Change of plans...

[pattrose]

it's so exciting living with a ten year old. LOL She came home from school today and said, "Grandma, that other bedroom set was too expensive. Do you think we could look at cheaper ones and this time I want it in white? So we looked, she chose and we'll go shopping next week, I believe. This is what she chose. It was less than half the price. Smart cookie, that one. :) This isn't a very good picture of it. But she wanted drawers built in and a headboard with a shelf. So this is what she choose. I like it better than the other one because it's white instead of cream colored. I'm not wild about cream. But she wanted it. I figured someone at school might have said something to help her change her mind. Who knows? My sister, Mary is building a wonderful matching bookshelf in white for her room too. Things are going well.

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[pattrose.livejournal.com]

My mother was like that too, so I swore it was going to be different with our kids and grandkids. Sam thinks that I have too many house rules. (I know right?) But other than that I think she loves making decisions and having a choice in what we have for dinner or dessert. She does a lot of cooking also.

[bluewolf458.livejournal.com]

Could be a generational thing. You're a few years younger than I am but I'd still say we're about the same generation; our mothers have to have been much of a muchness re generation too. Mine was very much of the 'man knows best' school of thought so of course she was going to discourage a girl child from being forward enough to express an opinion.

But I was also brought up not to argue, especially with adults; in a difference of opinion I was always wrong - even if an adult was clearly wrong, s/he was right, and I was wrong even if I could prove I was right. Because how could an inexperienced child dare to presume she knew better than an experienced adult? And if the argument was with another child, if I disagreed with the other one s/he wouldn't like me.