I wondered aloud to my husband about why "Bob the Builder" and "Thomas the Tank" encourage such endless business, "busyness", pressures and deadlines for our children, whose lives should be carefree.
I suggested that there should be a Seinfeld-inspired kids show. A kids' show "about nothing", so to speak...
You know, one kid would say, "What's the deal with sippy cups? How many different styles and colors does a kid need anyway?"
But, seriously, my kids are watching me constantly battling self-imposed deadlines, rushing to get things done, making complicated plans... I know it all goes along with life, but perhaps I should make an effort to keep an open-ended plan every now and then. I'm gonna try to be More "loosey-goosey".
But... today's plan does include one mad dash to the fabric store...
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Here here. That's why my Smalls and I love the Pippi Longstocking books, she just inhabits a world where the gorwn-ups are peripheral.
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(Found you via a link on LoveLeighThings - great blog)
right! The writers are probably stressed out adults.
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