a confession

Thursday, May 28, 2009

After some initial scepticism (not to say lip-curling disparagement) I've followed the lowing herds onto Twitter. And now tweeting is eating my blog time. It's fun: I especially enjoy the restrictions imposed by the 140-character limit, which probably speaks volumes about my own character. Anyway for those who're interested, here is my Twitter page.

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little pitchers

Saturday, May 02, 2009

J and I are piloting the Parenting Safe Word system. This is to be employed when the kids are being, ahem, challenging: it enables one parent to inform the other, in the presence of the children and in the heat of the situation that they may, possibly, be overreacting and inadvertently escalating matters, and that in the co-parent's entirely respectful opinion, they need to step back. Maybe go for a short, calming walk. However it does this quietly and discreetly without undermining that parent's authority in front of the kids, thereby provoking resentment, intemperate language and general Bad Things.

Ours is 'chloroform', if you're at all interested.

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