Comments | gurghi: yessir, that's my baby

gurghi

yessir, that's my baby

Feb 11, 2008 17:35

Among the revelations of fatherhood is a new, deeper dimension to jealousy. Not only do I claim Sam as my son, with all the rights and responsibilities accorded a father, but I find myself bristling at every challenge- perceived or actual -to my influence on his life. Only Hannah has an equal claim on him ( Read more... )

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YUPPERS kerbearlax February 12 2008, 05:13:54 UTC

Sounds like your going to ROCK as a father! AND if Sam starts listening to Country please send him to K. & J.R.R.B.C. (Keri and Jason Rock Rehabilitation Boot Camp). We do host parents too.

1_peach_2_peach February 13 2008, 14:03:39 UTC

Good stuff, man.

lacontessamala March 12 2008, 05:07:34 UTC

It seems that God's plan for the raising of children does not always include absolute fealty to their parents.

I'd say that it almost never does, and certainly not when you count seething internal rebellion. What's obedience worth if it doesn't come from mastering yourself in spite of your firm conviction that Mom and Dad are clueless old farts? I'd be real worried for my kids if they didn't show a little spirit. Just not, you know, the kind of spirit that means getting knocked up and running off with a Hells Angel boyfriend named Dwayne ( ... )