supervising from the couch: Six-and-under wonders

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Six-and-under wonders

Thanks to Melissa for taking the photo of the day. This is Jaqueline, Ellie and Amelia at conference, which is the end-of-summer championship meet. They swam the 25' freestyle today, and tomorrow will swim the 25' backstroke. Ellie did a great job, finishing 2nd in her heat.

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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.