Originally Posted by Dude
And the answer to this is, "I have to let my kids be themselves."

Well said.

Originally Posted by epoh
Only my husband and I know what really goes on day-to-day in our family.

We're spending some time with my parents this week and my mom said after a few days. "I'm glad I got to see you and DS2. I thought I knew what you were talking about before, but now I really know what you mean."

Originally Posted by bzylzy
When my DD was a toddler/preschooler she spent alot of time really enjoying mud puddles... she was always filthy (in a good way). I always had a change of clothes in the car or just zipped her home with a beach towel on her booster seat.

..."but what if she's meant to become a marine biologist? I would never be able to live with myself if I thwarted her!"


Love this, my son is also a mud-explorer. My son is flying under the radar for now, but I'm saving all these thoughts of what I'm going to say because I know our day is coming soon. I hope I can work in "thwarted" sometime, what a great word. smile