Sure, we couldn’t get away with most of what they did, but…
By: BlogHer, Anna Lea West for Mom.me
My parents were extraordinary. They still are.
They were ahead of their time in so many ways.
Sure, we sat – or stood – anywhere in the car we wanted, but whatever, they got so many things right. They got them right without the luxury or convenience of the internet and a million how-tos at their fingertips.
1. My mum didn’t need an army of mummy bloggers to figure it out.
My mum stayed at home with all three of us – before going back to get her university degree and embark on a 25-year teaching career – without blogging about it or reading blogs about it.
GASP! How did she make it through the school drop-off line or traverse the competitive world of child-rearing without the virtual company of eight trillion mummy bloggers by her side? How did any of our milestones mean anything when they couldn’t be shared on Instagram or posted on Facebook?
We’ll never know. But she did it like a B.O.S.S.
2. They believed in lessons.
We got dropped off at the skating rink on weekend nights and picked up at midnight. One time when I was around 10 or 11, I had my brand new Nike kicks stolen from my locker. They were gone, period. End of story. Yes, my mum felt bad for me, but again they were gone.