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<\/a><\/p>\nWhen you are 42… this child will be 6 years old.<\/p>\n
Or in Sanj’s case… when you are 46… 6 years old.<\/em><\/p>\n When you are 50… this child will be 14 years of age.<\/p>\n Or in Sanj’s case… when you are 50… 10 years of age<\/em><\/p>\n \n Or maybe the reality is that this warning should really sound it’s alarm when there is a Joshua being thought of!<\/p>\n Yesterday Josh came home and during dinner mumbled something to me about going to the principal’s office because he didn’t come in from recess. \u00a0The story I got from him was that his sidekick convinced him to “hide” when the bell rang and recess was over… and not go in.<\/p>\n Hum… when I asked the Principal about it, he added that in the midst of tears Josh said, Oh dear.<\/p>\n Today we went to school, “understanding” that what he did was wrong… and ready to apologize to his Principal and Teacher.<\/p>\n Josh goes up to the Principal and as I nudge him he says, “What am I suppose to say again?” \u00a0(Insert an unhappy looking mom…)<\/p>\n After we got it all out… the Principal made the point that he hoped that Josh understood that he needed to make decisions in spite of those his friend make.<\/p>\n I said, “Josh, if your friend were to jump off a bridge, you wouldn’t do that, would you?”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em>Josh answers: “Yes I would. \u00a0I like jumping off bridges.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em>Hum … glad the point went home.<\/p>\n Not.<\/p>\n As I was retelling Sanj this story, he sighs his exasperated sigh and says, “I am too old to parent Josh.”<\/em><\/p>\n *** Despite the funny in this story… Josh was reprimanded, punished and lectured till his eyes rolled into the back of his head. \u00a0We’ll see what happens.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sanj and I have come to the conclusion that we are just too old to parent a 6 year old. \u00a0Parenting should come with a warning…. well, lots of warnings, really but the one I am talking about is when … Continue reading
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