tagged w/ Parents Just Don't Understand
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http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/11/dinkytown_dad_s.php
Is this taking the whole Star Trek thing a teensie weensie bit too far? d'Armond Speers spoke only Klingon to his child for the first three years of its life.
Klingon? Not Spanish, French, Mandarin? Not some gutteral genuflecting concoction from the deepest recesses of Borneo? Klingon? You heard it right. (And if you don't know about the Klingon Empire, look it up.)
"I was interested in the question of whether my son, going through his first language acquisition process, would acquire it like any human language," Speers told the Minnesota Daily. "He was definitely starting to learn it."
And get this, Speers says he isn't really a huge Star Trek fan.
We'll take his word for it.
More...http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2009/11/dinkytown_dad_s.php
Is this taking the... more
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Whether its in the few days of the baby's presence among us, or during its brief life in the womb, the fragile connection between body and soul is plainly vulnerable in babies. Or, is it?Whether its in the few days of the baby's presence among us, or during its brief... more
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Were Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff right? Join Max and Jason as they explore our relationships with our parents through the lens of viewer created content.
www.current.com/parentsjustdontunderstand
And keep watching Current for more VC2 specials:
From Your Lips: Beauty Schooled Wednesday 06/03 11:30P E/ 8:30 P
What is beautiful? Join Max and Jason as they look at standards of beauty and how they're changing, through the lens of viewer created content.
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From Your Lips: Yes, I Can Monday 06/08 11:30P E/ 8:30 P
Max and Jason celebrate breaking stereotypes, through the lens of viewer created content, and a little help from Margaret Cho.
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From Your Lips: Keeping the Faith Wednesday 06/10 11:30P E/8:30 P
Max and Jason examine how young people are observing religion today, through the lens of viewer created content.
www.current.com/keepingthefaithWere Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff right? Join Max and Jason as they explore our... more
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My name is Kelly and I was adopted.
I was adopted at Birth. My Parents divorced when I was 10. My mom Norma worked 3 nursing jobs to keep a roof over our heads. I've watched her struggle as a single mother until my brother and I had both moved out on our own. Now 26, divorced and living over 1700 miles away in another country, I can really relate to where my Mother was coming from. I'm a single female with no children, struggling to survive. I wish I knew back then what I know now, so I could have properly thanked my Mom for all she did for me.
When I turned eighteen I was given the option to search for my birth family. I met my Birth mother Irene on April fools day of 2001. It coulda been a reality show segment. I show up at Denny's to meet my mother over lunch and I show up with Peacock colored hair. Black, blue, green, purple. The aftermath of a friend mixing two different bleaches the day before giving me "blue" streaks in my hair. My mother was pregnant with her third child. A surprise to her and her significant other whom they thought couldn't have children anymore. She introduces me to her waitress whom she has known for quite some time as her daughter. At first the waitress thought it was an April fools prank. She couldn't believe my mother had an eighteen year old daughter. My Mom was Eighteen when she had me. My Birth father Gord was arrested a few days after I was conceived. I was conceived on his Birthday. From what I've been told my father was arrested for breaking and entering and my mother testified against him in court. He sent her threats and had her followed. She was scared to the point that she wanted to buy herself a gun for protection, and realized she couldn't raise a child like that. So she put me up for adoption.
Both my mothers are wonderful women in my opinion. My Mother Norma who raised me, has issues with my Birth Mother Irene now though. At first my Mom was cool with me searching for my birth family , but after Irene and I began forming a strong bond, Norma became jealous and started making nasty comments towards Irene and her family. It was hard to deal with at first , but I finally stepped up and told Norma that I loved her and she was my true mother. She was the one who raised me and that no one could replace that. I also told her though , that Irene and I had a strong connection too and that I wouldn't stand for anymore fights or passive aggressive comments. I had to tell my Mom that her and my father made the decision to adopt me and they had been counseled on what to expect when I grew up. Giving me Guilt trips about getting along with both of them was UNFAIR to me, because I was just an infant when I was adopted and it wasn't my choice to be adopted.
In 2006, I left home and moved to the united states to be with my fiance. We were married in August of that year. During the course of the next year I had a hard time adjusting to my new environment and not being allowed to work until I got my greencard. Norma was very unhappy with my choice to marry my now ex-husband, while Irene was very supportive of me following my hopes and ambitions. Turns out both of them were right. By the time I made it back home for my first visit in Decemeber of 07, after getting my greencard, my husband and I were already having problems and had tried to see a counselour. When I was home in Winnipeg for a week , he never called and rarely answered his phone or any of my texts. I'll spare the details but by march 08, I suspected him of having an affair and moved out. He denied it for 7 months and then admitted to sleeping with the woman "once" and yet refused to give up his friendship with her. Devestated, I gave up on working things out and got our divorce finalized October 17th 2008. Now that I am single again, its been a hard road to finding myself but I realize more than ever what Irene wanted for me. I'm writing music again and being Me. Which is both fightening and electric all at once.My name is Kelly and I was adopted.
I was adopted at Birth. My Parents divorced... more
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I've made quite a few iterations of videos about why my parents are cool. Here's one specific example from a Christmas a few years back. Watch it and see what happens.I've made quite a few iterations of videos about why my parents are cool.... more
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Words of wisdom from my father.
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My relationship with my parents is more casual than the relationship they had with theirs.
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My mother is a 1st generation Italian American. Her having immigrants as parents I think is one main difference between my Mothers relationship with her parents and my relationship with mine. She encountered a lot of hurdles having non-english speaking parents, and parents that came from a different cultural background.
Her parents has much different expectations of her than mine do of me. Her parents expected her to get married early in life, where as mine want me to focus on education. Her parents wanted her to focus on providing financially for a family, where as mine are concerned more with self fulfillment and overall happiness.
Because of these differences in expectations, I think my parents were forced to mature a lot more quickly than I. When my parents were my age they were already married, owned a home and on their way to having their first child. They shared a joint checking account through high school and it was considered normal to do so. Today, something like that would be considered very abnormal. My mother is a 1st generation Italian American. Her having immigrants as parents I... more
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I think my relationship with my mom is exceptional, but that this is not the norm.
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My parents are from a generation that pushed the boundaries of society. They were the ones who forever changed our social norms. Now as a product of that transformation, my generation will revolutionize the reason why we live....My parents are from a generation that pushed the boundaries of society. They were the... more
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You can't get dessert if you don't take her advice.
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Living at home isnt that bad, somethings change but home is home.
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How are you doing?
OMG! the internet is so awesome!
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In this day and age, watching your parents date is not unusual, but it's still just weird. This pod is produced by Jarratt Taylor and Dawn Jones, following Jarratt's 54 year old dad's adventures in dating: friends with benefits, break-ups, hard lessons and all. Ultimately, for better or for worse, perhaps father and son are more alike than they realize.In this day and age, watching your parents date is not unusual, but it's still... more
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Azazel Jacobs, a filmmaker, was home visiting his parents, being doted on and cared for, when, he says, "One morning I found food and coffee waiting for me. And I thought, Hey, why did I leave this? I thought it was funny, and I started toying around with that idea."
Out of that experience came the film, "Momma's Man," which is now traveling the festival circuit, about a grown man who goes back home to live with his parents. The kicker is that it stars Azazel's real life mother and father (who happens to be a famous avante garde filmmaker in his own right), and was shot in the childhood apartment he grew up in.
In making this film and showing it to audiences, Azazel has tested the strength of his own relationship with his parents, and how it exemplifies unique traits that our generation has with our parents.
www.mommasman.comAzazel Jacobs, a filmmaker, was home visiting his parents, being doted on and cared... more
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In college Jordi talked to her mom on the phone three times a day, and friends joke that Jordi's mom is cooler than her. After she graduates from college, they set out on a cross-country road trip from New Jersey to Los Angeles, stopping in Nashville, Vegas, and even a John Mayer concert. Aside from pop music, gambling, and the open road, what will they talk about in a Mini Cooper for ten hours a day?In college Jordi talked to her mom on the phone three times a day, and friends joke... more
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