Kristy's Book-Part 2
Hey, guys! Sorry this took a while. I actually like this book, but it isn't that easy to snark. I've also been busy studying for my midterms. But I got around to writing more. Enjoy!
Next section: Breaking the rules
Chapter 3-
Kristy hated being bossed around by her brothers when she was five.
So I guess the solution is to grow up and boss your friends around? Hypocritical much. She also doesn't like that they're older and get to do things she can't do. Understandable thought for a young kid. Every time she gets permission to do something they can do, they're given another new privilege. Still Sam, at seven, is allowed to walk to a friends house on the next block by himself. Shows how different the times were. My mom barely let do that when I was eleven or twelve, let alone seven.
Her brothers only let her play ball with them when Patrick is around. It's sad, because Patrick actually seems like a pretty cool dad, teaching Kristy to play sports. But obviously he becomes a piece of shit later on. Anyway, Kristy really enjoys sports and slowly starts getting better.
Kristy starts school and tries to play sports with Sam and Charlie but they don't let her. Sam is in second grade, but he's described as much older, coming in, drinking orange juice right from the container and Burping. I can't explain, he just seems older. I guess because the BSC clients can barely mop up spills by themselves, but Sam acts like a teenager.
Anyway, Kristy is sad that she is young and small and that her brothers won't let her play with them. Not much to snark.
Chapter 4
Kristy makes a list of all the things her brothers can do that she can't.
1) Ride my bike in the road- this rule makes sense, she is only five.
2) Stay up as late as the boys do- a downside of having older siblings, I must say. 3) Go to and from school alone- Sam and Charlie shouldn't even be allowed to do that, to be honest, they're only seven and nine. 4) go to a friend's house after school without coming home first- since this is before cellphones, all three kids should really come home first-- what if Liz wonders where they are?
5) Play at the playground without an adult watching- again, very decent rule and Sam and Charlie really shouldn't be able to do that either.
6) drink juice and milk right from the containers- gross, and none of them should be allowed to do that
7) go to school without combing my hair- typical Kristy.
One day after school, Kristy notices Charlie and Sam aren't coming straight home. They're going with friends to watch a soccer game at the middle school alone, which they really seem too young to do, and then getting driven to the movies and staying there alone. Am I the only one who thinks they're too young for that too? Seven and nine year olds alone at a movie theater just doesn't seem like a good idea in my opinion. They may not have proper movie theater etiquette yet, they can get lost, lose their money, probably talk throughout the movie, and a whole bunch of other things.
But anyway, they're doing that, and going to see a movie called Car Man. Kristy is jealous that she can't go with them. She decides she's going to go to the game and the movie, she just has to figure out how. She comes home and Liz is there so I guess this is before she got her job. This is when, if I were Kristy, I would just mention the movie and maybe Liz can just take her. She could have just brought Charlie and Sam and their friends and taken Kristy, for that matter. But no logic is ever used, so Kristy tells Liz she's going to Claudia's, grabs ten dollars from her piggy bank, and sneaks off to the game. This is why five year olds shouldn't be trusted to walk to friends' houses alone, even when they're right across the street. I am not a parent yet and I'm an abnormally anxious person, but I feel like I would want to walk my kid over, even if it was across the street. If only to prevent what Kristy is about to pull.
She walks to the school and her brothers are extremely surprised to see her. The friends' mother picks them all up and believes Kristy's story that her mother said she could go to the movies. I don't know, it doesn't seem that responsible, I feel like she definitely should have confirmed with Liz. As the mother, I would assume if Liz was letting her go she would have called me. But the adults in Stoneybrook are useless so Kristy goes to the movies. Although the mother does wait for them to buy their tickets, which fixes the problem I previously said about the kids possibly losing their money.
They settle to watch the movie, which is a basic superhero movie about a guy who can transform into a car. It sounds cute.
In the middle of the movie, everything goes dark and Liz's voice fills the room, asking if Kristy is there.
At least she gave a shit enough to come after her. If this was a decade or so later, and it was Emily who had sneaked into the movies alone, Liz wouldn't even notice. It would be Nannie to come find her.
Chapter 5
Liz makes all three kids leave (it's not really fair to Sam and Charlie. She says Charlie should have known Kristy was lying, but he's a nine year old boy.)
The mother that drove them is there and too and apologizes. Liz says it isn't her fault but it kind of is. Unlike a nine year old, she's an adult who should have had common sense and drove Kristy home to ask if it was really true that she was allowed to go.
As they go home, Kristy sits in the front seat with Liz, which... isn't safe. All these things she isn't allowed to do, and she's allowed in the front seat? Not that she should be allowed to do the other stuff either.
Anyway, they get home and Elizabeth is going to speak to each of them privately.
Liz goes to Kristy and is rightfully angry. I do think she's being a little harsh on the boys, but what Kristy did was absolutely wrong. Liz also mentions that she crossed the street by herself. I can completely understand her anger over that. Five year olds should not cross big streets alone. It's nice to see that she at least used to be an attentive parent.
She asks Kristy if she has anything to say for herself and Kristy is a huge brat and tells us she isn't sorry at all and just asks Liz how she knew where she was (I have to admit I am curious about that myself.) Apparently, Liz was able to get it out of Mary Anne.
She says if Mary Anne hadn't told her she would have called the police. She tells Kristy she was worried she was lost or had been kidnapped and starts crying. I like this Liz. Although I hope she realizes that this stuff can happen to Sam and Charlie too. I just think she gives them too many privileges.
Kristy finally starts to feel bad, and she apologizes. Kristy does want to tell her she's just as mature as her brothers, and can take care of herself as well as they can, and no, Kristy. If you could, you wouldn't have sneaked off to the movies. And No nine, seven and five-year-olds can really take care of themselves.
Later, Liz tells Patrick what Kristy did and Patrick LAUGHS. Yeah, your five year old snuck to a ball game and a movie and worried the shit out of your wife. So hilarious. No wonder Kristy is the way she is, all I'm saying.
Her dad said what she did showed spunk and she shouldn't be punished. Worst parent in Stoneybrook award, although he already has that for abandoning his family. Liz is a good parent again and says she isn't going to raise Kristy to be irresponsible. For the most part she isn't, but something went wrong because she IS a bossy; evil dictator with psychopathic qualities.
Kristy really gets quite a punishment, because her previous privileges of walking to friends' houses alone and going to bed at 9
are taken away. The first one makes sense because she was trusted to walk to claudias and sneaked off to the game which means she really isn't mature enough to do that, and most five year olds aren't. And even if they are, as I mentioned before, I still Probably wouldn't allow it because anything can happen when you're dealing with a kid that young. Also, the boys get to go to Car Man again and she doesn't.
Kristy says she'll never get to see what happens. What about videotape? I know you have to wait for the release, but they had VHS tapes back
then.
Instead, Kristy gets another "brilliant idea." It's actually pretty smart. Kristy, Mary Anne, and Claudia "act out" Car Man with events that don't actually happened in the movie in order to get Charlie and Sam to tell them what really happens. They all play together and it's a cute scene.
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Sorry if that was boring, guys. But hopefully it gets juicier later!
Next section: Breaking the rules
Chapter 3-
Kristy hated being bossed around by her brothers when she was five.
So I guess the solution is to grow up and boss your friends around? Hypocritical much. She also doesn't like that they're older and get to do things she can't do. Understandable thought for a young kid. Every time she gets permission to do something they can do, they're given another new privilege. Still Sam, at seven, is allowed to walk to a friends house on the next block by himself. Shows how different the times were. My mom barely let do that when I was eleven or twelve, let alone seven.
Her brothers only let her play ball with them when Patrick is around. It's sad, because Patrick actually seems like a pretty cool dad, teaching Kristy to play sports. But obviously he becomes a piece of shit later on. Anyway, Kristy really enjoys sports and slowly starts getting better.
Kristy starts school and tries to play sports with Sam and Charlie but they don't let her. Sam is in second grade, but he's described as much older, coming in, drinking orange juice right from the container and Burping. I can't explain, he just seems older. I guess because the BSC clients can barely mop up spills by themselves, but Sam acts like a teenager.
Anyway, Kristy is sad that she is young and small and that her brothers won't let her play with them. Not much to snark.
Chapter 4
Kristy makes a list of all the things her brothers can do that she can't.
1) Ride my bike in the road- this rule makes sense, she is only five.
2) Stay up as late as the boys do- a downside of having older siblings, I must say. 3) Go to and from school alone- Sam and Charlie shouldn't even be allowed to do that, to be honest, they're only seven and nine. 4) go to a friend's house after school without coming home first- since this is before cellphones, all three kids should really come home first-- what if Liz wonders where they are?
5) Play at the playground without an adult watching- again, very decent rule and Sam and Charlie really shouldn't be able to do that either.
6) drink juice and milk right from the containers- gross, and none of them should be allowed to do that
7) go to school without combing my hair- typical Kristy.
One day after school, Kristy notices Charlie and Sam aren't coming straight home. They're going with friends to watch a soccer game at the middle school alone, which they really seem too young to do, and then getting driven to the movies and staying there alone. Am I the only one who thinks they're too young for that too? Seven and nine year olds alone at a movie theater just doesn't seem like a good idea in my opinion. They may not have proper movie theater etiquette yet, they can get lost, lose their money, probably talk throughout the movie, and a whole bunch of other things.
But anyway, they're doing that, and going to see a movie called Car Man. Kristy is jealous that she can't go with them. She decides she's going to go to the game and the movie, she just has to figure out how. She comes home and Liz is there so I guess this is before she got her job. This is when, if I were Kristy, I would just mention the movie and maybe Liz can just take her. She could have just brought Charlie and Sam and their friends and taken Kristy, for that matter. But no logic is ever used, so Kristy tells Liz she's going to Claudia's, grabs ten dollars from her piggy bank, and sneaks off to the game. This is why five year olds shouldn't be trusted to walk to friends' houses alone, even when they're right across the street. I am not a parent yet and I'm an abnormally anxious person, but I feel like I would want to walk my kid over, even if it was across the street. If only to prevent what Kristy is about to pull.
She walks to the school and her brothers are extremely surprised to see her. The friends' mother picks them all up and believes Kristy's story that her mother said she could go to the movies. I don't know, it doesn't seem that responsible, I feel like she definitely should have confirmed with Liz. As the mother, I would assume if Liz was letting her go she would have called me. But the adults in Stoneybrook are useless so Kristy goes to the movies. Although the mother does wait for them to buy their tickets, which fixes the problem I previously said about the kids possibly losing their money.
They settle to watch the movie, which is a basic superhero movie about a guy who can transform into a car. It sounds cute.
In the middle of the movie, everything goes dark and Liz's voice fills the room, asking if Kristy is there.
At least she gave a shit enough to come after her. If this was a decade or so later, and it was Emily who had sneaked into the movies alone, Liz wouldn't even notice. It would be Nannie to come find her.
Chapter 5
Liz makes all three kids leave (it's not really fair to Sam and Charlie. She says Charlie should have known Kristy was lying, but he's a nine year old boy.)
The mother that drove them is there and too and apologizes. Liz says it isn't her fault but it kind of is. Unlike a nine year old, she's an adult who should have had common sense and drove Kristy home to ask if it was really true that she was allowed to go.
As they go home, Kristy sits in the front seat with Liz, which... isn't safe. All these things she isn't allowed to do, and she's allowed in the front seat? Not that she should be allowed to do the other stuff either.
Anyway, they get home and Elizabeth is going to speak to each of them privately.
Liz goes to Kristy and is rightfully angry. I do think she's being a little harsh on the boys, but what Kristy did was absolutely wrong. Liz also mentions that she crossed the street by herself. I can completely understand her anger over that. Five year olds should not cross big streets alone. It's nice to see that she at least used to be an attentive parent.
She asks Kristy if she has anything to say for herself and Kristy is a huge brat and tells us she isn't sorry at all and just asks Liz how she knew where she was (I have to admit I am curious about that myself.) Apparently, Liz was able to get it out of Mary Anne.
She says if Mary Anne hadn't told her she would have called the police. She tells Kristy she was worried she was lost or had been kidnapped and starts crying. I like this Liz. Although I hope she realizes that this stuff can happen to Sam and Charlie too. I just think she gives them too many privileges.
Kristy finally starts to feel bad, and she apologizes. Kristy does want to tell her she's just as mature as her brothers, and can take care of herself as well as they can, and no, Kristy. If you could, you wouldn't have sneaked off to the movies. And No nine, seven and five-year-olds can really take care of themselves.
Later, Liz tells Patrick what Kristy did and Patrick LAUGHS. Yeah, your five year old snuck to a ball game and a movie and worried the shit out of your wife. So hilarious. No wonder Kristy is the way she is, all I'm saying.
Her dad said what she did showed spunk and she shouldn't be punished. Worst parent in Stoneybrook award, although he already has that for abandoning his family. Liz is a good parent again and says she isn't going to raise Kristy to be irresponsible. For the most part she isn't, but something went wrong because she IS a bossy; evil dictator with psychopathic qualities.
Kristy really gets quite a punishment, because her previous privileges of walking to friends' houses alone and going to bed at 9
are taken away. The first one makes sense because she was trusted to walk to claudias and sneaked off to the game which means she really isn't mature enough to do that, and most five year olds aren't. And even if they are, as I mentioned before, I still Probably wouldn't allow it because anything can happen when you're dealing with a kid that young. Also, the boys get to go to Car Man again and she doesn't.
Kristy says she'll never get to see what happens. What about videotape? I know you have to wait for the release, but they had VHS tapes back
then.
Instead, Kristy gets another "brilliant idea." It's actually pretty smart. Kristy, Mary Anne, and Claudia "act out" Car Man with events that don't actually happened in the movie in order to get Charlie and Sam to tell them what really happens. They all play together and it's a cute scene.
--
<|lj-snark>
Sorry if that was boring, guys. But hopefully it gets juicier later!