AE and I were asked to join a mother/daughter book club last summer. The members are old friends from Weaver Lake and her new friends from Rush Creek. It has been a great experience for both of us, she has her friends and I have met some new friends, really great women.
However, each month I have to hold my breath a little for fear of what might come out of my child's mouth. We have raised her to speak her mind for which I am very grateful, however we need to now work with her on filtering what she says/doesn't say. AE has no filter.
Example:
We read "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and were having a discussion about how the family in the book had to flee Germany since the father (a newspaper writer) had opposed Hitler and the family went to Switzerland leaving her beloved pink rabbit behind.
One of the mothers asked, "Is there anyone in the world today you girls would compare to Hitler?" (looking for maybe Saddam Hussein...)
AE raises her hand enthusiastically, "I know!"
"My dad."
What????? Dan???? Seriously. I wanted to crawl under a rock.
"He makes me go to bed at 8:30 pm each night."
Oh, man. She doesn't get it. When we got to rating the book all of the girls gave it a 9/10. When we got to AE, she said, "I give it a 3. Nothing happened they just rode around in a train."
Last month she gave the book a 4.
This month she gave the book a 5 - we are moving up the scale...
She also walked into the her friend SE's house and loudly announced, "I really like your kitchen. It is so clean. Not like ours."
Sigh.
We are hosting in March, she has selected "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman for the group to read.
It is a story of a young boy who's family is killed, he flees to a graveyard and is raised by the ghosts who inhabit the graveyard. I have started it and it is good, really good.
However, I can't wait to hear what the discussion will be.
However, each month I have to hold my breath a little for fear of what might come out of my child's mouth. We have raised her to speak her mind for which I am very grateful, however we need to now work with her on filtering what she says/doesn't say. AE has no filter.
Example:
We read "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and were having a discussion about how the family in the book had to flee Germany since the father (a newspaper writer) had opposed Hitler and the family went to Switzerland leaving her beloved pink rabbit behind.
One of the mothers asked, "Is there anyone in the world today you girls would compare to Hitler?" (looking for maybe Saddam Hussein...)
AE raises her hand enthusiastically, "I know!"
"My dad."
What????? Dan???? Seriously. I wanted to crawl under a rock.
"He makes me go to bed at 8:30 pm each night."
Oh, man. She doesn't get it. When we got to rating the book all of the girls gave it a 9/10. When we got to AE, she said, "I give it a 3. Nothing happened they just rode around in a train."
Last month she gave the book a 4.
This month she gave the book a 5 - we are moving up the scale...
She also walked into the her friend SE's house and loudly announced, "I really like your kitchen. It is so clean. Not like ours."
Sigh.
We are hosting in March, she has selected "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman for the group to read.
It is a story of a young boy who's family is killed, he flees to a graveyard and is raised by the ghosts who inhabit the graveyard. I have started it and it is good, really good.
However, I can't wait to hear what the discussion will be.
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