This is adorable! Reminds me of how my parents would come in to tell me it was time to go to bed after spending an hour reading, then “not realize it” when I would “so sneakily” turn my lamp back on and keep reading after I was sure they had gone. Thanks parents, for all of the super incognito things you do to point your kids in the right direction and make them think it was they who chose to go that direction. They might not realize it now (or ever), but someday your child might look back and realize how much you shaped their lives from the background.
My mum thought it was rebellious when I did it as a child because bedtime meant sleep time, not stay-up-all-night-to-be-tired-for-school-the-next-day-time. She’d come into my room furious, take my book, turn off my lamp and tell me to go to sleep. I’d wait ten minutes, then grab another book and switch on the lamp again. What can I say, literary adventures were more exciting than sleep? Though in her defence, I was as alert as a koala the next morning!
Reditnd971 on August 15th, 2020 at 13:39 UTC »
As someone who used to get grounded from reading (when I wouldn’t clean my room or play with my sister), bless you.
ineffably_ebullient on August 15th, 2020 at 13:43 UTC »
This is adorable! Reminds me of how my parents would come in to tell me it was time to go to bed after spending an hour reading, then “not realize it” when I would “so sneakily” turn my lamp back on and keep reading after I was sure they had gone. Thanks parents, for all of the super incognito things you do to point your kids in the right direction and make them think it was they who chose to go that direction. They might not realize it now (or ever), but someday your child might look back and realize how much you shaped their lives from the background.
MaggieMoosMum on August 15th, 2020 at 14:49 UTC »
My mum thought it was rebellious when I did it as a child because bedtime meant sleep time, not stay-up-all-night-to-be-tired-for-school-the-next-day-time. She’d come into my room furious, take my book, turn off my lamp and tell me to go to sleep. I’d wait ten minutes, then grab another book and switch on the lamp again. What can I say, literary adventures were more exciting than sleep? Though in her defence, I was as alert as a koala the next morning!