Sunday, May 16, 2010

Manifesto of the idle parent

Just because its fun and true. I took out the point about drinking alcohol cos we don't do that.

Manifesto of the idle parent
  • We reject the idea that parenting requires hard work
  • We pledge to leave our children alone
  • That should mean that they leave us alone, too
  • We reject the rampant consumerism that invades children from the moment they are born
  • We read them poetry and fantastic stories without morals
  • We reject the inner Puritan
  • We fill the house with music and laughter
  • We don't waste money on family days out and holidays
  • We lie in bed for as long as possible
  • We try not to interfere
  • We push them into the garden and shut the door so that we can clean the house
  • We both work as little as possible, particularly when the kids are small
  • Time is more important than money
  • Happy mess is better than miserable tidiness
  • Down with school
  • We fill the house with music and merriment
  • Tom Hodgkinson is editor of The Idler magazine and author of the best-selling How to be Free and How to be Idle.
 

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