Monday, October 15, 2007

Enlightened Parenting

Ruth Gundrickson, 32, made fun of her daughter, Suzie Gundrickson-McShane, last Wednesday evening. When the 6 year old told her she couldn’t sleep as she was afraid of the dark, Ruth replied, “That’s funny cuz I’m afraid of having a daughter who can’t spend five minutes with her own thoughts.”
Ruth was a bit surprised herself at her facetious comment, yet couldn’t help being a bit giddy. Explaining later, “It’s pretty amazing to make fun of someone who has not even a fetus of a reply. Sure, now I’m as lonely as I always am, but for those thirty to forty-five seconds I really felt alive.”

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