Ali's "New Year" Goals Part Two: For My Kids
More of Ali's Resolutions:Things she hopes for her teens.
by Ali Kelly
For my children (young adults really):
I hope this school year brings the maturity to know when to go to bed to ensure enough sleep that they are able to rise in the morning in time to eat, make their lunches, and be civil to their fellow house-mates.
I pray that they will see the wisdom of eating breakfast and that they realize that making said meal does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
I want them to understand that packing a lunch does not involve taking five dollars from my purse for fries and a coke.
I wish for school notices to be handed to me in a timely fashion and I would like a binding promise that I will not be volunteered for driving, activities, fundraising, sewing costumes, team management etc without prior consent.
I want them to see the clean laundry in their rooms and respond with something like “Thank you”, then put the laundry away so it doesn’t reappear, still clean and folded, in the next pile of dirty laundry.
I would like for there to be conversation at the supper table that is a dialogue rather then a monologue.
I want them to dress appropriately for the weather and realize that there is no law that says forgetting ones umbrella or wearing flip flops in January means I have to pick them up from school.
And, if only for the reason that our planet is in its death throes, I want my children to realize that they are capable of walking five blocks in the rain without getting hypothermia.
Finally, I would like my children to understand, in their core, that a toilet can be cleaned by someone other then their mother, that no-one enjoys cleaning toilets, and that the chances of puking when cleaning toilets are highly unlikely.
TO BE CONTINUED
I hope this school year brings the maturity to know when to go to bed to ensure enough sleep that they are able to rise in the morning in time to eat, make their lunches, and be civil to their fellow house-mates.
I pray that they will see the wisdom of eating breakfast and that they realize that making said meal does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
I want them to understand that packing a lunch does not involve taking five dollars from my purse for fries and a coke.
I wish for school notices to be handed to me in a timely fashion and I would like a binding promise that I will not be volunteered for driving, activities, fundraising, sewing costumes, team management etc without prior consent.
I want them to see the clean laundry in their rooms and respond with something like “Thank you”, then put the laundry away so it doesn’t reappear, still clean and folded, in the next pile of dirty laundry.
I would like for there to be conversation at the supper table that is a dialogue rather then a monologue.
I want them to dress appropriately for the weather and realize that there is no law that says forgetting ones umbrella or wearing flip flops in January means I have to pick them up from school.
And, if only for the reason that our planet is in its death throes, I want my children to realize that they are capable of walking five blocks in the rain without getting hypothermia.
Finally, I would like my children to understand, in their core, that a toilet can be cleaned by someone other then their mother, that no-one enjoys cleaning toilets, and that the chances of puking when cleaning toilets are highly unlikely.
TO BE CONTINUED
