Comments on: Stretch http://www.barnabasmonkeypants.com/2008/09/233/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=233 All the monkeyness, without the tail Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Dad http://www.barnabasmonkeypants.com/2008/09/233/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Dad Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:03:43 +0000 http://www.barnabasmonkeypants.com/?p=233#comment-168 be patient s-i-l... this neurotic worrying about how he'll grow is starting to make you go off the deep end of the pool without your water wings. He'll be perfect in his own right(which he is even now)... and the object is to guide... not impress into service. He's got to be all HE can be[and I don't mean with the Army], not all you want him to be... you're not supposed to vicariously live your life through him... he's got to find his place in the scheme of things. Your job is to get him involved with sports, the arts and humanities and let him find what he enjoys doing. <Ok... Ok... I'll get off the soapbox now> be patient s-i-l… this neurotic worrying about how he’ll grow is starting to make you go off the deep end of the pool without your water wings. He’ll be perfect in his own right(which he is even now)… and the object is to guide… not impress into service. He’s got to be all HE can be[and I don't mean with the Army], not all you want him to be… you’re not supposed to vicariously live your life through him… he’s got to find his place in the scheme of things. Your job is to get him involved with sports, the arts and humanities and let him find what he enjoys doing.

<Ok… Ok… I’ll get off the soapbox now>

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