In this digital new world, more and more parents are connecting with their kids via untraditional methods…facebook, linkedin, myspace, etc.  Whatever happened to good old fashioned talking?

Since when is twitter a viable method of finding out what your kids are doing?

Granted, my children are still young, but I’d like to think that talking won’t be outdated by the time they are teenagers.

An interesting article on the topic is found here.  What are your thoughts?

We all know it.  We just don’t want to admit it.  Once you have kids, you change.  There’s something that happens to you (perhaps physiologially) that just alters your chemistry.  You become the person you never thought you’d be.  You become someone you never thought you could be.  You become your mother.

How do you know when this happens?  Here’s a few signs to be on the lookout for.

1. Your feet stick to the kitchen floor, and you don’t care.
2. When the kids are fighting, you threaten to lock them in a room together and not let them out until someone’s bleeding.
3. You can’t find your cordless phone, so you ask a friend to call you, and you run around the house madly, following the sound until you locate the phone downstairs in the laundry basket.
4. You spend an entire week wearing sweats.
5. Your idea of a good day is making it through without a child leaking bodily fluids on you.
6. Popsicles become a food staple.
7. Your favorite television show is a cartoon.
8. Peanut butter and jelly is eaten at least in one meal a day.
9. You’re willing to kiss your child’s boo-boo, regardless of where it is.
10. Your kids make jokes about bodily functions, and you think it’s funny.
11. You’re so desperate for adult conversation that you spill your guts to the telemarketer that calls…and HE hangs up on YOU!
12. Spit is your number one cleaning agent.
13. You buy cereal with marshmallows in it.
14. The closest you get to gourmet cooking is making Rice Krispie treats.
15. You’re up each night until 10:00 P.M. vacuuming, dusting, wiping, washing, drying, loading, unloading, shopping, cooking, driving, flushing, ironing, sweeping, picking up, changing sheets, changing diapers, bathing, helping with homework, paying bills, budgeting, clipping coupons, folding clothes, putting to bed, dragging out of bed, brushing, chasing, buckling, feeding (them, not you), PLUS swinging, playing baseball, bike riding, pushing trucks, cuddling dolls, roller blading, basketball, football, catch, bubbles, sprinklers, slides, nature walks, coloring, crafts, jumping rope, PLUS raking, trimming, planting, edging, mowing, gardening, painting, and walking the dog. You get up at 5:30 AM and you have no time to eat, sleep, drink, or go to the bathroom, and yet…you still managed to gain 10 pounds.

Bill Koellner believes that it’s important to equally parent your children.  I completely agree.  As much as the love of a single parent can influence the growth and development of a child, it’s always a better situation if both parents are involved.

So Bill set off on a bike ride to raise awareness.

My question is…

Who was watching his children while he was riding his bike?

That’s right.  Mom was.

See you when you get back Bill!