What are the odds?
My tween decided to join me this evening as I watched The Nightly News with Brian Williams, who (by the the way) looks less orange to me than he once did.
Anyway, Brian (I'm on a first name basis with all of my favorite news reporters) showed a clip from The View in which the President of the United States shared that his oldest daughter did not get a cell phone until she was 13, AND she is only allowed to use it on weekends.
Upon hearing the news, my tween's eyes bulged out of their sockets and may have even produced actual tears. This was clearly breaking news in her world. J.P. Morgan who?
As my daughter's eyes grew to 4x their actual size, my spirit soared.
Woohoo! Score one to moms everywhere who have tweens desperate for cell phones!
Low and behold, turns out not every tween has a cell phone. My tween was actually misinformed about this.
She recently asked me (for the 60th billionth time) for a phone, I asked her why she needed one.
"So I can text my friends (duh)!"
The "duh" was unspoken, but I know it was there. I just know it.
I looked at my little girl who is growing up too fast and said, "Until you answer that correctly, you are not getting a phone."
Just to be clear, I feel the correct answer is something along the lines of, "So I can call you when I need help and tell you how much I love and appreciate you." I can dream, right?
I just think it's lovely the President is such a stick in the mud, too. I'm happy to be in such good company.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Now do you mind talkingto my son publicly about the importance of flushing toilets?
My tween decided to join me this evening as I watched The Nightly News with Brian Williams, who (by the the way) looks less orange to me than he once did.
Anyway, Brian (I'm on a first name basis with all of my favorite news reporters) showed a clip from The View in which the President of the United States shared that his oldest daughter did not get a cell phone until she was 13, AND she is only allowed to use it on weekends.
Upon hearing the news, my tween's eyes bulged out of their sockets and may have even produced actual tears. This was clearly breaking news in her world. J.P. Morgan who?
As my daughter's eyes grew to 4x their actual size, my spirit soared.
Woohoo! Score one to moms everywhere who have tweens desperate for cell phones!
Low and behold, turns out not every tween has a cell phone. My tween was actually misinformed about this.
She recently asked me (for the 60th billionth time) for a phone, I asked her why she needed one.
"So I can text my friends (duh)!"
The "duh" was unspoken, but I know it was there. I just know it.
I looked at my little girl who is growing up too fast and said, "Until you answer that correctly, you are not getting a phone."
Just to be clear, I feel the correct answer is something along the lines of, "So I can call you when I need help and tell you how much I love and appreciate you." I can dream, right?
I just think it's lovely the President is such a stick in the mud, too. I'm happy to be in such good company.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Now do you mind talking
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