Originally posted 2008-08-27 18:48:59.
Caitlin’s recent medical condition (it’s not as serious as it sounds, really) has made me become aware; or at least reminded me again, of the magnitude of the role as a parent.
As parents at this point in their lives we are their only reference. Medical conditions, physical safety, social behaviours, questions on these all have to be answered by us parents; at least in my household. Other times it will be their maternal grandparents, since they are in their care during office hours.
I can already see this as a first in a series of “events” in raising a girl.
- Boys
That they are different in that they have an appendage where girls don’t - Boys
Can be rough, dirty, bullies in school, perhaps even uncontrollable - Boys
Are such strange creatures of (or so *they* claim!) simple-mindedness - Boys
Are such interesting creatures, when I am in my teens - Boys
Can make interesting friends; but I gotta be careful of their hormones - Boys
Can make good friends, too - Boys
Can be so easily manipulated - Boys
Not all boys (men) are pigs!
Heh.
Sorry, my fellow men, for betraying our own man-kind. I gotta be thinking in their shoes in order to be of any help to my daughter!
I will probably follow up soon with a similar list for my son!
Have I missed anything, ladies??
