Like other law professor moms that I know, I have spent untold hours and energy creating a crazy quilt of day camps for my kids to attend so that I can continue to work when school is not in session. In the back of my mind I keep wondering how old the kids have to be before they can go to sleep-away camp. I went to church camp starting at 12, but it only lasted a week. I'm looking into religions that host much longer sleep-away camps.
Anyway, according to this Sunday's NYT, sleep-away camp may not give me the huge blocks of uninterrupted work time I'm looking for. Apparently, I will spend an hour each day babysitting my kids' Webkinz! (I have blogged about Webkinz before.) While the kids are at camp, someone has to feed and take care of the Webkinz, which will include earning Kinz cash each day to keep them healthy and happy. Great. Now I'll have to find a camp for our five Webkinz (Felipe Bananas, Herramiento "Harry" Rana, Coco, Alex, and one that I don't even know it's name)!
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1. Posted by The Epicurean Dealmaker on July 26, 2007 @ 10:06 | Permalink
Just. Say. No.
Feeding your kids' goldfish while they are away at camp is one thing, but Webkinz? Draw the line. Seriously.
Word to the wise.
2. Posted by Kate Litvak on July 26, 2007 @ 14:56 | Permalink
My 19-month-old just learned how to change a diaper on his teddy bear, so he is checking the bear's diaper hourly (or so it seems). The kid (sans bear) is visiting grandma today, and I am wondering if I am being a bad mother for not checking the bear's diaper while the kid is away.
3. Posted by Jake on July 26, 2007 @ 20:24 | Permalink
It's been awhile since I'd thought about the years of organizing a crazy quilt of day camps for my kids to keep them busy over the summer. Ouch. Kids loved it, though, which helps a lot. Agree that Webkinz maintenance is over the line.
4. Posted by Scott Moss on July 26, 2007 @ 22:25 | Permalink
Christine: How essentialist of you -- a Founding Mother of the Texas Journal of Women & Law -- to refer to child-care-related duties as "A Mother's Work."
Kate: Yeah, my 2 yr-old still is diapering her toy doggy and at times insisting that I (struggle to) carry her to bed with as many as four toy animals and 1-2 blankets. She now wants to take a hard plastic dancing Elmo to bed (which could hurt her); I tried lying - "Elmo is gone" - but she's not that gullible ("Elmo's not gone!").
5. Posted by Jeff Lipshaw on July 27, 2007 @ 13:52 | Permalink
If you have no objection to keeping kosher when they come home, I think the Jewish sleep over camps run several weeks. Somehow I don't see you buying an extra set of dishes for Pesach, though.
Our baby turned 18 this year, and Webkinz is definitely past my time, but those kinds of obligations expand geometrically, not arithmetically, so you may want to consider drawing the line now.
6. Posted by Christine on July 27, 2007 @ 14:07 | Permalink
Jeff, our kids went to Jewish preschool and day camps for the three years we were in Milwaukee. Believe me, I thought about driving them up there so they could catch the bus to overnight camp (although the youngest is still too young). Kosher was never a problem when we had to pack their lunch except when Luke was in the room that was "milk only" and someone had a peanut allergy. Since Luke had a milk sensitivity, he basically took hummus everyday. That was a long year.
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