Comments on: I’m guilty!

By: gloria

gloria — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:20:43 +0000

Dr.Mommy,
It is easy to get caught up in day to day activities. I was guilty of doing that until my son was diagnosed with T-call Lymphblastic lymphmona which changed our world as a family.Now life is lived one day at a time and it rotates around my son’s blood counts. God has been good and we give him the glory for each victory. Gloria

By: Dr. Mommy

Dr. Mommy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:54:35 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Dominique

It is so true..we do need to make time to spend with our children…I fell prey to the pressures of society and finally woke up and realized that what my children needed was just time to be with us and time for them to be kids…it has been a refreshing break:)

By: Dominique

Dominique — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:51:49 +0000

It’s great that you are taking time to just chill and spend time with the kids. I too feel that we shouldn’t be pressured to put our kids in lots of activities and get stressed out by them but to enjoy our kids moment by moment as they grow.

By: Dr. Mommy

Dr. Mommy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:35:35 +0000

Thanks Latara for your prayers…I can definitely feel them:)

And yes Loretta, it feels good to let go. Children if given the opportunity would much rather play outside with friends and not pressured into other activities. Less stressful for them as well as less stressful for us and it’s cheaper too:)

Thanks for commenting:)

By: Loretta

Loretta — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:56:12 +0000

We aren’t doing any extras anymore either. Baseball was stressful with the practices and the getting home so late at night and then rushing off to school in the morning.

Karate was fun until they got up to orange belt and there were more tests, more tournaments, more more more it was too much and my son said, “Mom, this isn’t fun anymore. I don’t want to go.” I could see him stressing over every move and every test and he wasn’t enjoying the thing he once loved so dearly.

They’d much rather play football in the yard after school then rush off to the practice field, and like you said just enjoying their time how they want to enjoy it…. which seems to change daily. They like not being tied down to one thing.
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By: LaTara Ham-Ying

LaTara Ham-Ying — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:23:23 +0000

I just have to say that this has been my prayer for you and your family. God had already told me to pray for you. You and yours family are very dear to me, even if we have yet to see each other.

I am so glad that you have been set free and have taken the time to share it with your readers. Your transparency will help so many others

Love you very very much!
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By: Dr. Mommy

Dr. Mommy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:31:51 +0000

Thanks so much for commenting…I totally understand and love the fact that we do home school and can spend quality time with our children before they move on, because believe me it happens very quickly…

By: Dr. Taffy

Dr. Taffy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:29:54 +0000

This is such a great post and I was something that we thought about before we started homeschooling our twins. We actually talked about how “society” tends to dictate that children have to be involved in all these different activities. We actually asked our children if they wanted to do specific extracurricular activies and went with those instead of putting them in sooo many that they did not necessarily enjoy any of them. We believe in just like you, letting the kids be kids, sleeping in, playing while ensuring they get a well-rounded education. Thank you for sharing your story.
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