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An uncomfortable start to summer vacation 2007

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 6 days ago: 6/17/07 Sun 700 I’m hiding downstairs to escape Lou. I got up thinking to write a bit before he gets … more →

Tags: Alone time, Ambivalence, Americana, anxiety, Authoritarians, Children, Communication, Current Events, curtailed alone time

The second-guessing is the 'party' that deserves suspicion

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 week ago: 6/15/07 1051 Hanging in, sometimes better spirited, sometimes not. Sometimes I feel I can be resilie … more →

Tags: guilt, Insight, Children, School Vacations, In-Laws, Inner self, happiness, Communication, anxiety

Confrontations from awkward to ugly

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 week ago: 6/14/07 Alone at last. Got to observe myself in paralysis mode when Crystal and I lingered to talk a … more →

Tags: guilt, Insight, Children, School Vacations, In-Laws, Communication, anxiety, Fear, Alone time

Deadbeat mom

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 weeks ago: 6/12/07 Tues 1315 Oh, bitterness. Connor home; says he has pinkeye. Worse, it means he doesn’t go to … more →

Tags: Children, School Vacations, In-Laws, Communication, sick children, anxiety, Fear, schools, curtailed alone time

Discipline questions

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 weeks ago: 6/11/07 What on earth am I going to do with my kids this summer. Yesterday was a sort of preview, th … more →

Tags: Children, School Vacations, Communication, Family of Origin, Ambivalence, Authoritarians, curtailed alone time

meditation about details

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 weeks ago: 6/5/07 1003 Wed I seem to be involved in a long meditation about details. Listening to an account of … more →

Tags: Affairs, Alone time, Attraction, Children, Communication, Dreams, happiness, Inner self, Insight

The "You" that is missing from this marriage

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 month ago: 2007.2 6/5/07 Mon 1301 Oh, shit I just spent way too long trying to figure something out if I could … more →

Tags: Marriage, Insight, Children, happiness, Communication, Alone time, Telling the Truth, Therapy, decision

Perspectives

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 6/3/07 813 Sun So, in response to the train of thought I see as I reopen this page, I would far rath … more →

Tags: Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, happiness, Communication, things that are true

More accusations

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 5/31/07 Thursday 1123 Still feeling kind of on the edge of being sick; like a cold or something. Aga … more →

Tags: Fantasy, Attraction, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, In-Laws, fighting in front of kids, Inner self

Worries about my boy

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 5/29/07 Gary and boys back. Boys in school. Gary here. Bummer for me. I was very angry with him that … more →

Tags: Marriage, Insight, Children, Communication, anxiety, Alone time, things that are true, Telling the Truth, Therapy

Everything changed here

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 300 Mon May 28, 2007 I was getting set to go to bed and decided I needed to get the last couple nigh … more →

Tags: Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, Inner self, Communication, Fear, Alone time, Ambivalence

Complaining = Regression?

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 2 months ago: 5/26/07 I didn’t meant to switch to this font, but I like it. I’m feeling closer to the self I’d bee … more →

Tags: guilt, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, In-Laws, fighting in front of kids, Communication, sick children

Fearing to choose what's been chosen for me

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/15/07 Dad’s 74 today 1200 Tuesday I’m feeling really depleted after a morning of errands. Getting … more →

Tags: guilt, Insight, Children, Inner self, anxiety, Alone time, Ambivalence, things that are true, curtailed alone time

More 'as if'

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/11/07 Boys home from school, Connor with pink-eye, Scott with a cough. I didn’t recoil from the pr … more →

Tags: guilt, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, Inner self, Communication, sick children, anxiety

Unacknowledged costs

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/9/07 Wed 950 A little discordant this morning. I’m experiencing it in my reluctance to go meet Dar … more →

Tags: Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, Communication, sick children, Family of Origin, anxiety, Alone time

A way of talking myself out of my feelings?

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/7/07 Mon 918 Back from the weekend at the beach with my four old friends. It was something I unamb … more →

Tags: Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, Inner self, happiness, Communication, Current Events, 9/11

Experience of Self is like a lovely accident

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/3/07 Thurs 1255 Sigh. Another morning gone. And I’m still not finished with some important chores— … more →

Tags: Insight, Children, Inner self, happiness, Communication, Current Events, anxiety, Alone time, things that are true

How to change my experience of my 5 year old

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 5 months ago: 4/15/07 Feeling irritation this morning. I feel uneasy about how this fits in with this ‘new’ proces … more →

Tags: guilt, Marriage, Insight, Children, Inner self, Communication, Family of Origin, Current Events, anxiety

How does this 'New World' work?

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 5 months ago: 4/13/07 1602 All quiet downstairs, but then I’m not too eager to go down and look. I’m just pleased … more →

Tags: Insight, Weight, Children, School Vacations, Inner self, Fear, Alone time, Ambivalence, things that are true


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