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(ARCHIVE) Vol. XX No. 16, December 1-15, 2010
a-Musing
By Ranjitha Ashok

Oh, Momma!


"Can you please tell your Mummy that the Musical Chairs is only for kids?"

The exhausted horse leans against its equally shattered ...er...horse-mahout (not sure how else to address these gentlemen).

They’ve just survived yet another Cute Birthday Party, with lots of Cute Birthday Party Attendees.

But that’s not why they’re tired.

“The kids are fine,” the ‘mahout’ mumbles, ‘it’s those Moms.”

Yep - ‘those’ Moms are tough. And finding their kids in a group activates the ‘what-will-people-think’ syndrome big time in some of ‘those’ Moms – poor things.

Their kids just have to be the whole deal - gorgeous, heroic geniuses.

Now, some kids sum up their views on being placed on a horse in one word – ‘NO’.

But does Mom listen?

Again, ‘NO’.

“How do you think I feel?” the tearful horse demands, “trotting around in circles with a screaming, terrified kid on my back. Makes me feel like a criminal or something.”

Same problem with carousels or that ‘bouncy castle’ thingy. Not every kid’s cup of tea... literally, because being spun around or tossed about after pigging out on cake can be really unpleasant.

Kids know this.

But some Moms crave that ‘my-kid’s-centre-stage’ fix.

‘Those’ Moms mean well – but sometimes forget that the best lessons on parenting are the ones your children teach you.


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