:: 29 :: May 2008

As I write this blog post, it's been more than 2 years since I actually drew this cartoon. I'm now reporting that the arguments over such trivial issues have not abated ... and I am told this will last for quite a number of years still... I'm now just trying to drill into the kids' minds that "Life is Not Fair, so get used to it!"

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:: 28 :: April 2008

It drives me crazy when the kids ignore me when I'm actually talking to them, but listen in when I'm having an adult conversation with my better half (sometimes butting in to ask questions!). I call this selective hearing and kids are experts in going to auto switch-off mode at a certain "lecture frequency" of their parent's voice. In this cartoon, the kids practice selective word hearing, another one of the many parent-management skills they learn along the way.

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