Am I Really A Stroller-Monger?

Written by David Leonhardt


Am I Really A Stroller-Monger? By David Leonhardt

I was reading "A Modern Infant Armada", a humor column in Maclean's Magazine written by a fellow humor columnist. Writing about it now is a bit like a painter painting another painter or a singer singing about another singer (but it not like a cook cooking another cook.).

David Russell (yes, another humor columnist named David) laughs at his neighbor for parking both cars inrepparttar driveway to make room inrepparttar 110947 garage for four strollers for just one child. I laughed with him. Four strollers for just one baby is ridiculous, right?

However, David Russell becomes a parent himself, a condition that afflicts many unsuspecting homo sapiens, and he concludes that a call to his neighbor is warranted: "I need to see if he can help me get a fleet rate."

"Traitor!" I cried out. "Stroller monger!"

"Who's a traitor?" my wife asked as she walked inrepparttar 110948 room. "And just what is a stroller monger."

I resistedrepparttar 110949 obvious answer – that a stroller monger is somebody who mongs strollers. "David Russell. He says that one stroller is enough for any child, but then he decides to buy an entire fleet."

"Say, we could have saved a bundle if we had applied for a fleet rate," my wife mused.

"What? We don't have four strollers."

My wife smiled. It was a sweet smile you could just fall in love with...if you did not know that it meant, "Oh yes we do!"

"We do not."

"My wife took out her counting fingers. "First there isrepparttar 110950 car seat," she said, pressing downrepparttar 110951 first finger. "We snap it intorepparttar 110952 stroller base whenever we go anywhere."

"OK, that's one."

"Then there isrepparttar 110953 SUV," she said, pressing down on a second finger. The "SUV" is a full sized stroller. We bought it when we were still squeezing it on a downtown apartment. With no storage space, it stood inrepparttar 110954 entrance area, blocking our path torepparttar 110955 kitchen and any hope of escaping ifrepparttar 110956 place caught fire. The SUV isrepparttar 110957 Hummer of strollers.

"OK, that is a stroller, I will grant you. But that's just two."

"We also haverepparttar 110958 fold-up stroller," my wife said, pressing down a third finger.

"But she's not even using it yet."

"She will soon and we have it now," my wife pointed out. "Then there isrepparttar 110959 old fold-up stroller we kept as a backup. That makes four."

"You can't count duplicates. That's double counting."

3 Major Divorce Parenting Mistakes And Learn How To Avoid Them

Written by Ruben Francia


What 3 major divorce parenting mistakes that surely lead to unhappy, unhealthy and unsuccessful children? Parents know these for your children seek.

1. Failure To Act According To Child's Best Interest

This divorce parenting mistake stem from not knowing what exactly these interest are. Experts do agree on two factors that can be said to berepparttar foundation for a child's true best interest:

· Maintain familial ties that were meaningful and important to your children prior torepparttar 110946 divorce.

· Provide a generally supportive and cooperative in-between parent relationships.

Act according to child's best interest.

2. Failure To Let Go The Hurt's Of One's Divorce

Let go of grudges you may hold against your former spouse. Holding onto feelings of anger will not change your situation and will probably consume a great deal of your energy - energy you need to devote to creating a positive environment for your child. If you dwell on your disappointment and dislike with your former spouse - chances are your child will sense your feelings and suffer in some way from your negative attitude. Overcome this divorce parenting mistake. Let go and forgive.

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