Mom teaches son a lesson...

Nothing like good ol' fashioned public humiliation:


"Hi this is XXX's mom. I wanted to tell you he will not be on Facebook any longer due to the choices he made today. He posted some information about someone, that regardless if it was true or not, it was rude. Because he tried to make her made by spreading personal information, I thought he should know how it feels when the tables are turned. He wet the bed until he was 8."

From this month's Reader's Digest

Changes

Well, things seem to be moving along. We have a few leads for places to stay in Paris (still just leads... I feel like we've had "leads" for a month--although these ones are closer to coming through than at first). If you have a free spot in your prayers we wouldn't mind if you'd mention us! I know it's hard to find housing to begin with, but a married couple? forget about it. But I feel like things are working well, and I can't help but be grateful that we even have this wonderful opportunity. We're spending the summer in Paris!

Also, in other news, my mom and two younger sisters are moving to Las Vegas. (I don't know if I've even mentioned it on here before, but my mom is going back to school in the U.S. It's an online program, but she got a scholarship that requires her to be a US resident... I don't completely understand the whole why and how but that's the deal essentially. And my two younger sisters are with her here. Since this last summer they were in Maryland with family. My dad and other sister are still in Bordeaux)

Anyway. They'll be a whole lot closer now, which is pretty neat. I'm especially glad for my youngest sister who never got to come to the wedding or to visit--I haven't even seen her since three years ago--so she's excited to come party with her old married sister :) The other day she asked me when she'd be an aunt....

Did I mention my little sisters were models?

Well, not professionally, but... they could be!

Ok, I'll stop bragging.

Chinese mom

If you haven't heard about this book yet, you probably will soon.

It's caused quite the uproar. The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother reveals what the author claims is Asian-american kids' true reason for success: the "Chinese mom." Her main argument is that Americans have failed because they are too soft on their kids and care too much about feelings, whereas "Chinese mothers" are authoritarian and more focused on results. It looks like tons of fun, and from the excerpts I've seen, it's also quite funny. And who knows, she may just be onto (on to?) something. The world doesn't do kids any favors the moment they leave the home... Although after reading this review, I may just change my mind. Wow. Scathing. Although I still want to read it just to see who's right.

Also, I learned the origin behind the term "soap opera" today: