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Messy Theories of Parenting ...written Feb 1, 10:18 PM by Jeff

Our term (swiped from a book I read once, somewhere) for our housekeeping style: “cheerfully untidy.”[1] We’re not messy, but we do have seven children and a somewhat higher-than-average tolerance for chaos.

Turns out this just makes us excellent parents. Behold two recent posts from the inimitable Jason Kottke:

Now as soon as I finish writing this self-congratulatory post, I’ve got to get started on a mountain of laundry.


NOTES

1 I tried to look it up, really. Google’s no help, and neither is Amazon because I haven’t read any of those books. But since at least 22 other people have used the phrase before me, I’ll rest easy and guilt-free.

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  1. I would like to bear my testimony that I know that you are true. Or rather, that article about germs is true. I make my kids wash their hand after they go to the bathroom and that’s it. And we are never sick. Never. My kids are like the sailors who came to the New World and killed the natives with smallpox. Just a bunch of healthy germ carriers.


    — jhw    Feb 2, 04:02 PM    #
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