Day #21

30 Jan 2013

Bad mom: Ripped into kid for interrupting people while they were talking perform a hostile conversation takeover.

Made kid eat dinner after she finished her homework and she just wanted to go to bed.

Good mom: nothing spectacular comes to mind...

Proud mom: kid caught onto how much she interrupts, catches herself when she does, and apologizes and waits until there is an opening to speak.

Day #21 lunch

Jalapeño havarti, New York cheddar, dry Italian salami, pretzel crackers, grapes, and strawberries.

Day #20

January 29, 2013
Bad mom: couldn't do simple math when helping kid with homework; we both were coming up with different answers and neither one was correct. Thank goodness for calculator apps!

Good mom: tried to help kid with homework even though we both failed :)

Proud mom: kid is willing to help out when needed without being huffy about it,

Day #20 Lunch

Lunch: hawaiian rolls with lemon pepper chicken and havarti cheese. Grapes, strawberries, and carrots on the side. Kid is a foodie and likes Boar's Head the best. *sigh*

Duh...

Kid is looking through the sunroof as we are driving.
Kid: Are the clouds moving or are we?

LMAO!

Day #19

28 Jan 2013
Bad mom: laughed at the kid for her "brain dead" moments
Good mom: helped kid with homework
Proud mom: kid tries to do right in this world

Day #18

27 Jan 2013
Bad mom: let kid fend for herself for food
Good mom: played minecraft with kid
Proud mom: kid finished homework without being told

Day #17

Julian date 026 year 2013
Bad mom: got kid a honey bun and caramel frappacino
Good mom: got kid face wash
Proud mom: kid is on the A honor roll for the semester

Day #16

025 2013

Bad mom: bought eyeliner for the kid
Good mom: went through the trauma of buying bras for the kid
Proud mom: kid feels empathy for a friend in a low spot

Sarcastic mom: gave the kid a hard time and joked about giving her crap if she got a "B" on her report card. Kid sassed back stating that she was on the principals list for the quarter and on the A honor roll for the first semester. *sigh*

Day #15

Jan 24, 2013
Bad mom: kid got fast food for dinner
Good mom: packed kid a healthy lunch
Proud mom: kid didn't participate in the "me me me me" behavior of the other kids in dance class

Day #15 lunch

Taco meat, lettuce, and cheese. Not pictured is tortilla chips and guacamole.

Day #14

1/23/13
Bad mom: forced kid to break from homework to eat dinner
Good mom: chauffeured kid from math team to dance class
Proud mom: kid is ahead on her homework for this week

Day 14 lunch

Lemon pepper roasted chicken with New York cheddar sammiches, strawberries, blueberries, and carrots

Day #13

Julian date 022, year 2013
Bad mom: threatened to pop the kid for neurotic behavior for being late to school
Good mom: took kid to the doctor for her knee issue, immunizations, referral, and x-rays done
Proud mom: got home to find kid and dad working on kid's homework

Child quote

Awesome kid quote "I will never be a blonde! I will ALWAYS be a disgrace to brunettes!"

Day #12

21 Jan 2013
Bad mom: did nothing
Good mom: did nothing
Proud mom: kid did nothing

Day #11

20 Jan 2013
Bad mom: let kid shoot firearms
Good mom: made sure kid was fed prior to festivities
Proud mom: kid was mature around the firearms and seriously killed some skeet

Day #10

Jan 19, 2013
Bad mom: let kid have a caramel mocha
Good mom: took kid to dance and drum lessons
Proud mom: kid finished homework without being told

Day #9

Friday, 18 Jan 2013
Bad mom: let kid play first person shooting games
Good mom: tried to find uniform items for kid
Proud mom: kid helped clean up around the house without being told

Much busyness

Running a few days behind here...

Day #8

17 Jan 2013
Bad mom: gave kid Cheetos for snack
Good mom: fixed kid an omelet for breakfast
Proud mom: kid was okay with getting a "B" on a prealgebra test

Oops

I really should have paid better attention to what I was doing. Having numbered days that are off from the calendar date is really confusing!

Day #7

16 Jan 2013
Bad mom: let kid dance in heeled tap shoes with a bum knee
Good mom: stocked up on ibuprofen for kid to take before dance class
Proud mom: kid knows her limits and took a break when her knee started to really hurt in dance class

Lunch for day #6

Day #6

Julian date 015, year 2013
Bad Mom: Let kid play Black Ops 2
Good Mom: Packed kid a healthy lunch
Proud Mom: Kid finished her homework in record time

Day #5

14 Jan 2013
Bad mom: got kid a mint chocolate chip milkshake and Cadbury egg
Good mom: made kid breakfast before leaving for work
Proud mom: kid stepped in and covered dance class until the teacher showed up due to an emergency

Day #4

Sunday the thirteenth, there must be something ominous on the date. Anyways...

Bad mom: Allowed kid to play black ops 2
Good mom: Prepped stuff for kid lunches for the week
Proud mom: Kid wanted to come home early from a sleepover to finish homework and get an early start on next week's assignments

Day #3

12 January 2013
Bad mom: got kid an iced caramel macchiato
Good mom: made sure kid was fed before dropping her off at a friend's house
Proud mom: kid bought friend's little brother a toy

On Guns

Gun control discussion aside; kid has been shooting her 10/22 for several years now. The next logical progression rifle for her was the M4. Yes, it is deemed a "tactical assault rifle", but the weight, recoil, and accuracy were the determining factors for the firearm. So now she is improving her target shooting skill with her M4. Do I feel like a bad mom for permitting this? No, but I am sure that there are plenty of people out there that would consider me to be a "bad parent".

Day #2

Gregorian calendar date: 11 Jan 2013
Bad mom: packed a Mountain Dew white out in the kid's lunch and stopped and got doughnuts for breakfast
Good mom: got doughnuts for the kid
Proud mom: kid wanted to get doughnuts for her teachers

Day #1

Julian calendar date: 010 year 2013
Bad mom entry: Kid had Wendy's for dinner.
Good mom entry: Helped kid with pre-algebra homework.
Proud mom entry: Kid helper dance teacher with errands and babysat

For my prima

I tire of the gun control arguments, blaming guns, video games, Internet and whatever else, the anti-obesity initiatives, public education failures, and other random BS. My kid shoots firearms and respects them as a weapon. She also plays black ops 2, battlefield, halo, and other first person shooting games. She watches criminal minds, csi, bbt, an ncis. She's 12. She eats fast food. She has a smartphone and in social networking. She is also fit, in advanced classes, straight A's, math team, dances, and plays full kit drum. She actively supports the local non-profit shelter. The main thing is that she knows the difference between fiction and reality. She is aware of her responsibilities and is grateful for the things that she has. She doesn't abuse her privileges.

Yes, I check her phone, I know what she is doing. I also let her make mistakes. I know her teachers: I try and stay involved in her activities, but I don't infringe. She has to learn from her own experiences an mistakes, I can't do that for her.

So to all the people blaming someone or something else, look to yourself first. What are you doing as a parent, friend, neighbor, or coworker to help prevent anything that is "newsworthy"?