I am the writer/owner of ‘MA! motherhood with attitude.’ The artist/owner of our company, Tiffany, will add her two cents on this blog now and then, as well. Tiffany and I often talk about the struggle to earn a buck through our freelancing as we also try to make the ‘MA! dream’ come true. Our mission is to expose ‘perfect parenting propaganda’ for what it is: hogwash! We adore imperfect parents (and embrace the fact that we are among them.)I’m Middle Aged… How do I know?
Because Leap Pad told me so!
Delaney was playing with her “Human Body” book on Leap Pad. She yelled, “Mom, come here!”
So, I walked into her room and she said, “Listen!”
She used that green wand to push on the face of a lady in the book who was wearing frumpy clothes, had an ‘easy’ haircut such as a bob, and even looked, well, old. The cheery Leap Pad voice piped up and said, “Between the ages of 40 and 50, people are considered Middle Age. They get gray hair, their metabolism slows down, and they tend to put on weight.”
Delaney looked up at me and said, “You’re going to be 40!”
Then she proceeded to click on the woman’s hair and the damn Leap Pad informed us that gray hair occurs when the body produces less pigment. Again, my darling daughter looked at me and said, “Now we know why!”
Burn the Leap pad! I’m sure that she has this little tidbit of info tucked into her brain for the rest of her life so she really doesn’t need to return to this specific resource any more. You could just burn the book, but she would miss it when she used the leap pad. I say just get rid of the whole thing and be done with it!
Comment by Kat — August 19, 2008 @ 1:48 pm