supervising from the couch: I could be on a poster for time management

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

I could be on a poster for time management

Seriously, it's been too long. I can barely remember what happened yesterday, let alone four months ago. Yep, it's actually September 6th, but Rob thinks backdating whatever I manage to post is for the best. So here goes...

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here's the story:

I was interviewed for a newpaper article about kids and sleep, and quoted as saying something like "when I'm tired, I feel like supervising from the couch." Ever since, it's been our catch phrase for slacker parenting. Ironically, I only had one child at the time and we were practically attached at the hip. Now that I have four older kids, they spend chunks of time playing without even the benefit of me watching from the couch. However, I do try to come running if it sounds like there might be blood. Somehow they have all thrived in spite of me.