Comments on Girl's Gone Child: Archer Road Rages, And Takes Self Portraits

I knew I would I love my friend Vanessa when her 1...

2007-12-23T20:08:00.000-08:00

I knew I would I love my friend Vanessa when her 18 month tripped over a stick and said SHIT. I about lost it.

It isn't appropriate in polite society, but I think it is funny when little kids cuss. My daughter (almost 2) repeats me often. I try to remember, but I don't always. I just hope it is something like fuck or shit not cunt that she repeats.

I also figure, if other people look down on me, it is only because my kid is cooler than theirs. (this excuse works for a lot of things)

I will never forget one day when my mother was dri...

2007-12-20T12:57:00.000-08:00

I will never forget one day when my mother was driving me to high school after missing the bus. My 3 year old baby brother was in the backseat (second marriage) and he yelled "Shit!" My mother looked at me with such disappointment in her eyes - thinking I taught him that word...only I never used that word...shit was *her* curse word!

Times changed after that.

Sigh.

My two year old daughter dropped something the oth...

2007-12-20T06:57:00.000-08:00

My two year old daughter dropped something the other day and said "Shit!", except it was more like Dit. But I knew what she meant. And at traffic lights? When the light turns green and the cars don't start moving? She has picked up on my cues and now yells "Go Go GO!" except it's more like "Doe Doe DOE!". That's my girl.

Oh, and that top photo of Archer? Holy cow, when did he become a BOY? What happened to your baby? Sniff!

Love your writing, can't wait for the book. First...

2007-12-19T20:52:00.000-08:00

Love your writing, can't wait for the book. First time posting, but I had to tell you that you are not alone in your potty mouth, trash talkin' ways. My twins are 3.5 and their fave words right now are "God Dammit" and Fuckit! Is it wrong that I'm proud when they use them in context?

I keep telling my daughter not to say GD, especially not at school (church-based preschool) and she says, "I will not say God Dammit at school today, mommy!" YIKES!

i love dickfarm almost as much as asshat. i make ...

2007-12-19T20:27:00.000-08:00

i love dickfarm almost as much as asshat. i make up some interesting ones when i drive, too. i stopped, but not soon enough. i knew the day my dear sweet baby asked me if he (other driver) "...pulled his head out yet." at least i was quiet enough for her not to know my theory on where i thought his head might be.

My son's preschool teacher once cornered me and as...

2007-12-18T14:47:00.000-08:00

My son's preschool teacher once cornered me and asked in a hushed voice if my husband's friends might, perchance, use bad language around our son. She knew my husband was a quiet, mild gentleman who would never permit an obscenity to cross his lips. Therefore his mysterious "friends" were the culprits who had taught the boy to snap "douchebag!" when another kid bogarted the sand table.
I should have taken advantage of her innocence and blamed it all on the nonexistent potty-mouthed friends.
Instead i confessed. "It's me. I say douchebag a lot when I'm driving."
Her disappointed expression spoke volumes. I was unmasked as a sleeze disguised as a Nice Mommy.

P.S. Archer looks so much like his dad in that top...

2007-12-16T14:40:00.000-08:00

P.S. Archer looks so much like his dad in that top photo. Looks like he really IS yours, Hal :P

Oh, trust me. He will not be the only child at pre...

2007-12-16T14:33:00.000-08:00

Oh, trust me. He will not be the only child at preschool cursing like a sailor. I remember my little brother picked up "motherfucker" from the kid next door when he was four. (And the kid next door was also four.)

I just tell my kid, "It's not polite to say that in public." And then I try to follow my own advice. Hah.

HeeHee. Dickfarm. OK, seriously can't stop gigglin...

2007-12-15T18:48:00.000-08:00

HeeHee. Dickfarm. OK, seriously can't stop giggling. In our house it's more that the little guy learned how to yell at the dogs (my fault). He says NooO! Down!! And points at them with a mean stink-eye face. Oops. I try to keep the "shut the eff up"s to a minimum when they are barking incessantly at the neighbors. Sigh.

Oh...I wrote about the same thing a few weeks ago....

2007-12-15T08:30:00.000-08:00

Oh...I wrote about the same thing a few weeks ago. My almost 3 year old's favorite word is "fudk." He uses it totally appropriately whenever there's some sort of problem. Like, Thomas crashes "Oh, fudk" or I drop something in Target "Oh, FUDK!" Of course in Target, it's always loud and repeated.
But, YAY for Archer! Talking is talking, right? Even if it's not words you necessarily want to encourage! :0) I say good for him!

Hee! Glad I'm not the only one. Princess is a li...

2007-12-15T06:03:00.000-08:00

Hee! Glad I'm not the only one. Princess is a little older though and tells me "That's not a nice word mommy", and "maybe that guy has to go somewhere and doesn't have anything else to drive but his tractor"....yeah, maybe, but if so he should drive across the fields, dammit, and not on my effing road!

Um, yeah. My now-six-year-old dropped the F-word i...

2007-12-14T17:33:00.000-08:00

Um, yeah. My now-six-year-old dropped the F-word in his 4s preschool class. And my 2-year-old recognizes curse words when I say them and says, "That's a bad word." or, "Don't say that word."

Does that make me even?

Thank you for this whole year of watching Archer g...

2007-12-14T17:05:00.000-08:00

Thank you for this whole year of watching Archer grow up! You are an amazing writer! xoxo