Tag Archive for 'Going Away To College'

Helicopter Landing

by Richard Helicopter parents are those parents who are always hovering around their little dudes even as they grow into younger dudes and then dudes in waiting and suchlike. They’re the sort who never let go, who are always around the kids, who. . . You know, this is all sort of starting to sound [...]

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Maturation Transmigration

by Richard I’ve got a theory here, based on some recent observation. I’m beginning to think that there’s only a finite amount of maturity in each family, maybe even the world, which would go a long way toward explaining some recent-ish behavior here on the Jones Compound. You know the old theory about how this [...]

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Show Me The Money

So we’re trying to teach our little dudes the value of a dollar. Mostly this means we’re being stingy, especially considering the whole economy is tanking and everybody’s feeling the pain. I mean, it’s not like I’m dipping into their savings accounts that much. (Kidding. Kidding. Exaggerating for effect. Seriously.{Just don’t ask the little dudes [...]

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