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Thursday, December 25, 2008

SINGLE MOTHERS RUN WILD ON WEEKENDS - BAD MODEL FOR THE KIDS

Letter from JEAN.

Judge, You’ve talked about so many tough attitudes… how can anyone live up to it? Life doesn’t seem fun the way you say about not being an NFL fanatic or letting loose with your friends. All work and no play seems too boring. I need to get out of the house on the weekend. I’m home all of the weeknights with the kids.


The RIGHT ANSWER: So on the weekend the kids see that the weekend nights are for running around and being stupid? Just how is THAT teaching anything good to your kid. You have no idea how to show your kid to have reasonable activities during the week. You work, you come home, you watch tv. Adjust some of the homework to weekends. Even out the week….Don’t bury yourself in the kids all week. Have your own activity too. TEACH how to be steady 7 days a week. The school night versus weekend night is not a game of seeing how late you can stay up on the weekend. Teach your kids how to have REAL priorities…teach your kids how to HAVE Fun doing things for the elderly… ok… I’m part way through this answer and your question was about needing to get out on the weekend. I’m all for an evening now and then out….. why does it have to be between 9pm and 3am for it to count. YOU can’t have fun between 5pm and 10pm??? Why not enjoy NFL.. why not enjoy NASCAR…keep it reasonable, show the kids how to get a real life.

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