Does it scare YOU?

Well, now that some of you think I'm the crazy cat lady, I have a "normal" update to remind you that I'm not that girl (cue Wicked song).

I hope you all have had a good week back after a nice long weekend!  Mine has gone well and very quickly!

I wanted to share this conversation I had with a 5-yr.-old student yesterday:

Me: Would you like some invitations to give people you'd like to invite to our recital?

Him (immediately): Whatever.

Me: What?

Him: Whatever.

Me: What do you mean by 'whatever'?

Him: I guess I'd probably just be ok if I didn't get any.

Me: You don't want to invite anyone to hear you play?

Him: No.

Me: It would probably be more polite to just say, "No, thank you," then.

Him: No, thank you.

Is he 13?!  Sheesh.  He's not a mean or impolite kiddo, so this was a bit of a shocker for me.  It makes me wonder where kids are getting their social skills these days, because I don't think this type of interaction is out of the ordinary for children of all ages nowadays.

I've had a few conversations with various friends lately about our fear of potentially raising children in today's world/culture.  The future of technology alone blows my mind and kind-of frightens me.  I wonder whether or not our parents' and/or grandparents' generations had the same fear(s) and how they feel now about that "future" that had become the present.

I'll leave it at that, for now.  Thoughts?

Happy December!

-Kensy

Favorites of the day:

checking things off to-do and grocery lists

my brother

exciting news!

my electric blanket