25 rules for mothers of sons
You are home to him. When he learns to walk, he will wobble a few feet away from you and then come back, then wobble away a little farther and then come back.
When he tries something new, he will look for your proud smile.
When he learns to read, he will repeat the same book to you 20 times in a row because you're the only one who will listen that many times.
When he plays his sport, he will search for your face in the stands.
When he is sick, he will call you.
When he really messes up, he will call you.
When he is grown and strong and tough and big and he feels like crying, he will come to you — because a man can cry in front of his mother without feeling self-conscious.
Even when he grows up and has a new woman in his life and gets a new home, you are still his mother: home base, the ever constant, like the sun. Know that in your heart, and everything else will fall into place.
When he tries something new, he will look for your proud smile.
When he learns to read, he will repeat the same book to you 20 times in a row because you're the only one who will listen that many times.
When he plays his sport, he will search for your face in the stands.
When he is sick, he will call you.
When he really messes up, he will call you.
When he is grown and strong and tough and big and he feels like crying, he will come to you — because a man can cry in front of his mother without feeling self-conscious.
Even when he grows up and has a new woman in his life and gets a new home, you are still his mother: home base, the ever constant, like the sun. Know that in your heart, and everything else will fall into place.
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Rules?
More rules?
Don't we have enough rules?
Why do you think rules will save you as parents, as families, as a group?
There is no salvation in rules and laws. Read the Bible!
As the mother of three boys I cannot describe how much I loved this list! Y ask Y, is your comment tongue in cheek?
Regardless of content, that is the most well written list I have ever seen on DNews. It flowed well and was pleasant to read. Well done, Tabitha Studer. For content, I absolutely loved it. Ia m a 24 yr. old about to graduate and move across the country from my family. I will love my mom forever for some of these things she has done for me. Through a lot of personal family adversity, my mom has been a constant of my life. Even the things she does that drive me up the wall pale in comparison to how great an example she has been. This is because she showed love throughout my life which is the one guiding principles of all these "rules." I don't think these are rules to be constantly fretted about but good suggestions to occasionally think about. These suggestions are great because they stem from the one real rule of loving your children more than anything else.
Yet another article I am not going to read because it's in the form of a slideshow. I guess this (artificially) increases page hits, but are they going to be enough to compensate for the readers that you are driving away? When did journalism become nothing but a Powerpoint presentation?
I'm with infoman. The list of rules- as far as I got- was a very good one, especially the first one, in my estimation. But I got tired of "clicking on" at page 10, and I quit. I could've read through the list much faster if it wasn't all chopped up.