KT

>
>
>My almost 10yo son is currently having a lot of fun doing bad imitations of
>bad Elvis imitations, in reply to almost every comment or question. (He's our
>stand up comedian). I realized he probably hasn't ever seen the real thing.
> [:)] Suggestions for a first dose appreciated, bearing in mind that he's at the
>age when sappy love stories send him fleeing the room. [:)]
>

Time for a road-trip to Graceland, Deb!

I cracked up the other day when I saw something I had forgotten about.
When Will was 6, he had me write, in black Sharpie marker on the back
of his dark blue batting helmet, "You don't know I'm Elvis."

It's hard to see unless you're looking for it---but isn't it a cool
thing to know that it's there? LOL. In 2-1/2 seaons and countless games
and practices, how many people have picked up that helmet in 2 years,
and noticed it or not? And what in the world did they think, if they
did notice?

Yesterday I saw a bumper sticker that said "Who died and made you Elvis!?

You know where I live, Deborah. Let me know when you're coming! ;)

Tuck in MElvis...I mean, Memphis!


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[email protected]

In a message dated 5/2/2002 1:04:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:


> We could tell every child what horrible dangers are lurking in the world.
> Some parents seem to revel in doing that, and then their childhoods are
> ruined.
>

And of course I'm not suggesting that. I'm not even suggesting telling him
that this guy is a DANGER. I'm suggesting letting Matthew in on this bit of
information because I know Matthew and I know Dan and I think Dan's feeling
like Mathew would appreciate knowing - feel like Dan had held out something
from him - but that Dan is really not wanting the "golden age" of childhood
to end for Matthew. I dont want that either. I care a LOT about Matthew. I
think Matthew could be made aware of it without it being a thing that would
associate horrible ugliness with robotics. I think he is starting ANYWAY to
get a sense of how people are complex. He's learning already that his friends
are not perfect - that sometimes he doesn't really like certain aspects of
them. He also REALLY trusts his dad to bring things to his attention - I sort
of think he'd feel a little duped by not being told that his dad has major
misgivings about some guy while pretending to Matthew that the guy is just
wonderful. I just don't think it would be all that awful for Matthew to hear:
"Yuck, some people are just so surprising in their weird and STUPID ideas.
Here we've got this guy who is so brilliant in robotics and so idiotic in
this other belief."

Mathew is going to hear this stuff anyway - so I don't think it matters so
much whether or not you tell him about THIS. He's also going to hear racist
and homophobic stuff even from people he cares about, for example. It has
gone over his head but it won't for long.

> How much detail do you give a six year old about what could happen to them
> if
> they get lured into a car by a stranger?
>

I don't think this is relevant. Matthew isn't a 6 yo and we're not talking
about that kind of stuff. And Dan can use his judgement about how graphic he
wants to be about white supremists - not very, I wouldn't think, not now.

> Racism won't be created nor destroyed by Matthew's awareness. Matthew's
> youth will be made uglier, though.
>

Mathew is a sensitive kid who is going to notice this stuff. It is going to
upset him. A situation like this might be the way to begin to talk about it
together so that his mom and dad can help him deal with it.

Or maybe not - I could be way off base.

--pamS


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Joylyn

PSoroosh@... wrote:

>
> Mathew is a sensitive kid who is going to notice this stuff. It is
> going to
> upset him. A situation like this might be the way to begin to talk
> about it
> together so that his mom and dad can help him deal with it.
>
> Or maybe not - I could be way off base.

I don't think you are off base at all, Pam. I think you hit a home run.

joylyn

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Joylyn
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