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When my first daughter was born, my husband immediately said "let the hypocrisy begin." Seriously, like a minute after she was born (of course the midwife and nurse thought this was absolutely hilarious).
And, as she has grown, I'm sad to admit, I am in total agreement.
I think back to all of the things that my mom let me do, and I wonder what the heck she was thinking.
How in the world did I convince her to let me drive her car? And, not only drive her car, but without my license and without her in the car? I just had my permit. The one where you were supposed to have an adult in the car with you. Yep, for several months, I drove my mom to her aerobics class, and then took her car to work. Sometimes, I drove myself home after work, too.
Yes, that was illegal. And, so incredibly stupid. I was lucky to have never been caught or in an accident.
And, I wonder, what was she thinking? I'm glad she let me do it because I was working at 15 and had no other way to get to work. But, will my child do this? Heck no. Of course not!
What was she thinking when she let me stay the night at my boyfriend's (now hubby's) house in high school? Seriously? Do I really need to say more? Stupid, stupid, stupid. Or, maybe naive?
In the end, I have no idea what she was thinking. Maybe she was trying to be the cool mom? Or maybe, I had less freedoms than her. I don't know. I'm not going to ask.
So, yes, when my daughter was born, so was the hypocrisy. And, she will have fewer freedoms than I ever had. I'm sure it will continue to pass down the generations, too.
Looking back, I wonder how many of us can think of things that our parents did and question them now? And wonder what they were thinking?
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I begged my parents to let me drive two streets over to babysitting job when I was 15 and they wouldn’t let me do it! Libby may not get to drive until she is married. (If we ever let her date!)
I love this POST! OO How I love it! I had so many restrictions growing UP that they strangled me! I rebelled and rebelled and What was she thinking by not letting me stay out all night on PROM? What was she thinking about refusing to let me spend the weekend camping with my boyfriends family? The list goes on and on but then it hit me one day…years later after I put two and two together…infact after I was Married to my first husband…MY PARENTS GOT PREGGO with ME while she was in High School…I found their Marriage Certificate and confronted them…What was she thinking?????
sorry that got wordy! but a different perspective there.
I won’t let my kids be idiots like I was…er am now.
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February 9, 2009 at 9:27 am
LOL….hilarious! Let's just say I plan to learn from the mistakes my Mom & Dad made with me….I had WAY too much freedom & trust. My poor children will have none!!
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February 9, 2009 at 9:34 am
P.S. Thanks for the giveaway….I’m excited about it!
And, I’m such a nerd! I just entered a contest of yours that already ended…sorry about that!!! LOL….
Wow, my parents wouldn’t even let me have my boyfriend in my room with the door closed. Seriously, if I tried it, two seconds later it was open again and my Mom was strolling in the room pretending to check something. “Oh, I’m just making sure you have enough clean socks..” was one excuse…
How funny!!!
Too funny! My parents had the no boys in the bedroom rule and would never have considered letting me go over to their houses, supervised or not. My brothers had wayyy more freedoms that I did and now that I have both boys and girls I can understand their rules better. This was hilarious though! I can totally see your husband saying that too!
Girl…I feel the SAME way! I look back at my mom, and she let me do ALL kinds of stuff! (driving, sleeping at boyfriends, ect!)
I think its great to be “semi cool”, but no way will I let Landon do half the things I did in high school!! Great post!!
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February 9, 2009 at 11:53 am
I think my parents mostly did a phenomenal job but there are a few things I have certainly questioned since becoming a parent myself.
I think about this all the time. My daughter is now 4 and I am already gearing up for the teen years. I got away with more than I should have and thanks to my avid journalling during that time, its all fresh in my mind. I am preparing myself for what she may encounter.
But like you said, she will have fewer freedoms than I had. Guaranteed.
Considering my mother never let me do ANYTHING, I don’t think I have anything to be hypocritical about. Now, Tim on the other hand…haha! Yes, definitely!
Look at you breakin’ all those rules!
I am sure when i have children that i will be 100% hypocritical
It will be fun though 
ha
I’m with Steph. I wasn’t allowed to do anything. You spent the night at his house??
What was she thinking indeed! Same as mine…
I’m thinking they weren’t thinking.
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February 9, 2009 at 3:59 pm
This post was too funny!! And, I agree with you. My parents let me get away with some pretty stupid stuff & I can't believe it! My {future} kids won't get away with anything…
Wow! Your mom sure let you do a lot of stuff!!!!!!!
HELLOOOOO! I was ALWAYS in more trouble than you and doing bad things. Mom trusted you, you didn’t do anything wrong. She did kind of give us too much freedom, but we turned out ok I think.
I hope I grow, with my children to become the trusting person my mom was. I won’t be as lenient, that’s for sure. But to trust my kids whole heartily would be great.
Geez, my parents were the complete opposite – they were SO strict. I had to lie about going on vacation with my boyfriend alone (now husband)….and I was 31!
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