The Challenge Of Parenthood

Sometimes it’s fall break and you spend lots of extended time with your children. And you become desperate enough to play the “quiet game”, which they are still young enough to believe is really a game and not a desperate parental attempt for peace.

So they play.

And they are quiet.

For the first time in 4 days.

And then the littlest one hands you a note.

That looks something like this.

 

Here is what the note says:

“I would really like to speak. Is there a prize for the winner? Why? YAY! Are you in a bad mood? Ok, is this bugging you? Well, I’m sorry but I’m not stopping.”

And you realize the 7 year old has captured a truth about the parent/child relationship, indeed all family dynamics. “Is this bugging you? I’m sorry but I’m not stopping.”

You have to laugh. Because otherwise you’d cry and become one of those people who goes to the Alaskan frontier and lives with grizzly bears.

Because at least cubs can’t write. Or be sassy.

But they also can’t make you laugh so hard it hurts.

Happy end-of-fall-break, guru girls & guys!