Anybody want a peanut?
Published by butercup on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 3:57 pm
I think it's time to face facts and realise that buter's blog has to refocus. Since the arrival of the peanut (above) I realise I've spent very little time surfing the net for "fun geekery stuff" and loads of time surfing for "fun geeky baby stuff" ... so let this serve as the announcement of buter's baby blog.
The first post should of course set the tone for future stuff, and so you know I'm still the same person, albeit with a slightly different set of priorities now, we'll begin with some social commentary.
Since becoming parents, D™ and I have talked about all the new things we have to worry about. Schooling. Immunisations. Stranger Danger. Childhood Obesity. And not to forget, OMGWTFBBQ!!!1!!1!! ... that is, Netiquette.
We have found ourselves agreeing that DVDs aren't good babysitters, that the ABC is the only TV station that the peanut will need, and that computers don't belong in bedrooms. And we really really don't want to go down the path of censoring the internet. Instead, we agree it's better to educate our offspring in how to think for oneself: make decisions about what to see and what not to look for, based on reasoned decision making rather than because it's been removed from sight for you.
Actually this ties in with our perspective on alcohol as well. We don't think it works to ban all alcohol. Rather, educate the child, if they want to drink, then at home under parental supervision is much better than a Southern Comfort experience at 16.
So hopefully the peanut will grow up to be a healthy well-adjusted technosavvy moderate drinker who finds the internet as amusing as we do !
Ok, more, and probably cooler, baby posts to follow ...
The hardest/scariest thing I'm finding atm is *everything* I say or do is being observed and absorbed and reflected back at me. Simple things like rolling my eyes or a dismissive "yeah yeah I understand" look to F. (not because I'm wanting to dismiss but because that's just the reaction i've learned...).
Like the alcohol article you linked to says, it's ridiculous to ask my kids not to do something they see me do - not to react the way daddy does. Good chance to change!