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The illusion of the Cool Mom

I remember when I was a kid that most Moms, were, well Moms. Somewhat frumpy, and we all just said that they just looked like “Moms”. They seemed out of touch with what kids did and liked. I thought that Mom’s today were cooler. That we were up on trends and that we didn’t look like Moms. Well I’m saddened to say, just like that first time I got called M’am in a store by the clerk, I’m also a “Mom”. Alec and I had a conversation on his birthday after he was raving about his party. I said “well your Mom is a cool Mom right Alec.” He looked up at me, shrugged his shoulders and said, “well, you’re a Mom” which from the way he said it was that the words Cool and Mom just don’t go in the same sentence together, sigh;) The flashback of déja vu was strong. We can’t run from it, no matter how hard we try;)

Posted by By: lisa | 2006/12/12 | Life - kids | Trackback | Comments [RSS 2.0]

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  1. Tori
    Comment by Tori | 2006/12/12 at 12:53:20

    But I still want to be a cool mom! (although judging by the fact that my daughter won’t let me kiss her goodbye at the bus stop anymore, I think I might be losing that battle.)

  2. Spinks
    Comment by Spinks | 2006/12/13 at 11:40:43

    Two songs for you. 1985 by Bowling for Soup and Stacy’s Mom by Fountains of Wayne. The cool mom exists in song anyway.

  3. Tamara
    Comment by Tamara | 2006/12/13 at 14:09:36

    Lisa,

    Sooo happy that I thought to check in on the old site, I had no idea you have been back for a few months, so much to catch up on, I’ve missed you bud, and I think we are both cool moms!!! (for the record). Email me your current address and phone when you get a spare minute (if that ever happens!)

  4. Barbara J Gill
    Comment by Barbara J Gill | 2006/12/13 at 16:06:58

    Well take heart Lisa. It’s the other kids that may think you are a cool mom - not your own. I discovered this years later after mine had gone through their early years. Now they fashion the word “cool” a bit differently and merely say, “Well our friends all think you are - you know, a bit eccentric - but that’s ok mom. That’s cool.” Ha! Ha!

  5. Lisa R
    Comment by Lisa R | 2006/12/13 at 17:02:54

    I’m not upset Barb;) It’s more of a whimsical recognition of how kids perceive the world. We did the same thing when we were kids. And the other kids, no, it’s worse with them. Alec is at the age where other kids have discovered the power of saying upleasant things about your Mom. I often hear that other kids (kids I’ve never met, lol) think “I’m dumb” or tell him “your Mom was born on another planet”. Alec asked me why would kids say these things if they’ve never met me and I told him it was a long rooted and cross cultural method to insult someone was to insult their Mother. He laughed and said, “well saying stuff about you, isn’t going to upset me”, sigh, lol. Although to be honest, I’m glad it doesn’t upset him too much.

    On that note, Alec has to do a hero project for school andhe had to pick someone who was his hero. He picked . . . Mom:)

  6. SkylarKD
    Comment by SkylarKD | 2006/12/16 at 12:32:18

    I don’t think cool Moms ever get recognition for it, until their kids are in their late teens or grown up, so don’t feel bad! It’s looking back that they’ll realize your coolness factor. ;)


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