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[shoebox2]

 Had the TV set to Treehouse as a pleasant background noise while writing. Just happened to turn around as Rolie Polie Olie opened on the classic shot of mom and pop-bot snoring away, just seconds prior to their kid-bots storming in -

- and just parenthetically, how do people with lots and lots of kids do that? I mean, the ones with a serious

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[solo_1]

I was always turned off of that cartoon if I could - everything having eyes and being "alive" always bothered me.

My MIL had 5 kids really close together, had no car, a tight budget & a hubby who was away alot as a travelling salesperson - when I asked her how she managed she said she really didn't - the bigger kids basically looked out for the younger ones (except she learned in later years that there was not always exactly a lot of "care" involved - as sticking younger kids heads in the toilet did happen!) She said the house was always a total disaster and she was just happy that at the end of each day she had all the kids accounted for without major injuries!

But they all survived and she is the best MIL you could imagine, so she sure did it right..

[shoebox2]

Yeah, that's pretty much what I figured - "when you're fond, you cope", to quote Catherine Cookson. I s'pose what seems to the observer a stark mass of chaos is to their mother a bunch of individual kids with specific needs, and that's great.

Still, though...this whole line of contemplation is not doing much for my maternal instincts. :)

[stmarysalice]

Just imagine the gossip fodder a used furniture store would be on that planet. That would be enough to keep the show going for a few more seasons.