tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463497.post110684127499849810..comments2023-10-03T10:14:31.483-05:00Comments on SCHOOL @ HOME: The Slow Creep of CommonalityTennielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16244439566953461973noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463497.post-1106927015491825002005-01-28T09:43:00.000-06:002005-01-28T09:43:00.000-06:00Hi Tenn,
Though not as strict as yours, I do have ...Hi Tenn,<br />Though not as strict as yours, I do have some nutritional convictions that I try to live by and was also shocked recently at what I was feeding the baby! It really shows how your standards have slipped when you compare what third baby eats to what first baby ate! Count your blessings that your dh is on the same page as you, I fight mine on issues of 16 mos olds getting bottles and whether sugar cereal has a place in our house. <br />Good luck shaping up the nutrition at your house, but since we're not there yet, we'll take the teddy grahams and cherry pie! :)<br />KatyKatyMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17670586888343266330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463497.post-1106882722800635552005-01-27T21:25:00.000-06:002005-01-27T21:25:00.000-06:00Ugh. I'm right there with you. It's hard being a...Ugh. I'm right there with you. It's hard being a "freak" or a meanie by other's standards. I allow my kids to have some of the junk when we're with others. I have let it into our house too. It's really hard to live so differently than others, but it is worth it.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497493113926488342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463497.post-1106842351787678802005-01-27T10:12:00.000-06:002005-01-27T10:12:00.000-06:00Oh, Tenn. You are SO right about the comment you m...Oh, Tenn. You are SO right about the comment you made:<br /><br />"I have found that the problem is not so much my kids as it is my own guilt as a mother."<br /><br />This is exactly my problem...the guilty mom syndrome. I fall victim to walking through the grocery aisles and thinking, "If I were a good mom, a cool mom, I would buy this and take it home to my adoring children." I once bought Mountain Dew as a "treat" for a holiday meal, and my thirteen-year-old son deemed me "finally cool." That ego's a tough one to overcome.<br /><br />Yes, some of it is a desire for convenience. But what is more convenient than picking up a nice, crisp apple? <br /><br />We, too, had let our standards slip. But we've recogized it and we're on our way back out of the pit. <br /><br />I'm glad that you are, too.Thicket Dwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327346422310447867noreply@blogger.com