We have been bringing her for at least three months, and it's been great for her.
I bring this up, because there is a subject thst comes up among other parents, here at play group (ours is with parents)
and in any other general area where parental units will congregate and wait.
The subject is: parenting and identity.
I know i'm a parent. I know i have a child. I like to raise my child utilizing many physicsl and mental tools in order to build a healthy and sane human.
I also know that i am who i am, still, as an individual. The two things enrich each other and yet remain seperate.
Why?
Sanity.
Plain and simple.
I have interests that will hopefully open El's world up.
At the same time, she may not want to share ANY of these things with me.
Cool.
So:
Other parents.
I ask you this:
WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO JUST TALK ABOUT BEING A PARENT WITH OTHER PARENTS?!
I don't need to hear about what diaper you use, what your kid does, what a mess everything is or any other inanity that you forced upon your self by thinking 'I'm a parent now. This is what parents do and talk about.'
I don't care how many times your kid saw The Lego Movie, or how she loves 'her' macaroni and cheese.
Tell me about the cool thing you saw, some idea you had, something to let me know that this false indoctrination hasn't killed YOUR inner child or your spirit!
Or don't.
You know what, don't. You're aldreay lost to your own mediocrity and i'll just continue to dream and live instead of exist.
