tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702621.post163151658033199826..comments2023-07-08T19:45:01.781-12:00Comments on Thinking The Lions: The Naked Boy And The Mountain That Isn't. (Life With Unicorns)Brianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702621.post-79719212184533380122012-08-11T08:13:00.058-12:002012-08-11T08:13:00.058-12:00The one thing I thought as I read this was that ma...The one thing I thought as I read this was that maybe you should take him to the track and let him run. Blame it on the Olympics. I've seen too many track & field events.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702621.post-16559410309498687402012-08-11T06:07:42.615-12:002012-08-11T06:07:42.615-12:00Rusty: Buttertown sounds like my kind of restaura...Rusty: Buttertown sounds like my kind of restaurant.<br /><br />Andrew: we did that once. He kept going for a mile before I stopped him. <br /><br />As for "fix" him, what I suppose I'd really like to do is give him the chance to see the world like I do, and then decide which one he wants. Because mostly he's happy, and if he's having a great life, who am I to mess that up?<br /><br />But everyone has to fit into society somewhere, and so I need to try to make him fit in as much as he can.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702621.post-36712274744111069342012-08-11T05:01:21.769-12:002012-08-11T05:01:21.769-12:00This probably won't help, but I'm going to...This probably won't help, but I'm going to say it anyway.<br /><br />I get the urge to "fix" things. That's kind of what we do as guys; it's instinctive, I think. It's not always the thing to do, though, because fixing other people's stuff allows them to not have to deal with it. As hard as it is and as heartbreaking as it is, sometimes, the best thing we can do is to -not- fix it. And I -hate- that, especially when it's one of my kids I'm having to turn down.<br /><br />Maybe, next time, instead of going after him to get him back, you could just follow him. See where it is he's trying to go or what it is he's trying to do. I know it would require both of you to be there, but you might get some kind of insight. Maybe he just likes to explore and he's going to a place he's never been? <br /><br />I wish I had answers for you...Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10702621.post-1541837434912046382012-08-11T04:16:03.694-12:002012-08-11T04:16:03.694-12:00Well, my kid used to make up names for stuff too, ...Well, my kid used to make up names for stuff too, and since verbal skills is something he excels at, he could spend most of an afternoon explaining why he thinks we all a should start referring to Taco Bell as Taco Smell... it's the farting it causes, see? That's why you replace bell with smell. <br /><br />Like I said, he would try to get all logical about it, try to prepare charts and things, but then he would lose interest and draw a picture of superman instead. <br /><br />Later he would ask me to take him to buttertown. When I would ask what that was, he would say, "you know, where they serve tacos."<br /><br />"You mean taco smell?"<br /><br />"Well," he would say, "I don't call it that anymore. Now it's buttertown."<br /><br />Anyway, I feel for you.Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.com