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Call and Oats BABY
 
My 5 year old picked The Giving Tree to read at bedtime tonight. Usually that book gets me all sappy and emotional but tonight I realized the boy in the book is just dumb as shit. Like why would you walk up to a tree and say “can you give me money”
 
BeachBumDeac said:
My 5 year old picked The Giving Tree to read at bedtime tonight. Usually that book gets me all sappy and emotional but tonight I realized the boy in the book is just dumb as shit. Like why would you walk up to a tree and say “can you give me money”
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Because you’re high.
 
BeachBumDeac said:
My 5 year old picked The Giving Tree to read at bedtime tonight. Usually that book gets me all sappy and emotional but tonight I realized the boy in the book is just dumb as shit. Like why would you walk up to a tree and say “can you give me money”
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There are some good reads pushing back on the message of The Giving Tree.

If you ask parents to think of a children’s book about generosity, “The Giving Tree” is usually the first — and often the only — one they can name. But here’s the thing: It’s not really about generosity. It’s a book about self-sacrifice — and those are two very different things.
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To some readers, the tree’s act of sacrifice seems noble, like the unconditional love a parent gives to a child. But if you assume the story is about generosity, it’s easy to learn the wrong lessons: that it’s O.K. for a child to take selfishly, and that adults should give until it hurts — and keep giving until they literally have nothing left to offer. That’s a recipe for trouble.
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We don’t know what motivated Shel Silverstein to write “The Giving Tree.” In a rare interview, he said it was about “a relationship between two people; one gives and the other takes.” But we think it’s best read as a cautionary tale about love. Although the tree seems to take joy in giving to the boy, their relationship is entirely one-sided. The tree is perfectly happy to destroy herself under the guise of “love” for the boy. That’s not love; it’s abuse. Even an editor of the book, Phyllis Fogelman, felt that way. “I have had qualms about my part in the publication of ‘The Giving Tree,’ which conveys a message with which I don’t agree,” she said in an interview. “I think it is basically a book about a sadomasochistic relationship.”

If you take the book at face value, you’re missing the point. If you finish reading it to your children and then just close the book and say good night, you’re doing them a disservice. If you praise the tree — “she really loved the boy” — you’re teaching them the wrong lesson. Instead, this book should be used as a starting point for conversations about healthy behavior and healthy relationships.
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We Need to Talk About ‘The Giving Tree’ (Published 2020)

Kids — and parents — need to understand that there’s a big difference between selflessness and generosity.
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Somebody finally fixed the ending of The Giving Tree.

This weekend on Instagram, I discovered something I never knew I always wanted: a helpful update to Shel Silverstein’s psychotic parenting allegory The Giving Tree, in which a tree gives up e…
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TownieDeac said:
@Kory put on Music Has the Right to Children while I put my 2 year old to sleep

99% of the time he listens to Baby Beluga by Raffi or Do You Wanna Build a Snowman from Frozen on repeat til he’s asleep but tonight he asked for a “NEW SONG DAD”

And then every time I thought he was asleep, for like 40 straight min, I’d turn the music off and get up to leave the room and he’d wake up and say “noooo more funny music dad!!!!”
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I literally cannot love this post enough
 
I left my clothes at home this morning when I went to the gym.

Nothing grinds my gears more than inefficiency. But on the plus side, I will get to see my kids this morning.
 
I have a package coming that I need before leaving for the beach this weekend, it left a facility in Mebane (25 miles from my house) yesterday morning at 3 AM and that is the last update, no idea where it is now. So annoying.

On Its Way to USPS

Departed Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item

MEBANE, NC 27302
May 22, 2023, 3:29 am
Shipping Partner: AMAZON
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BeachBumDeac said:
I have a package coming that I need before leaving for the beach this weekend, it left a facility in Mebane (25 miles from my house) yesterday morning at 3 AM and that is the last update, no idea where it is now. So annoying.
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I’ve had that happen lately. Usually it means I’ll get from USPS next day. Sometimes the USPS won’t even say it’s out for delivery.
 
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