Originally Posted by donf
Allecat,
Whoa, lady slow down! Is this your first child? Let me see if I understand you correctly, you want your son to be exposed to all types of experiences, correct? Would you consider the effects of a broken home to be something to grabbed at as a source of a lived experience?
I strongly believe that you have lost your sense of balance. Remember, you exchanged vows with your husband. Not your child. Try something different, stop smothering the child with experiences and let him/her get their own experiences.
You are Mom, your job is to mother, teach, guide, and love husband and child. More than likely, you actually guide and lead the whole household.
Hubby has a whole different sets of strings pulling him along through life. Is your husband an impediment towards where you'd like the ankle biter to go?
Do you think your child wants what you do, suppose he wants to be a mathematician or a pianist rather than Davy Crockett?
How about you ratchet down some and consider the how two lives could be potentially trash because of what you want? Seems really extreme to me, not to mention one sided.