Pilgrimage Ponderings
Surprises
As I said in an earlier post, parenting is not for the faint-hearted. But it can be fun! Here are the current top ten surprises that come with parenting boys.
1. Did you know that standing in the shower with the water running next to you counts as bathing?
2. Deoderant in the morning makes up for failure to use soap the night before.
3. Clean socks are optional.
4. It's unmasculine for your mother to speak to you in public, but it's okay to talk shmoopy to the dog in front of anybody.
5. If Dad tells you "no electronics tonight" before leaving the house, but Mom didn't hear him, it doesn't count.
6. Girls are a forbidden subject--for brothers or parents.
7. If I don't write down my homework assignment, I don't have to do it.
8. Wearing the same clothes for consecutive 24-hour periods is nothing to be concerned about.
9. "Riding shotgun" (in the front seat) is a rite of passage, a status symbol, and a way to assert your superiority over your brothers.
10. The ideal home has enough televisions for ESPN, Cartoon Network, and The History Channel. My poor children are deprived!
All of these surprises, and we have not yet learned to drive or started dating yet. The best is yet to come, I'm sure.
