Comments on: Bad Mom http://www.mathmojo.com/chronicles/2009/05/18/bad-mother/ The Official Blog of MathMojo.com - helping public school, homeschooling, unschooling students, parents, teachers and adults learn math with easy and effective methods. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:05:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sandra foley http://www.mathmojo.com/chronicles/2009/05/18/bad-mother/comment-page-1/#comment-142829 sandra foley Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:54:12 +0000 http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/?p=668#comment-142829 I hope you know how lucky you "bad moms" are to be able to say this out loud, in print, on e-mail, etc. etc. Imagine being a "bad mom" in the 50"s when even thinking this way made your feel confused, guilty and really BAD! How much easier my life would have been with just a little support! Shout it out!!!!! Keep on shouting!!! I hope you know how lucky you “bad moms” are to be able to say this out loud, in print, on e-mail, etc.
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Imagine being a “bad mom” in the 50″s when even thinking this way made your feel confused, guilty and really BAD! How much easier my life would have been with just a little support! Shout it out!!!!!
Keep on shouting!!!

]]> By: kathleen http://www.mathmojo.com/chronicles/2009/05/18/bad-mother/comment-page-1/#comment-140844 kathleen Fri, 22 May 2009 16:10:59 +0000 http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/?p=668#comment-140844 Wow, so not those moms. My description of a good mom is pretty much the video's description of a good dad. My description of a neurotic crazy person who has no business caring for a child is the video's description of a good mother. My nearly-4 year old son has survived day care and public pre-k, has only had a couple play dates in his lifetime (we mostly go to the park and crash into the other 20+ kids that are there), eats whole grain bread at our house, and canned pears when he's at school. He's been vaccinated and so far isn't autistic (although, it's a fine line between boy behavior and Autism "lite"). Music and dance class: listening to the Beatles, Vivaldi and the Pogues Art class: fingerpainting with ketchup Math: number of peas eaten + mommy's attitude = number of cookies he'll get Literacy: books read on the potty and before bed School enhances all that. I'd love to be a work-from-home mom, but I'd still put him in school because they're more patient than I am and someone actually trained them to do their job. My favorite moments are when he's courageous, the hero, or a pterodactyl. I'm pretty certain that if I want him to be able to be an astronaut, race car driver, world-class chef, or an inventor, we'll both have to take risks. <strong><em>Professor Homunculus sez:</em></strong> Hey, Souffle, great to see you at the Chronicles! Yeah, something told me you wouldn't be one of those kinds of moms! I imagine Dave goes a tad beyond the description of the minimalistic good dad, too! Hoskeebo! Wow, so not those moms. My description of a good mom is pretty much the video’s description of a good dad. My description of a neurotic crazy person who has no business caring for a child is the video’s description of a good mother.

My nearly-4 year old son has survived day care and public pre-k, has only had a couple play dates in his lifetime (we mostly go to the park and crash into the other 20+ kids that are there), eats whole grain bread at our house, and canned pears when he’s at school. He’s been vaccinated and so far isn’t autistic (although, it’s a fine line between boy behavior and Autism “lite”).
Music and dance class: listening to the Beatles, Vivaldi and the Pogues
Art class: fingerpainting with ketchup
Math: number of peas eaten + mommy’s attitude = number of cookies he’ll get
Literacy: books read on the potty and before bed

School enhances all that. I’d love to be a work-from-home mom, but I’d still put him in school because they’re more patient than I am and someone actually trained them to do their job.

My favorite moments are when he’s courageous, the hero, or a pterodactyl. I’m pretty certain that if I want him to be able to be an astronaut, race car driver, world-class chef, or an inventor, we’ll both have to take risks.

Professor Homunculus sez:

Hey, Souffle, great to see you at the Chronicles! Yeah, something told me you wouldn’t be one of those kinds of moms! I imagine Dave goes a tad beyond the description of the minimalistic good dad, too!

Hoskeebo!

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