From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V3 #68 Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org Sender: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk good-noise-digest Monday, August 21 2000 Volume 03 : Number 068 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Indoctrinating Our Children [ThePsyche@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:58:32 EDT From: ThePsyche@aol.com Subject: Indoctrinating Our Children I hope you all had a good weekend. I did, most of it anyway. Until this afternoon, after lunch. I guess too much weekend caught up with my boy and he and I had a blow out fight, a major mom/son disagreement that escalated into his telling me he doesn't love me anymore and that I am the meanest mom in the world. Oh man...through the misty eyes and the half smile I was hiding, I wondered how he and I got to this place. I didn't see it coming until I had to take a stand and stay consistent. Parenting comes with the good days and the not so good days and even the days where your kid hates you. So...the tension diminished and the house settled back down into our quiet summer Sunday routine. He and I eventually ended up sitting on the garage floor painting an old school desk I had grabbed out of somebody's trash pick up. We spent some of that time talking about the why and what and how of our bad fight. As we finished up, washing lime green paint off the brushes, he told me to come up to his room when I was done...he had a surprise for me. When I got up there, he had a chair turned around facing the "stage" area and I knew I was in for one of Ian's percussive guitar recitals and stream of consciousness concerts. I signed in as requested and got my ticket (a pokemon card) and found a seat near the front and settled in for the show. I managed to keep a set list: My Shower Is Big Enough For Five People Red Light, Green Light, Don't Walk In The Street and then he introduced this song especially for his Mom. He wanted to tell her he was sorry for what he said. He did love her and she wasn't mean. I wrote down the lyrics as he sang: The Magical CD The magical CD, oh you can choose any singer you want, Like John Gorka or David Wilcox Or you can even pick your favorite animal-l-l-ll Nu nu nu nu nu nu nu You could pick David Roth or Justin Roth too Oh just any singer you want cause it is magic. Oh you can pick Tom Kimmel or Tom Prasada Rao Or You can even pick a dog because we love dogs. Nu nu nu nu nu nu nu The magical CD for you. ...if I ever wondered if my music and house concerts and folk festivals were having any impact on my son's childhood....I guess that little bedroom concert answered my question. I sounds like he already even knows about bootlegs. It was something I just wanted to share with all of you. Thanks for reading. Have a good week everyone. Peace, The Most Hated Mother on Sheridan Rd. ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V3 #68 *******************************