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[phinnia]

Okay, maybe I'm turning into one of THOSE parents ... (although I doubt it) but I'm seriously pondering signing Seaners up for this Tiny Tots concert series this fall. They even have them on Friday mornings ... which is the only day he doesn't have school ... hmmmmmmm.

(If we can find a sitter, tallin and I want to go to their Hitchcock! show, which is much sooner.)

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[reannon.livejournal.com]

Hon, you worry far too much about turning into one of Those Parents. Programs like this exist to enrich kids' lives, and it's so much better for kids to be involved in things (even when it drives us crazy) than to be sitting at home in front of the TV. (Okay, so that's not as much of an issue for Seaners, work with me here. :))

Just this Sunday, Kiddo received his Sunday School certificate and then attended Cub Scout graduation, advancing to Wolf Cub. I was flustered, but my dad told me quite seriously that it's one of the keys to bringing up a kid. Get them involved in things like swim class, Cub Scouts, music lessons, tae kwon do or what have you, and they can't help but grow up right, he said. Let kids explore their own interests, and soon they'll find something that lights a fire in them. For Sean, maybe it's music. Maybe not. But it can't hurt to let him try.

(That said, we have to keep sanity in mind. I keep a limit of three activities, no more. He wants to add tae kwon do next year, something's gotta go. Kiddo needs some time to study, sleep and be a kid.)

/totally unsolicited naggy advice :)

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

You have wonderful advice, unsolicited or no, and it makes me think, too.
You're totally right, I do worry too much about that. Probably because I grew up (and watched my nephews grow up) surrounded by them: my sister was one of Those Parents, my mother-in-law was the High Queen of living through her children (and the whole family is a gigantic clusterfornication because of it). My parents weren't that way, but that was mostly due to a lack of money rather than anything else.
And it's difficult with Sean because we have to take the initiative so much (that pesky lack of speech/communication issues thing again - we have to guess at his interests and make the first step more often than other parents might ...) so it feels like we're pushing him (he's less able to direct us; life is a giant game of charades.)
I like that, a limit of 3 activiities. That works for me. *hugs* Thank you.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

I freely admit I know nothing about raising any kind of child, let alone one like yours. But I can't help but think this would be good for him. YOu don't seem like the kind of mom would would live through your kids...not at all...and haven't you mentioned that he has a keyboard or some such musical instrument?

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

I had. :-)
I was thinking about this yesterday and I think a lot of the problem I'm having is lack of feedback from him: a side effect of his verbal delays, not unreasonable of course, but it means that I have to take the initiative a lot more of the time than the average parent might. And I was raised around so many of Those Parents that I think I'm just jumping at shadows, knowing that I don't want to be THAT way but not sure where the line is, you know?
But you're totally right. It would be good for him. I think I'm going to do it. :-)