Parenting Poll

[selenite0]

Watching Disney's Robin Hood got 7-year-old Maggie onto the subject of honeymoons and where to go on them. I figure that's a decision to make together with the spouse-to-be. So next time this comes up I'm tempted to say "You should decide that with your husband. So when you meet someone, ask him where he'd want to go on a honeymoon so you can get to know him better."
[Poll #1417869]

Comments

[archangelbeth]

Sadly, I'm going to answer seriously. Bad advice, because it implies that you are already thinking that "seriously" and to the Really Really Awful kind of manipulative jerk... that means, "Oh, look, a naive victim to play with, convince I'm her World and Star and Everything, and isolate so I can subject her to emotional abuse."

And in other, less self-esteem-overinflated, it may raise false hopes, resulting in an upset emotional leech.

If you can inculcate the data on when that tactic is likely to backfire by attracting nuisances (or actual dangers)? Then it'd be a great way to amuse oneself. O:>

[selenite.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not being serious about this. More just amusing myself as I try to recover from horrid bug.

Now, Heinlein's suggestion of skeet-shooting as an early date . . . that I'm going to pass along seriously once her skills are competitive.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yeah. They do make that pink rifle...