July 18, 2010 at 9:47 am (Parenting)
Tags: daycare, parental guilt
Community question: Which of the following scenarios should make me feel guiltier?
Scenario One: Finn crying because I have to leave him at daycare
Reasoning for guilt: Leaving my boy somewhere he obviously doesn’t want to be (well – he’s crying!)
Scenario Two: Finn crying because he has to come home from daycare
Reasoning for guilt: My company is such a lacking alternative that he’d rather stay at school in the chain link fenced yard with the sun-faded toys than come home with me.
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June 9, 2010 at 1:39 am (Parenting)
Tags: parental guilt, parenting, tampons
Earlier today Finn barged into the bathroom, waving his sippy cup for more juice and caught me inserting a tampon. I’m sure I’m not the only mother in the world whose son’s seen this but at the time he did give the whole thing a very odd look. Why is that going into mommy there?
I read somewhere that the way the human memory works is that we actually remember every single thing that ever happened to us. The reality is that – even though we don’t know it – we carry every moment of our lives around with us forever. Our brains are like eternally switched on recording devices. We can’t actively remember it all – the burden would send us screaming mad – but it’s all in there. Every truth of our lives, every single second of trauma from childhood is buried in our minds. Silent. Unknowingly and constantly present…
Sorry Finn.
