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ding both parties lacking even more than normal maybe it s just because i m more politically and socially aware this time around i have this entrenched paranoia that the liberals will be elected and it drives me insane when i hear swing voter on insight saying they are leaning coalition but rationally eh who are we kidding thinking this backwards conservative piece of crap country will actually elect a party headed by a woman they d rather a crazy right wing religious wingnut don t get me wrong in anyway i damn well want labour to come through tomorrow preferably with flying colours and no doubt my ideal outcome would be that labour wins libs lose seats greens win melbourne and a huge increase of seats in the senate go greens getting balance of power and how could i forget fielding getting turfed out on his bigoted ass preferably with the whole family first party crumbling into the dust however i despair posted in random tagged politics 2 comments so much to say so little time august 12 2010 by lazyboo i was getting better there with posting but then i got a call from my previous work and they wanted me to help out for a few weeks seven weeks later and it s been a little hectic around here i feel like i ve barely got time to breathe anymore also doesn t help that we are down two computers as both our desktop and netbook went kaputski within the same week and now we ve commandeered fenfox s clunky old box to get by bring on our tax return and a new computer lot s of stuff going on around here i am job hunting not as easy this time around when i m looking at part time and set days each week not much around that fits the bill and competition is fierce there s the larger overbearing issue of what i am going to do with my life too still unresolved mcbean has been through a wildly naughty and traumatic for us stage where he was being a bugger about sleeping waking up sobbing inconsolably every day and every nap and getting up to as much deliberate mischief as he could manage he s now being lovely and practically angelic for him he is a delight to be around which is so very nice he s been to a paediatrician about his delayed speech and she is investigating had his hearing tested concluded he has adequate hearing for speech development so we re now facing a full developmental assessment more on that later his speech is progressing slowly without further assistance so far but we ll see fenfox is getting more and more tweeny had a little cry at the breakfast table this morning because the art teacher had abused her about her poorly made clay pot which required a quick pep talk from clark mostly fenfox is so like r1 that it s absurd and then like this morning she ll display an outstandingly clark like quality such as getting upset that she is not good at doing something like working with clay the mind boggles sometimes you just have to keep reminding them that in the grand scheme of life the practical application of making pots by hand out of clay is not so important and that you just need to move on through these little trials they get so bogged down in the minutiae of their lives clark is beavering away at work she s doing a lot of training for child inclusive practice she s off to a conference in darwin in a couple of weeks she s got some research ideas for a paper she wants to write it s all happening for her full time is a hard slog though so i ll be glad when i finally secure something which means she can drop a day election is upcoming much discussions about that i worry that the mad monk will scrape in somehow no matter who i talk to they are disparaging about him and yet the polls are still close i guess i m lucky that i don t associate with the caliber of people who vote liberal disappointed in jg and her same sex marriage stance still hope that she gets in what s the alternative in any case shudder at the thought election night we have plans with close friends it will be her first time she can vote since recently becoming a citizen and the last time we ll see them for a very long time as they are moving to france in a couple of weeks we ve know it was happening for so long but it feels that it s snuck up on us and we re no where near ready to lose them every time we go over which is often because fenfox is spending practically every spare moment with her best friend before she goes the house is emptier and emptier and it becomes more bleak and real hopefully at least the election will be good news so we can bid them farewell without the specter of the mad monk and the xtian right hanging over the country posted in random tagged politics update work leave a comment tween music june 28 2010 by clark parenting conundrum no 7583 how much to regulate the pre teen s musical choices any ideas this was my status on fb a few days ago and it led to some interesting conversation with some friends most of whom are bloggy friends i thought i d reproduce the discussion for posterity and so i can look back on it when fenfox is more grown up and laugh at my own naïveté owlie as a pre teen that was always obsessed and still is with music i say don t regulate just show an interest in what she likes and ensure you know the content i e if it is overtly sexual violent or just has awful messages if you regulate she ll build up ansgt and stop telling you what she listens to and she will find a way to access it just my two cents sorenson i m with owlie chips me too lazyboo i don t think it s realistic to compare our experience in youth to the environment fenfox is growing up in now i think the world is a vastly different place and the level of explicitness in music film media etc is vastly higher not necessarily sexually but in the kind of prejudice and bigotry that i ve heard and the ridiculousness of the whole raunch culture as they call it also she s not that interested in music it s a very recent development which i suspect is more peer pressure than genuine regard we regulate what she watches and reads and will continue to do so i don t see how music is any different there are things like racism misogyny homophobia and bigotry that she shouldn t be exposed to as entertainment clark so our challenge is to decide whether to regulate in terms of the awfulness that lazyboo outlined or to just pay attention and talk to her about it we are leaning towards regulating only those things and letting the sexually explicit and violent sans bigotry stuff go even though it makes me cringe to think about her listening to that stuff an aunt a bit over my head clark so you guys wouldn t regulate at all i see your point owlie about the angst and the not telling us and finding it elsewhere but am still very conflicted about even tacitly approving of such things we are and will attempt to remain very aware of what she listens to but am just not sure how i would respond if she did want to listen to something awful thanks for your thoughts it is good to talk it through sorenson it s a really tricky problem that i obviously haven t had to face yet but i think that you can express very clearly what you think and the reasons why without actually banning stuff that is there doesn t have to be tacit approval in any way i agree that the environment now is even more extreme than when we were 12 but this is also the environment that she will be living in for the rest of her life and as much as i d like it to improve i deeply doubt that it will can you find some kind of balance between giving her the tools to critically analyse the crap and also somehow protecting her from the worst of it i was like owlie though the only book my mum said she didn t want me to read i immediately read when she had her back turned how much control do you actually have owlie i think it would be impossible to regulate without completely invading her privacy and therefore causing serious issues between you and her i also think and i still have idealistic views of what relationship i will have with my kids when they are older that music is a fantastic way of relating to your kid and finding out where they are at ifyou regulate it you won t get that oppurtunity also if you take an interest and get her to talk about why she likes the bad stuff at least you will get the chance to talk to her about why you think it is awful biggoted or violent if you stop her from listening she ll listen by herself or with her friends and decide for herself what it means and it will possibly have more impact because she won t have you to help her decipher the messages but like i said my oldest is 5 and perhaps i have unrealistic expectations about what my relationship will be like no doubt i ll be eating my words and i ll be asking you for advice in about 4 yrs out of interest what music does she like chips i don t think it s a matter of blanket rules and though i take lazyboo s point i think that case by case or as the need arises is the best approach and i d pick my battles very very carefully the chance of her being into super offensive gangsta rap or death metal is fairly low in fact it makes me giggle to think of gorgeous little fenfox with dollar signs around her neck some stuff will go over her head other stuff she won t even really notice the content if it s truly awful i d probably encourage against it and i d definitely make sure she knew my objection to the content you guys already have these conversations all the time about lots of current affair and pop culture goings on but trying to stop it will be met with much resistance and will ensure she closes down and will prob find other channels to drive you nuts i m curious is there something in particular that she s listening to that has sparked this train of thought chips i love that we were all typing at the same time and came up with variations of the same thing clark in terms of control and privacy right now we have a lot of control and she has very little privacy not that she actually wants it yet she s only 10 and currently has no means of independent spending or gaining of music apart from copies from her friends she is still so beautifully innocent all this came up because she is buying her first ipod next week or we are for her with her savings that have all come from us and also because she called today from a friend s house to ask if she could have a copy of a cd because we have been talking about this with her lately she still tells us everything and is very respectful of the boundaries we give her we are under no illusion that this will last though and the next three years are going to be tumultuous as our control wanes while her need for privacy grows so far she is just asking for such things as pink and kesha and lady gaga all of whom i have no problem with even though they have sparked interesting conversations about sex but that is certainly nothing new to clarify somewhat it s not death metal and gansta rap and such that bothers me so much it s the more insidious stuff for example http shakespearessister blogspot com 2010 04 today in rape culture html special k my pre parent self would have argued strongly that there should be absolutely no interference just general guidance and talk about why some things may be popular but embody a broader bad give them the critical tools and let them come to an understanding themselves but i think now my parent self will be happy to ban stuff that is sexist andhomophobic now that i think about it i have already thrown out children s picture books that i felt were inappropriate religious dogma sexist crap ie the disney girls make up book for little kids really horrible crap i do think about the twinkle growing up in the age of the internet tween agers boob tubes for five years old access to anything digital and worry about how to manage it without being overly militant and didactic former workmate she s 10 so i think it s perfectly acceptable that you discuss and agree to some limits re sexual content and violence and stuff like that as for sheer musical awfulness i think less comment is better posted in fenfox 1 comment breakfast in the pbx house june 27 2010 by lazyboo single minded determination it s really the only way to describe mcbean s eating style at breakfast he normally gets a bowl of mixed cereal or porridge and some sliced fruit and from the time it s put in front of him until the time his belly is full he s like an eating automaton spoon after spoon of cereal goes in the mouth in a steady progression interspersed with bits of fruit being stuffed and i mean stuffed in alongside it s quite remarkable to watch breakfast is the only time of the day that mcbean can be guaranteed to eat with gusto he will often have a good morning tea also but come lunch time he s as likely to refuse to eat anything at all same goes for afternoon tea and dinner some days breakfast is the only solid meal he eats some days he eats more than i do i figure it all balances out over time counter breakfast time mcbean with breakfast time fenfox i ve honestly never encountered anyone who faffs around as much and eats as slowly as fenfox some mornings you quite literally have to harangue her for every single bite otherwise she d still be sitting there at lunchtime with half of her soggy breakfast in front of her it is one of the most incredibly frustrating experiences sometimes she s talking too much to eat sometimes she s just staring vacantly into space reading has been banned at the breakfast table on school days she ll come home from school and take 90 minutes to eat afternoon tea because she ll be stuck in her book we have the tortoise and hare children at breakfast time except in our case the hare does win meanwhile clark is rushing around getting ready for work while i am trying to manage the kids and get breakfasts lunches ready it s a rare work day when we can all sit down for breakfast i am more likely to scrounge something vaguely breakfast like and eat standing up in the kitchen while i do other things and several times a week clark takes breakfast with her a toasted sandwich or some such clark and i are a bit like the tortoise and the hare in the mornings also clark leaves getting up too late and so has to rush around to do everything whereas i allow for how slow i know i function in the mornings and get up early when mcbean hasn t already made that choice for me of course it can take me 15 minutes to get my lunch and snacks together when i m working which clark always finds funny i can stand in front of the pantry for long periods in contemplation pantry meditation there might be something in that concept actually i d never make a chef i m too slow and methodical in the kitchen it takes me hours and hours to meal plan let alone cook i wonder are everyone s mornings so erratic i consider it a good morning if fenfox is out the door by 8 45 without too much nagging and clark walks to the train station rather than having to drive which then means mcbean and i need to pick the car up within two hours w...