Wednesday, February 04 2009 10:17
Here’s the scenario, you are a parent trying to get your kids out the door. You are rushing around because the kids aren’t cooperating. You get them ready and start collecting yourself. Finally, all the pieces of the puzzle are in place and you’re about to walk out the door. Then you realize one of your kids isn’t there. You call them a second time and then a third and as you are about to lose it they finally appear. This laggy child appears (usually the youngest), but in the two seconds it took you to get your coat on and find the keys this child has undone your best laid plans. They have appeared and have either completely disrobed, have changed into pajamas or they have taken off their socks and shoes and are wearing either a dress-up or part of a Halloween costume.
*Joeprah Parenting Tip: In these situations it is really easy to flip out and flipping out is ‘OK’ but I would actually recommend laughter.*
This random act of sabotage by your child has just cost you valuable time. You will now be late for wherever you are going. You have officially been initiated into a sad club, a club I would like to call the Late by Association Club (L.A.C.).
Late by Association: This phrase represents a group of parents who, after having kids, have found it difficult to arrive on time to many events because they are constantly being sabotaged by their own children. Acts of sabotage include
, but are not limited to, the removal of shoes, sock, all clothing, pooping their pants, getting dressed incorrectly (mismatched, inside out, seasonally wrong, or backwards), taking out pony tails, spilling a drink on themselves and putting on Halloween costumes.
Parents in L.A.C. have sympathy for those other parents who run late on occasion and parents who are never late for anything aren’t allowed access to this exclusive club. These perfect parents generally scorn those late parents. The club opposite the L.A.C. is based off a carefully constructed acronym Always Scorning Someone or A.S.S. These A.S.S.es can be a real annoyance and are probably the reason why L.A.C. members rush around so much in the first place. There is another distinct club for those A.S.S.es who are more judgmental: Judgmental And Cat-like Karegivers who Always Scorn Someone or J.A.C.K.A.S.S. If you ask me, I would rather be a L.A.C. then an J.A.C.K.A.S.S. any ol’ day, but that’s just me.
So which club are you a member of? Are you a L.A.C. member? Have your kids ever made you late to an event? Does it happen a lot? Are you a J.A.C.K.A.S.S.?
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written by weaselmomma, February 04, 2009
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written by GuyWhoWouldBeTomIfIdidntGetLoggedOut, February 04, 2009
Now that I have children, I am never on time to anything. Work, church, school functions, social gatherings, playdates, etc. Always late. Because of dinking children. We have a master dinker and padawan learner dinkers, and they all use the dark side of the dink force to conspire to make their parents late to things.
So I'm in the L.A.C. for sure. Where's our badges?
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written by Mike, February 04, 2009
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written by Opalstorm/Tara R., February 04, 2009
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written by Nina III, February 05, 2009
I actually looked at my daughter one day when she was 5 and said...."Are you trying to make me look like a bad parent?!" She was one to tae off all her clothes and dress up like Sleeping Beauty every! time! LOL! It was cute though. Who cares if we're late?! Our kids are CUTE!! LOL!!!!!
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written by (F)reddy, February 05, 2009
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written by Laura21230, February 05, 2009
"Mom, I just need to ask you one quick question." Yeah right! As we live more than seventy-five miles from each other, I can only assume she is using radar!
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written by 3stairs, February 05, 2009
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written by nonna, February 06, 2009
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written by Heather Dugan, February 06, 2009
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written by BBD, February 09, 2009
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written by Lala, February 26, 2009
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written by prin, March 27, 2009
I'm a T.U.R.D- Tardy and Excuseless on a Regular Day.
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written by Heather, November 13, 2009
I am L.A.C all the way. My two-year-old's favorite trick for making us late is to run all the way up the street as we're walking out to the car. Grr... Of course, he's also in the "Come Here! is code for Run Away As Fast As You Can!" stage. Punk kid!
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written by KirstenYk25, February 19, 2010
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written by ldfkdlgfd, March 05, 2010
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