Oceanus is now old enough to join the Nature Club at his school. He's been a little lukewarm about the idea, while Mr. Gaia and I have been pushing him to get more information.
Well, he finally brought home the information and has to write an essay. The essay he wrote showed he clearly didn't want to be in the Club. Being the mean mom I am, I asked why. Apparently it's because it is after school on Friday and that would mean he would miss TV for a part of that time.
Oooh. Yeah. That brought on the TV lecture. "If TV is so important to you that you're giving up activities you would find interesting, then it's time for the TV to go away" (expand from there).
So, they all went to soccer practice and I took a much needed nap (my jaw stopped hurting for 2 full hours after my nap!!!). When I woke up, they were back and Oceanus had had a change of attitude and re-written his essay.
I don't know that he will get in, his essay still isn't as good as it could be (it's clearly half-hearted to anyone who knows how smart this kid is) but he did at least make an effort. I hope he gets in because I know he will really enjoy this club. The kid says he wants to be a scientist, after all.
But Mr. Gaia and I are going to have to have some long discussions with them and work on limiting TV time.
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Part of me is laughing and part of me is wincing in sympathy. Best of luck.
I'm another mean mom. I limited her TV viewing to 3 hours/week due to bad behavior. She is not allowed to watch TV on weeknights.
Once she gets started on the weekends, she can't stop.
Aww, poor kid having a mean mommy, making him do something so much more fun than watching television.
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