Great parenting moment #167,356:
The boys and I are on our way to a Spiderman birthday party.
Primo asks me, out of the blue, from the backseat, "Mom? Why are we here? I mean, what's the point of living if you're just going to die anyway?"
"Welllll..." I begin slowly, "I believe that we are here to enjoy life. To love the people you're with. To make your little bit of the earth a better place, and maybe have some fun while you're doing that."
Primo looks dubious.
"I'm not sure..." he says.
And I snap, "Well, then, ask your father!"
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*Stephen Wright
10 comments:
Rock on, baby! Rock on!
I don’t know, but what’s wrong with saying, “There really isn’t a point, but that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying yourself.” I never understand why people think if there isn’t a point or some higher power watching over us society will just degenerate into Lord of the Flies. I haven’t thought there is a point to life or a higher power for over a decade and it’s never stopped me from doing the right thing. On the other hand… drugs and alcohol occasionally have stopped me but whatever.
Hahahahahahaha.
Love it.
I really think Sesame Street really blew it with their "N is for nihilism" thing.
I'm just saying.
-J.
well, that IS sorta what i said, isnt it - i didnt pull the higher power thing, i let all the responsibility land squarely in his lap - and, um, H's.
Hilarious!
He is going to be your goth teen. Start picking out piercings you like and telling him he may NEVER get them.
My 5 year old is obsessed with the death of Jesse Helms today (he read the headline over my shoulder) which has led to a BILLION questions about exactly how long Jesse Helms will be dead for... "A year? 10,000 years?" Yargh. I am having a hard time not telling him all sorts of inappropriate-for-kindergarden things today.
Yea... I think most of it landed in H's.
I can totally see Primo dropping that one on your lap and then not believing your answer. He is such a thinker!!
Love the quote.
xo,
SL
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