Parenting
WHEN TO SHOW YOUR KIDS ‘THAT’ MOVIE
PARENTING: Showing them your favorite movies
I distinctly remember when I was a young teenager growing up with my father in Greenwich Village, everytime I would ask him for a recommendation for a movie rental he would always have the perfect answer. He just seemed to know the perfect movie that I should see no matter what my age was. I really wanted to put a list of all time best movies ever made in my book with a column of recommended viewing ages to show your children, but somehow it didn't make it in the book.
Anyway, what made me think of this is that we decided last weekend that it would be ok for my eight year old son to watch Mel Brook's movie "History of the World Part 1" this past weekend. The movie completely held up, not only was hyterical, but I found myself realizing how OLD I felt. There was this scene in ancient Rome where this guy was walking down the street holding a huge boom box. I turned to my son and said "you see that big black box that guy is carrying on his shoulders? Well that is what people did before they had Ipods." I swear he turned to me very seriously and said 'NO WAY MOM. I DON'T BELIEVE IT." I have been laughing for days. I literally remember when people would walk down the street holding those things! Anyway, the point here is break out some of your old favorite movies and show them to your kids. You'll be surprised how much they will love things you do too!
Posted On: 2010 02 22
GETTING READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL CHECKLIST OF TO DO’S
PARENTING: Getting ready to go back to school
1. Find last year’s backpack and gym clothes
2. Check shoes/sneakers/cleats to make sure they still fit.Clean and/or replace.
3. Find sweaters, jackets, and raincoats. Make sure they still fit. Write names on all new items.
4. Reorganize hair supplies.
5. Start getting children to bed on time
6. Make sure summer reading and/or other summer requirements are finished.
7. Go grocery shopping for snack items, lunches, favorite breakfast foods, Brown bags and/or lunch boxes.
8. Stock up on supplies for homework: Pencils, pens, highlighters Markers, crayons, erasersLined paper, ruler, stapler, calculator (get supply list from school – notebooks, spirals, etc….
9. Night before first day of school: Lay out clothes to wear on first day of school & make sure backpack is ready to go
10. Morning of first day of school: Make their favorite breakfast & wake kids up 15 minutes early since it will take a lot longer the first few days/weeks to get back into a routine!
Posted On: 2010 02 22
