Dads Against Uneducated Moms

[Nickel]

TRANSLATIONS:

sounding out words = made goo goo sounds and mom swears it sounded EXACTLY like little Johnny utter the first three lines to Macbeth

reading adult level math, = mom asked "how big is Johnny?" and he held up BOTH arms! Whoo hooo working in double digits!!!! happyface

potty trained = Mom held little Johnny over the toilet and on the 15th time, he actually urinated in the toilet!

LOVE moms like those ones......Makes me glad they choose to stay at home and not bring little Johnny to me.

::::Had to laugh at this

[saved4always]

Okay so here is the deal! My wife is off this week inbetween quitting one job and starting the next, so she gets invited to a play group with a bunch of other moms. She hated the experience and here is why. All the other moms were saying how so and so is already sounding out words, reading adult level math, potty trained, blah, blah, blah. Nothing against early learners, we all learn at different ages and stages. But they made her feel like our kids are stupid since they go to public school, or dont do all these other things, or eat only organic foods! UGH it made me so mad. We both work hard to get as much culture and education into our childrens lives as we can, and i wonder how many of those kids there had dads who spend half the time with their kids as i do. Anyway just had to vent. I know its not all parents think like that, but still was annoying

How totally annoying. Some moms love to brag and compare. Just ignore them. Your kids are going to be so much better off from all of the positive attention they are getting from thier Dad than they ever will from all this "early" learning. My kids go to public school and have done just fine. They have a very involved father and the 2 older ones have been the best teen boys I could ever have wanted (17 and 19 yo now). Our 10 yo will hopefully follow in their footsteps. Your kids will benefit thier whole lives from the time you are spending with them now.

[Crystal]

Not cool. Probably one of the reasons most of my friends have been male throughout my life.

Curious how the thread title relates to the topic though? Seems odd ::

[Michelle]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think this is at least partly the result of moms who quit their jobs to stay home with their kids and now feel that, since they made that sacrifice, they need to be the perfect parent. They need to have the absolute perfect children in order to show that their sacrifices are worthwhile.

very insightful!

[Springdaze]

I know what you mean, but it all evens out in the end. whats important to me, and judging from your name and verse, to you also, is that my children love God and others. They will learn academics from school, and of course home, but it is more important for my children to serve God throught the talents He has given them. Besides, I would be up all night every night feeling sorry for my kids that I couldnt give them the best of everything if I let it bother me.