Have you noticed that however old you are, your hearing is better than your kid's hearing. I'm not just talking about selective hearing, either. I'm talking about watching the TV hearing, and listening to the music in the car hearing. For example, when I go to the movies, I cram cotton in my ears because movies are just too loud for me. But when my kids go to the movies, the louder the better.
I notice it with TV more than anything. Our tv has a volume control that uses numbers to indicate how loud the volume is. When I'm alone, the volume is a nice low 9 to 11 and I can hear everything just fine. But they can't hear anything at that low volume. They watch TV at 19-25, depending on the show. It's like living with an elderly relative that blares the PBS news, only backwards.
I blame Ipods. And cell phones. And the fact that they're morons. Yeah, that's it.
My soni s trying desperately to get out of being grounded. He was smoking in his bedroom and I caught him and grounded him. Now I'm SO MEAN and he's QUIT SMOKING and I'm SO MEAN because I won't let him have friends over to smoke and be all Emo. He whinges and whines and WHY's me to death, but I stand strong. I even got him to apply for a J O B today. I know. I'm feeling the power!
Three days later, he's still arguing on being grounded, Same exact argument, but I won't engage. I have never seen such a tenacious whiner. Too bad his mean mommy is even more stubborn than he is,
Nina sent me this link. Go read the article, you bad mommies!
Loud? I laughed out loud at this. I'm hearing impaired, so when I tell the teenager to turn the volume down, you know it's serious! He has excellent hearing; he just likes it loud.
Posted by: Daisy | July 04, 2009 at 08:40 PM
What was he thinking? Smoking in his room... nothing masks that smell - no matter how much deodorant you spray.
Stick to your guns!!
Posted by: K | July 05, 2009 at 10:04 PM