This whole Clay Aiken business about not raising a child to lie or hide things has got us thinking. We mean, we wholeheartedly support, nay, applaud Clay's thoughtful approach to coming clean about himself as well as his high parenting standards. Sigh. We once had such standards.
But as our parenting duties have worn on, we've come to realize that there are some things that maybe, just maybe, we should hide from the fruit of our loins. And we're not just talking about the boozy frat parties at which we met their dads. Yeah, like we could remember anything about those even the next morning.
We're talking about the everyday things we do that maybe we shouldn't share with the little ones. Such as:
-- The times we've sent the kids to school, even though we knew they had the flu, because we wanted to stay home and take a nap, dammit.
-- The times we and the mom next door blew off going to the PTA meeting and instead went out for soothing Margaritas.
-- The time we forgot to buy Oreos for your school lunches and substituted "yummy little berries", which was actually a three year old jar of capers we found in the back corner of the cupboard.
Clay, we look forward to welcoming you to the league of secret slacker parents.
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