Pop quiz
Want to know what type of mom are you?
Here's a simple pop quiz for you.
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1.) Your child comes home from school talking about President Obama's speech. You...
A.) Congratulate her for listening intently to our President and engage her in a valuable conversation about the importance of education and taking responsibility for oneself in today's world.
B.) Go into a tirade about how the school has pushed its tree-hugging, global warming, health-care reform, liberal agenda onto her and vow to speak to someone immediately.
C.) Say something along the lines of, "That's wonderful, honey," as you open up the cupboard looking for something. You can't remember what, but as you're looking, you remember that you left a load of laundry in the washer.
You close the cupboard to go switch the laundry to the dryer. While doing so, you tell your daughter to come along and talk about the speech.
On the way to the laundry room, you pass your youngest child and get a whiff of a familiar odor. You pick her up and head for the diapers. You glance at the counter where your daughter has left some papers she brought home from school.
You notice that she has an open house next week. You pick up the phone thinking you need to call a sitter for that night.
You pass the cupboard and remember that you meant to get your daughter an after-school snack. You open the cupboard, and what do you know? You're right back where you started, and find yourself saying, "That's wonderful, honey. Now what did the President say?"
D.) What speech?
If you answered A... yes, you're wonderful, a modern day June Cleaver.
If you answered B... are you Sarah Palin? You betcha!
If you answered C... you've forgotten the question, haven't you?
If you answered D... and I thought I was behind the times.
2.) Your baby has a blow-out in public. You...
A.) Carefully bring her to the bathroom where you change her diaper and her clothes, using one of the several extra sets of clothing you brought along. While doing so, you entertain her by handing her a small Baby Einstein board book designed to captivate and engage your child's visual motor ability.
B.) Pretend like you don't notice the blow-out and/or casually hand the child to your husband.
C.) Grab the diaper bag, plop her down pretty much wherever you can find a flat surface and change her. Or depending on the severity of the mess, you change her standing up.
D.) What diaper bag?
If you answered A... show off!
If you answered B... you're a bit of a slacker (but nice try).
If you answered C... been doing this awhile, huh?
If you answered D... and I thought I was disorganized and absent-minded. Now, what was that third question?
