Obama Dinner-time tradition - Roses and Thorns

[Pirate Smile]

Roses and Thorns

February 24, 2009 3:33 PM

We learned at the White House lunch today that the Obama's have a family tradition that I want to adopt at our house.

At dinner, they play a game called "Roses and Thorns." Everyone takes a turn describing a good thing that happened that day (rose) and a low moment or tough problem they had to deal with (thorn).

When the President finished his turn after a particularly challenging day at the White House (we didn't learn which one), Malia told her Dad: "You have a really thorny job."

Smart girl!

--George Stephanopoulos

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/02/roses-and-thorn.html

Video on more then just this story at the link also.

Great idea for getting kids to open up about their day.

[firedupdem]

1. That Malia is wise beyond her 10 yrs. Yes he does have a very

thorny job!

[lunatica]

2. Yet still comes out smelling like a rose...

You gotta hand it to him. So far so good even though I don't agree about more troops in Afghanistan (or any troops at all, for that matter) and I am really pissy about the obfuscation regarding Bush and the other war criminals. But he's trying to deal with the biggest problems so I respect him for that.

[Pirate Smile]

3. I've heard them describe her as an Old Soul, like her Dad, and Sasha is more fiery

like Mom.

[gblady]

4. I used to do....

a version of this when my kids were young...
only we did it at bedtime...

what was the worst thing about your day...
and what was the best thing about your day.
It was cool because it gave me glipses into
their thoughts and struggles.

They always were at ball practice so we had a screwy
dinner schedule...but in retrospect it would probably
be a better time for the discussion.

I like the name of roses and thorns.