12 step program for Broadway addictied kids?
I have created a monster (or 2)! One stressful evening last week, I pulled out an old video tape of "Into the Woods" - the original cast iof the Steven Sondheim musical. Both kids sat glued to the tv for almost 3 hours.
This is not necessarily a musical for kids. It is closer to operetta - very few spoken words in teh show. It interetwines a number of fairy tales - all main characters have to go into the woods to get what they need to fulfill a wish. Act one ends "happily ever after". Act 2 is after happily ever after. "Do you know what you wish - are you certain what you wish is what you want?"
6 is completely addicted. She has memorized almost every word, begs to watch it endlessly (so long Game Boy!) and rewinds/fast forwards to her favourite parts. One night at dinner, the conversation was all around whose fault it was that the play went the way it did. They unravelled the story trying to determin if one person was ultimately responsible for the outcome!
These are interesting kids. Annie never had this impact!
posted by cathie @ 10:45 AM
2 Comments:
hehe Not such a bad thing to be addicted to! It is clear that you have exceptional kids! The days i was raising my kids were the happiest of my life.. i know you understand that.. i can feel it in your posts :)
Cath... you do understand.. invisible is safe. I think that is why i like fall and winter.. it is almost easier to fade away in the greyness....
Good suggestions for work kath.. and we do have those here.. I have been thinking of looking into doing a one on one aide thing for a mainstreamed child.. in a local district.. they pay is better, and i can refuse a violent child.
The thing is.. a lot of the people where I work.. the "old" staff.. are fabulous people.. they are so kind and caring and just plain good folks. It feels good to be around them. That is one of the reasons I went back...
I do part time caregiver work.. but am thinking of giving it up.. I am just so weary.. and lately.. it is very hard to lift her and sometimes I am afraid. I think its better for both of us if i let that go. :(
She is getting nearly as tall as I am and is all muscle from all of her "toning".. and quite heavy.
I had a great thursday and friday.. a wonderful classroom with a teacher who knows how to dispense joy along with her teaching.. I felt wonderful after two days with her.
How interesting! I've never heard of this. And, thanks to your experence--and my own with my TV-aholic kids--I think we'll avoid it! :)
Been thinking about you with that big layoff going on. Such a stressful scene--I know: I've lived through one just like it. Take it easy: eat well, go to be early. So glad your own position hasn't been affected.
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