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bvf

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34. You got it.

Reply to chrisa (Reply #23)

Wed Dec 3, 2014, 09:01 AM

Dec 2014

Exactly right. I know a kid whose mom would do his homework while he was off at basketball practice.

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Why I decided to stop being my daughter’s personal assistant-must read [View all] malaise Dec 2014 OP

Absolutely. You only learn by doing things yourself. DetlefK Dec 2014 #1

The crash and burn customerserviceguy Dec 2014 #2

Well said. I love that term bvf Dec 2014 #11

Oh, I'm all for parents making sure their kids keep up on schoolwork customerserviceguy Dec 2014 #32

Got a few neighbors like that. bvf Dec 2014 #33

Thumbs Up !! beemer27 Dec 2014 #3

Who names their kid "Enma?" It's like a portmanteau of Enya and Emma... msanthrope Dec 2014 #4

OK, that's funny. TBF Dec 2014 #6

That kid probably made it 10 minutes in school before being called 'enema' by someone. msanthrope Dec 2014 #9

I wanted to do the same thing when my daughter was born. brer cat Dec 2014 #12

My husband misspelled our son's name on the birth certificate paperwork. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2014 #14

We probably should do all that paperwork brer cat Dec 2014 #18

I wonder what Asswipe Johnson would think. nt geek tragedy Dec 2014 #7

He'd ask his cousin, Hy Colonic. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #10

LOL cyberswede Dec 2014 #16

At first, I thought it was one of the famous Grauniad typos nxylas Dec 2014 #13

I believe the author is Spanish cyberswede Dec 2014 #15

Don't ruin my fun with facts!!!! nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #21

perdoname! cyberswede Dec 2014 #24

ROFL...that's what I was thinking, too alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #22

Her mom, Douchebag. immoderate Dec 2014 #28

Sort of guarantees that she'll never be full of herself Orrex Dec 2014 #35

I drove to school the one day TBF Dec 2014 #5

Yea but who is forcing the kid to go to school? Shankapotomus Dec 2014 #8

My son would like the cut of your jib. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2014 #17

My only issue is that it was "mom's moment" that changed the rules. IdaBriggs Dec 2014 #19

I guess that will be one less parent I'll have to deal with as... a la izquierda Dec 2014 #20

Too many helicopter parents these days. Kids aren't allowed to fail. chrisa Dec 2014 #23

+1000 lindysalsagal Dec 2014 #31

You got it. bvf Dec 2014 #34

My siblings and I were almost feral children. hunter Dec 2014 #25

Oh my - my daughter is a teacher. This is what she hears - It's not my daughter's fault she didn't jillan Dec 2014 #26

even as a child I hated getting up inthe morning, I would pretend i wsa asleep and be limp hollysmom Dec 2014 #27

Reminds me of my old HR days when mothers would live love laugh Dec 2014 #29

Have have an assistant position open for me Omaha Steve Dec 2014 #30