Parenting Humor
« Previous Entries Friday, March 6th, 2009Can’t Be Shy With Little Brother
©Lisa Barker
My oldest daughter is shy. Writing this column probably won’t help things either, but you know parents just can’t resist telling a great story no matter what.
So there we were at church on Sunday, visitors just passing through. We chose a neutral seat somewhere in the middle and my youngest, the wiggle-worm, [...]
Love Is In The Air
©Lisa Barker
My youngest son has fallen in love hard. He is completely infatuated with one of his older sisters. No doubt the treats she shares with him, the trips to the park, the piggy back rides and the stories she reads him has all made her the light in his eyes.
He informed her [...]
Telemarketers Save Mom’s Sanity
©Lisa Barker
Why is it that when you want to talk on the phone, the kids show up in droves and make enough noise to drown out a marching band but when a telemarketer calls not one child can be found?
Ten minutes into the call a child strolls by. You motion fervently for him to [...]
Wacky Wednesday: A Child’s Reasoning
Don’t you just love how kids reason?
Friday, February 13th, 2009Antelopes in The Mail
©Lisa Barker
It’s antelope season at my house again. Another child has reached the age
where he can print and sound out some words so writing letters to Grammy and
Auntie are high on his list. So are antelopes.
“Momma, I need an antelope for my letter.”
Aw. It takes me back. Little does he know [...]
The Miracle of The Tack
©Lisa Barker
My eleven-year old son is given to outrageous temper tantrums and will stop at
nothing to up the ante. One day he swallowed a tack to spite me. I showed
great concern.
“Why, what will happen?” he asked.
“I just saw a show where this guy was scraping tacks off a ceiling and
accidentally swallowed one. [...]
Give Me Peace And Quiet
©Lisa Barker
A reader introduced me to a quote recently that completely expresses my point
of view. “Raising children is like being pecked to death by a chicken.”
Amen!
Little by little, day-by-day, they wear you down. “Momma, she’s touching
me. Momma, he looked at me. I don’t like sauce on my noodles! How come HE
gets [...]
Wacky Wednesday: Chill Out Mom
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Boredom Cries
(Just a taste of my new career, for those who have been keeping track. This was actually a contest piece which had to be under 500 words, so it was seriously butchered. Hope you like it anyway.)
Boredom Cries
The mother carefully attached the last piece of cotton onto the paper plate bunny as her daughter watched [...]
Stupidity, The Bane of All Parents
©Lisa Barker
(An excerpt from Just Because Your Kids Drive You Insane…Doesn’t Mean You Are A Bad Parent!)
When it comes to parenting pet peeves, one thing most parents can’t stand is stupidity in children.
I’m not talking about the usual brainless things that happen around the house that you EXPECT with children, things like spilled milk, kids [...]