This week is going to be nuts. People with trade requests...me not wanting to trade. Cleaning the house only to see it trashed within a matter of minutes. Putting my hand up a thawed out turkey to get the giblets. Stuffing that turkey to the hilt with yummy stuffing. Passing out from good turkey sleepy powers.
Besides all that though, I was sitting here this morning going over a few things and noticed I hadn't had a rant in quite a while...so here we go folks, are ya ready?
Okay. I'm a parent. I have three grown step daughters and a grand son and a grand daughter. I have my own 8 year old daughter. I love them all. There was a time when I was younger when I wasn't all that great to be around if you happened to be one of my step daughters. I think we've moved past that...life is good.
But that is not what my rant is about...its merely background noise for what I'm really trying to get to here. (in fact the previous paragraph isn't even related...go figure, eh?) I'm going to talk about mothers who feel the need to instill the fear of all that is evil in this world so that little Jr or little miss thang can't even be looked at without the little cherub soiling their pants in the fear something will happen to them if they aren't clinging in fear to their mother's pants(which, by the way are usually sweat pants two sizes to small). I read a Dear Abby thing the other day in which the mother was all concerned about her son catching germs from people coo cooing at him in his carrier. I have a simple solution there sweetheart...he'll live a lot longer if you stop hovering! Babies have been born for hundreds of thousands of years. Children have grown up bumping into things, sticking things in their mouths that are nasty...and very rarely has anything really serious come from the bumps or the gross things running through a child's system as a result of sticking a pacifier in the mouth that fell on the ground. Just because they sell all those probes and wipes and whatnot that I see a lot of mothers inserting into their kids does not mean we need to buy them. Suction bulbs are not meant to be used every 5 minutes. Wipes are for a quick swipe...not a 45 minute attack on the butt and all the surrounding areas. If your child is allergic you might think about not putting ten pounds of baby powder on. Don't even get me started on the mother's who bring their whole house with them for a play date or visit.
Don't get me wrong. I know there are bad people out there and evil germs and allergies that just cannot be explained. But sometimes, I really wonder how the human race ever lived this long.
