournal.com]

So your youngest one is maybe mine t hen? LOL

I think that is why I fear the idea of my child not being an easy learner, because I have no idea what it is like. I would be so lost. And I just can't imagine. And not that I wouldn't love a kid who has problems in school, of course...but I just would tear my hair out FOR them, you know? My family is sharp and quick to learn, it just seems easy. I know that sounds arrogant and horrible. But it isn't anything *I* did. I always just say that I was blessed and I had good parents who spent lots of money to send me to private school to make sure my brain blossomed once they realized I had one. The public schools wanted to make me wait two more years to start kindergarten due to my age. My parents were like "No way." And had they not? I would have probably been a horrible and bored student my entire life. So really it was my parents and whatever I was born with. I'm not saying "I DID SO MUCH I AM AWESOME." Total opposite.

But I bet your oldest one is really good at things that are hard for others. I've noticed that many people who have problems learning in school are just being taught wrong by their teachers too. The system is so huge. If they don't learn in a mainstream way? They're just SOL. And that's so unfair.

And if he does end up being bipolar? At least you will have a better idea on how to deal with him and help him. That has to be a good thing, right? My family just has alcoholism, not any mental issues. Wait...we wouldn't know because they self medicate with alcohol. So no one in my family (not my immediate family, however) would have any idea how to help me if I had gone to them and said I thought I had some sort of mental issue. They would have just handed me a bottle of beer probably. Or my 3-Phd world renowned doctor aunt would have given you a few xanax and a bottle of wine to chase it with (seriously they are fucked up. Also why I don't want to procreate. They could so end up like them. Yikes. LOL)

Oooh. Bartering for kids. This parenthood thing seems like a better and better idea everyday! ;)

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's it exactly! I have no idea how to help him and it frustrates both of us. He failed his math SOL and has to do summer remediation, and he asks for help and it always ends up in a shouting match. And he's super smart, really, he just can't do math. Like I can't do geometry because I can't "see" the shapes. He doesn't like to read. I always say I think in words instead of pictures, and I think he's the opposite. He's got awesome artistic abilities, and he can memorize anything that interests him. I mean, he can tell you all kinds of random facts about sea animals and name the different species of sharks and where they live and blahblahblah, but he doesn't care to learn about the revolutionary war.

Lol, sounds familiar. My family medical history basically comes down to bipolar and alcoholism (or other drug addiction these days). In a way that's kinda lucky, no cancer or diabetes or genetic disease, but still. They're a bunch of crazy drunks. At least they look out for their own? And everyone always has a good time?

[sxysadie21.livejournal.com]

I think that there ought be a better system to teach our kids. Can't we test their learning type and go from there? That seems like such a more efficient way than just trying to force everyone to learn the same way.

I love that he's artistic. I can't even draw stick figures. LOL

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

I agree, to both of those things. We've got SOLs (standards of learning) in VA that pretty much fucked the kids over - instead of learning how to LEARN, they're learning how to memorize pointless bullshit and it doesn't do any of them any good. And they test the kids and split them up at the beginning of the year in our elementary school so that they can be with peers who are on the same learning level as them, but then you end up with Davey learning the same thing as Ronnie in different grades b/c Davey's top of his class and Ronnie's at the bottom of his. The teachers try, but they can only do so much because of SOLs. Blah!

He didn't get his artistic ability from me. I can't draw stick figures either.