Comments on: Back to school http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/ Full-Time Working Single Mom/Part-Time Evening Law Student Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:55:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: PBB http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6657 PBB Mon, 26 May 2008 02:50:17 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6657 Lots of luck to you during this time - I think you're a great mama to that little boy and good for you for continuing on toward that degree. Lots of luck to you during this time - I think you’re a great mama to that little boy and good for you for continuing on toward that degree.

]]> By: Meg http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6654 Meg Sun, 25 May 2008 19:10:26 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6654 There are always the poor souls among us studying for the bar who are right there with you. ;) You are incredibly fortunate to have your family's help through this difficult time, and you should take full advantage of it. Imagine how much better life will be for both you and Pumpkinhead when you become a lawyer. It's not going to be easy (especially with Chapin still there), but hopefully it will be as amicable as possible for Pumpkinhead's sake. One interesting idea that I read in an advice column recently about parents going through a divorce with small children (where the parents were still living in the same house) was that each parent would have a "week on/week off" way of parenting, i.e. that during your "week on", Pumpkinhead would have to listen to/ask you for permission to do things, and Chapin would direct him to ask you if he tried to get around it by going to Daddy. And vice-versa. I think anecdotally, it helped the child understand more fully the separation between Mommy and Daddy and eased the transition of one parent out of the house. Just a thought. There are always the poor souls among us studying for the bar who are right there with you. ;)

You are incredibly fortunate to have your family’s help through this difficult time, and you should take full advantage of it. Imagine how much better life will be for both you and Pumpkinhead when you become a lawyer. It’s not going to be easy (especially with Chapin still there), but hopefully it will be as amicable as possible for Pumpkinhead’s sake.

One interesting idea that I read in an advice column recently about parents going through a divorce with small children (where the parents were still living in the same house) was that each parent would have a “week on/week off” way of parenting, i.e. that during your “week on”, Pumpkinhead would have to listen to/ask you for permission to do things, and Chapin would direct him to ask you if he tried to get around it by going to Daddy. And vice-versa. I think anecdotally, it helped the child understand more fully the separation between Mommy and Daddy and eased the transition of one parent out of the house. Just a thought.

]]> By: Law Student Hot Mama http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6653 Law Student Hot Mama Sun, 25 May 2008 17:37:19 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6653 Man - I'm in summer school classes, too - they start TOMORROW! I haven't looked at the reading. Though, I don't look at reading for non-summer classes either - but in a few short weeks I'll be FINISHED WITH LAW SCHOOL!!!! Man - I’m in summer school classes, too - they start TOMORROW! I haven’t looked at the reading. Though, I don’t look at reading for non-summer classes either - but in a few short weeks I’ll be FINISHED WITH LAW SCHOOL!!!!

]]> By: Proto Attorney http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6651 Proto Attorney Sun, 25 May 2008 16:46:20 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6651 Good for you for continuing! You're doing the best thing for you and your family, and that is what makes you a good mom! Good for you for continuing! You’re doing the best thing for you and your family, and that is what makes you a good mom!

]]> By: Googie Baba http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6650 Googie Baba Sun, 25 May 2008 16:40:55 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6650 You are not being selfish. My parents divorced when I was sixteen. My mom went back to school so she could support us. All of the changes were difficult. BUT it was much better living with a mother who was happy then it was living in a conflicted house with parents who were soooo unhappy. You are not being selfish. My parents divorced when I was sixteen. My mom went back to school so she could support us. All of the changes were difficult. BUT it was much better living with a mother who was happy then it was living in a conflicted house with parents who were soooo unhappy.

]]> By: LL http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6649 LL Sun, 25 May 2008 16:16:22 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/05/25/back-to-school/#comment-6649 and you are absolutely NOT a selfish mother. This is a difficult and selfless thing that you are doing FOR your child. Don't you dare forget that- or if you do- blog it so we can all correct you! and you are absolutely NOT a selfish mother. This is a difficult and selfless thing that you are doing FOR your child. Don’t you dare forget that- or if you do- blog it so we can all correct you!

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