tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903828557671115365.post8637709550250117970..comments2024-03-29T11:55:31.759+11:00Comments on Twice In A Lifetime: Boy to ManMikeAlisaEliasErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902073678760664040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903828557671115365.post-18390061461833060092013-07-03T17:57:47.059+10:002013-07-03T17:57:47.059+10:00yes...hearing from my mom about trying to get my l...yes...hearing from my mom about trying to get my lazy 10-year-old butt do anything useful made me think that part of the problem we have in western societies is that we can't or won't hand off really important jobs to the kids - jobs that the family fortunes really depend on, to some degree at least. We'll see how it goes with out boys!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307788103369409650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903828557671115365.post-24923390905191493512013-07-03T01:23:57.921+10:002013-07-03T01:23:57.921+10:00I remember that article - and sizing up my own par...I remember that article - and sizing up my own parenting skills against the NYer's critique, just as you have. Trouble is, my job is done. Love the way you are so aware of and are able to describe so eloquently the slight but critical wind shifts in your family's course. Just as important to me, your reader, as weather patterns etc. Diana and Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18178266706055872662noreply@blogger.com