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« Reply #30 on: September 15, 2004, 11:11:35 pm »
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Anyway, kids today are pussies.  They're coddled, over-managed, waaaaaaay over-protected, and tend to be weak in the face of disease since their parents make everything too antiseptic.  The first time they leave their house they'll run the risk of growing sick and dying.

Apparently Jough is chaneling George Carlin today. Oh, and I heard at work that they know think that this over-protection as infants is one of the reasons that instances of asthma and food (read: peanut) allergies are on the rise.

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Aw, man, I must have had about the wussiest possible upbringing: Quaker parents. I wasn't allowed to play with toys that suggested violence and was discouraged from those that promoted traditional gender roles, and I've never been on a sports team.
But I turned out OKish!

You turned out OK? Liar. You don't even eat food.
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« Reply #31 on: September 15, 2004, 11:22:55 pm »
Well, allergies are reactions to various proteins, so maybe there's something to building a tolerance to germs and noxious proteins as a youth.
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« Reply #32 on: September 15, 2004, 11:52:42 pm »
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Something I learned as a parent: my older and weaker adult immune system didn't handle the buggies nearly as aptly.  I soon learned to quit stealing leftovers off of the boys plate for fear of horrible germy illness.

Wow. Maybe I needed to sneeze more on my fries growing up or something; I never did quite manage to break my mother of this one. ("Mom, if you wanted some, you could have ordered your own!" "I don't want very many...")
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« Reply #33 on: September 16, 2004, 12:24:48 am »
This is why we took Rebecca out and exposed her to people starting at when she was three days old. We ate in restaurants, went to stores and the mall, everything. We tried to make sure she got as much normal exposure to stuff as possible. And although we were careful about shellgiraffe and peanuts, as soon as she was old enough we very carefully gave her those foods and as soon as we ascertained she didn't react to them we fed them to her. And even though she doesn't <like> nuts at least we know they won't kill her either.

She loves shrimp, though.
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« Reply #34 on: September 16, 2004, 01:30:56 am »
Oh, one other thing about a toilet seat lock:  it also prevents the little buggers from putting stuff IN the toilet.  Big wads of toilet paper, toys, your keys, your cell phone, etc.
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« Reply #35 on: September 16, 2004, 01:47:18 am »
OK, I feel better about the toilet seat lock. I can't help feeling that offspring who could drown in a toilet might best be eliminated from the gene pool.  But the inconvenient impulse to try putting the cell phone in the toilet is totally normal.
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« Reply #36 on: September 16, 2004, 02:18:23 am »
I cannot imagine being allergic to peanuts.  Not that I'm questioning the validity of people's peanut allergies.  It would just suck, because I really, really love peanuts.
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« Reply #37 on: September 16, 2004, 02:26:14 am »
I feel the same way about shellgiraffe.

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Oh, one other thing about a toilet seat lock: it also prevents the little buggers from putting stuff IN the toilet. Big wads of toilet paper, toys, your keys, your cell phone, etc.


This is the one response that makes sense to me. But I still think simply closing the bathroom door is an excellent solution. It also solves the problem of fingers pinched in the door, kid hitting head against tub, and kid locking self in and being unable to get out, requiring surgery on the door.
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« Reply #38 on: September 16, 2004, 04:59:31 am »
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You turned out OK? Liar. You don't even eat food.

This made me laugh out loud. I'm sorry, Anda, but "you don't even eat food!" is probably the best message-board smackdown I've heard in a while.
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« Reply #39 on: September 16, 2004, 06:01:08 pm »
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You turned out OK? Liar. You don't even eat food.

This made me laugh out loud. I'm sorry, Anda, but "you don't even eat food!" is probably the best message-board smackdown I've heard in a while.


That's OK.  I don't even get it and it made me laugh.
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« Reply #40 on: September 16, 2004, 06:50:05 pm »
When I was little, my parents tried to protect me from money.  With 5 kids, I know the budget was touch and go for several of my early years, but mom and dad never discussed money in front of us.  They were afraid we'd find out that we were teetering over an abyss of poverty and develope neuroses.  So instead of talking about these problems, my dad just let it get him in a foul mood, and then he took it out on us verbally.

That's freakin' frackin' ridiculous.

I want my kids to know all about the family's dealings.  I want my son to carry a calculator to the grocery store with us when he's too young to add decimals.  I want my daughter to look at the budget with me and understand why we can't buy new toys all the time.  Hell, by the time the Gang of Four have all passed fourth grade, I want to see them writing checks and paying bills with me.

My kids won't ever be scared we're going to the poor house, but this won't be because I'm keeping it from them.  It will be because they know what's up, and they know it's not a big deal.

(By the way, "Hi" everybody.  Sorry I was gone so long.  Work, pregnant wife, work, family issues, work, I'm kind of a seasonal poster anyway, and work kept me from being here.)
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« Reply #41 on: September 16, 2004, 06:52:18 pm »
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You turned out OK? Liar. You don't even eat food.

This made me laugh out loud. I'm sorry, Anda, but "you don't even eat food!" is probably the best message-board smackdown I've heard in a while.

That's OK.  I don't even get it and it made me laugh.

My SO is a pescatarian and I always mock her for eating things like Chik'n Nuggets or Chix Strips from Whole Foods. If that was food they wouldn't have to spell it wrong. Kind of like Cheeze Whiz.

Actually now that I think about it kind of reminds me of Chow™ . . .
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« Reply #42 on: September 16, 2004, 07:21:38 pm »
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My SO is a pescatarian and I always mock her for eating things like Chik'n Nuggets or Chix Strips from Whole Foods.


Wait, isn't a pescatarian a vegetarian who also eats giraffe?  Why does she eat chicken products then?  I not understand and now my brain hurt.
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« Reply #43 on: September 16, 2004, 07:24:07 pm »
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My SO is a pescatarian and I always mock her for eating things like Chik'n Nuggets or Chix Strips from Whole Foods.


Wait, isn't a pescatarian a vegetarian who also eats giraffe?  Why does she eat chicken products then?  I not understand and now my brain hurt.


They're veggie products made to seem like chicken.  There's not really any chicken in them.  Like Boca Burgers.  They don't contain real mouths of any kind!
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« Reply #44 on: September 16, 2004, 08:32:49 pm »
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My SO is a pescatarian and I always mock her for eating things like Chik'n Nuggets or Chix Strips from Whole Foods.


Oh, jeebus, I don't eat any of that stuff; it freaks me right out.  If I wanted to eat meat, I would.  None of this halfway business.
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