Wow! I wish I was an heir to this guy. This brings to mind the fantasy of a long-lost wealthy uncle or something. Interesting…
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Here is an interesting article or poll from my local newspaper The Flint Journal.
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/05/poll_should_parents_friend_the.html
It asks the question “Should parents ‘friend’ there children on Facebook?” Almost 44% of the respondents (no info on how many have participated in the poll and it is a running poll) said “They should go a step further by knowing childrens’ passwords so they can monitor everything on the site.” Wow! That is pretty controlling. I think if you have a child on Facebook you should friend them but ultimately that is going to depend on each individual child and parent. If you are friends with your child on FB you should give them their space. I have seen parents and children fighting on FB and that is not cool.
My husband and I are friends with my stepson on Facebook but we do not know his password. I think that my stepson would feel like that was a major invasion of his privacy and would be pretty PO’d if we asked for it. We are also not a huge presence on his page either – every now and then we might comment on his page. He is not on Facebook that much anyway and I am sure if he wanted to hide something from us he could/would. I generally don’t think he hides too much from us anyway but a parent can monitor Facebook activity pretty well just by friending them and looking at their posts and checking in on them in person (real conversation) rather than going the whole route of having his password and such. I cannot say I am not nosy (I am terribly nosy!) and I would never spy on my child but it is good to give your child some space especially if they are older and keep out of trouble. Some kids are far too young to be on Facebook without heavy monitoring. If I had a kid that was either really young (I probably wouldn’t let them have a FB) or up to trouble a lot (drugs for example) I would not hesitate to spy on them or heavily monitor them in everything. This topic, as with a lot of topics in life, depends on the person and the situation. There are no easy answers or one size fits all solutions.
I really need to get on the ball with my writing and my studying. I haven’t felt much like doing anything lately but it is the time to make the push and motivate myself. Unfortunately the first thing I want to do is clean the house a little – boring. Luckily the house is looking all right for the most part. I do feel the need to vacuum out our couch at least. My stepson is supposedly bringing his girlfriend home after school today and he plans for them to take over the couch and watch movies. Yikes!
I should try to exercise today. I need to start an exercise regiment – one I can keep into the new semester. Everything for me is about the new semester and next school year. I am not really excited for summer at all; I am having trouble relaxing. I just want to have a good year with everything going smoothly. This will take some work and I truly do need to start now.
So cleaning and exercising and later some reading and perhaps more writing. My poor writing. I need to write something more interesting than this blog post, ha. But I figure it is a start and writing begets more writing so one of these days I may write something interesting.
A ha! I started reading Mansfield Park by Jane Austen again (for my next semester at school) and I really like it. I have read it before — about 12-14 years ago and I didn’t really like it. I thought the heroine, Fanny, very unexciting – much too placid and perhaps a little dumb. I couldn’t understand Austen’s point in writing this story or creating this character. I prefer Austen’s Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice or Anne from Persuasion. But I am discovering there is more to the book and perhaps to the character than I originally thought.
It just goes to show you that there are times when you just aren’t ready for a book. This time around I am totally struck by how Mansfield Park is an Austen take on a Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (which I must also read for next semester). I am so excited about this. I did an internet search on the two titles together and came across one scholarly work that takes this interpretation. So cool! Now I want to do a ton of research and learn all I can on Mansfield Park so perhaps I can work on my own analysis. I love literary analysis!!
I love this article!! Finally something on this whole mother prerogative issue and makes no bones about having an opinion about how some mother’s behavior is not right.
Does your Wife or Ex-Wife Have a Golden Uterus
Complex? 15 Characteristics of the Golden Uterus
by Dr. Tara J. Palmatier
“Are you frustrated with your wife or ex-wife’s attitude of “I AM THE MOTHER; YOU ARE IRRELEVANT” when it comes to raising your shared children? Does she have an over-inflated sense of self because she’s a mother? Does she believe the mere act of giving birth entitles her to special privileges and gives her absolute, unilateral power over you and the children? If so, your wife/ex-wife/mother of your children may be a golden uterus (GU) and suffer from golden uterus complex (GUC).”
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