Wordless Wednesday: Nail Polish + The Front Door = A Good {pink} Time #NaBloPoMo
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Giving Children Their Privacy? #NaBloPoMo
Through the years, the question of how much — if any — privacy children should be afforded has been met with great arguments on both sides. I remember being a child and wanting my privacy. I can also remember having it and it allowing me to get myself into more trouble than I knew what to do with. When we are young, we think we know what’s best for ourselves when rarely is that actually the case.
Before I had children of my own, I thought it was reprehensible to even think about reading a girl’s diary or listening in on a boy’s phone call. It seemed to be such a horrible thing to imagine anyone going through another person’s things or snooping to find out information they don’t want you to have. Now that I have children, my views have changed drastically.
My children get a great deal of things, but privacy isn’t one of them. Granted, they are all relatively young — my oldest daughter is not quite 12 yet but I fully admit without remorse that I go through their pockets, check their backpacks, won’t allow them to visit at other people’s houses (there are very few exceptions), and before I had Briyana’s phone turned off because it became too much of a distraction I monitored her inbound/outbound text messages and calls, kept tabs on her activity on Facebook (before I deactivated it for also becoming too much of a distraction), and regularly have open dialog with her about things that I know she’s beginning to face at her age.
We don’t turn blind eyes, and we don’t let much get past us… not because we’re nosy parents, but because that’s what is best for our children. I think every parent wants better for their children than they had in one way or another and we’re no different. I always wonder, though, where other parents stand regarding their children and concerns about privacy. When you have a question, do you ask it? Do you try to find the answer? Or do you keep your distance and give your kids the space to make their own decisions and mistakes?
I’m all for allowing them to learn by their own mistakes, but I’d like to keep them from making the major ones. Some mistakes, you’ll be learning from for the rest of your life and those are the kind I feel like it’s my job to protect my kids from. Perhaps as they get older, I’ll change my mind. Who knows? I don’t see it happening though and I’m sure they’ll hate me for it for a few years but if I can get them through their adolescence relatively unscathed, it’ll be worth the fight.
What about you? I’d love to hear your perspective!
#NaBloPoMo:
For the entire month of November, I’m participating in National Blog Posting Month. Read more —>
National Blog Posting Month 2011 #NaBloPoMo
Last year, I participated in National Blog Posting Month, which encourages a more direct focus on blogging and requires that you post at least once per day during the month of November — hence, 30 posts in 30 days. {You can find a list of all my 2010 posts here: #NaBloPoMo 2010} There are daily “prompts” which give you a question to answer or a topic to consider while writing your articles so that you don’t suffer from writer’s block, but there isn’t any absolute “theme” so you still have free range to post whatever, whenever – as long as it’s daily.
I fully intend to participate this year as well and would love to connect with others who are, too! Check out the Twitter hashtag #NaBloPoMo to see all the happenings next month and to read what other bloggers who are participating happen to be writing about. National Blog Posting Month is a spin off of #NaNoWriMo which is National Novel Writing Month and entails authors writing 50,000 words during the month of November each year. Keep checking back daily starting November 1st and if you’re participating, leave me a comment on this post with a link to your blog so I can reciprocate the love by checking out YOUR posts :)
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… or select a post below to read articles from this year …
- Entering the Preteen Years
- Wordless Wednesday: Bonnie & Clyde 2011
- Giving Children Privacy
- Supervision & Protection: A Parent’s Job!
- Marriage and Mindset
- Things That Didn’t Exist When I Was a Child
- Our Weekend – Preparing for Barry to Leave Again :(
- It’s *Christmastime* in Our House!
- Happy {Early} Thanksgiving
- What Do YOUR Kids Want For Christmas?
- What I’m Loving: L’Oreal Professionnel Smooth Essence
- Happy Birthday to Kylan!
- Abusing Spiritual Authority: Beware of False Prophets
- Mamavation Monday: I’m Back in the Saddle Again
- Self-Reflection: Diary of Self Improvement
- Wordless Wednesday: Avalyn… My 1st Grade Princess
- Lessons in Caring, Part One: Generosity
- What I’m Loving: Whoooosahhh… (not yet published)
- Keeping Up With Kim Kardashian: Mission Impossible (not yet published)
- Cement Butt Implants??
- Kid Comedy: Dog Language
- Thanksgiving Break: Day 2 & I’m #WINNING!
- Wordless Wednesday: Nail Polish + The Front Door = A Good {pink} Time
- Fibromyalgia: Will I Be a Burden to Him One Day Soon?
- What I’m Loving: VPS Hosting!
- Lessons in Caring, Part Two: Compassion & Understanding (not yet published)
- Happy 14th “Together” Anniversary: 1/2 of My Life…
- Mamavation Monday: I’m Down 2.4 Pounds!
- Update on Talia’s Headaches & Intro to Issues With Avalyn
- Happy 30th Birthday, Barry!
Wordless Wednesday: What Did This Laptop Ever Do To You?
The kids and I happened upon this laptop, scattered across the highway, on a short trek across town to view a house for my mom. I’d love to hear some speculation in the comments section as to how some of YOU think it ended up there ;) This should be fun…
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: 1st Day of School
We recently moved to Georgia and my babies started all over again — new house, new town, new school, new friends… but it is going GREAT. They are 7 school days into the new year and they all absolutely LOVE life right now. Avalyn is in 1st grade; Talia, 3rd; Tre, 4th… and Briyana is at the JUNIOR HIGH! *gasp* There are over 1500 students at her school — there are 3 floors and an ELEVATOR. I was amazed (and I get lost every single time I go — somehow I end up at the back of the school when I try to leave and I have to walk ALL THE WAY AROUND the campus to get to my truck at the front LOL) Anyway, all of that is to say HERE are there pictures from the first day of school … if we’re friends on Facebook, you already know I’ve posted pics of them EVERY day before they leave the house haha
Once they were all gone, Zoe and I hightailed it to McDonald’s for a Mommy/Zoe breakfast :) The first time it’s been just the two of us in about three months. And we both loved every minute :) lol
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: Are All Dishwashing Cleansers Equal?
… my dishwasher is thinking, “No…!” ;)
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