Comments on: It’s a girl thang http://omegamom.com/2007/09/02/its-a-girl-thang/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Wed, 23 May 2012 15:44:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: omegamom http://omegamom.com/2007/09/02/its-a-girl-thang/#comment-4014 omegamom Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:54:51 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/09/02/its-a-girl-thang/#comment-4014 OmegaUnk--"Poppers", hmm? I think I will have to consult Mr. Google on that one. I am familiar with the paper planes you're talking about, though I do confess a fondness for the streamlined pointy jobs. Mamasan--I have to admit that Mr. Google is very handy when it comes to words for songs such as Miss Mary Mack, and finding detailed instructions to help fill in the blanks in my memory. But, yeah, the co-opting can be very distressing... Jane--Cat's cradle! Oh, yeah, that'll be fun; I can do cat's cradle for many rounds. SBird--I guess this is one of those regionalisms my mom mentioned, me calling them "cootie catchers"; they're also known as fortune-tellers. OmegaUnk–”Poppers”, hmm? I think I will have to consult Mr. Google on that one. I am familiar with the paper planes you’re talking about, though I do confess a fondness for the streamlined pointy jobs.

Mamasan–I have to admit that Mr. Google is very handy when it comes to words for songs such as Miss Mary Mack, and finding detailed instructions to help fill in the blanks in my memory. But, yeah, the co-opting can be very distressing…

Jane–Cat’s cradle! Oh, yeah, that’ll be fun; I can do cat’s cradle for many rounds.

SBird–I guess this is one of those regionalisms my mom mentioned, me calling them “cootie catchers”; they’re also known as fortune-tellers.

]]> By: SBird http://omegamom.com/2007/09/02/its-a-girl-thang/#comment-3992 SBird Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:19:20 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/09/02/its-a-girl-thang/#comment-3992 I know EXACTLY what you're talking about, but have never heard the term "cootie catcher" in my life! Of course, I couldn't tell you for the life of me what we called them--I also couldn't make one. But I HAVE sung Miss Mary Mack to The Bee already! I know EXACTLY what you’re talking about, but have never heard the term “cootie catcher” in my life! Of course, I couldn’t tell you for the life of me what we called them–I also couldn’t make one. But I HAVE sung Miss Mary Mack to The Bee already!

]]> By: Jane http://omegamom.com/2007/09/02/its-a-girl-thang/#comment-3988 Jane Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:35:39 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/09/02/its-a-girl-thang/#comment-3988 Hi-as a mom of 3 daughters 14, 12, 7, I can tell you that hand games are still in, and cat's cradle (my middle daughter learned witches broom at the orthodontist made with dental floss at the age of about 10), Chinese jump rope, hula hoop, jump rope etc. The old-fashioned games are the best! We are in Minneapolis and I read your blog often...your post about kg gave me a tear. Hi-as a mom of 3 daughters 14, 12, 7, I can tell you that hand games are still in, and cat’s cradle (my middle daughter learned witches broom at the orthodontist made with dental floss at the age of about 10), Chinese jump rope, hula hoop, jump rope etc. The old-fashioned games are the best! We are in Minneapolis and I read your blog often…your post about kg gave me a tear.

]]> By: GrannyJ http://omegamom.com/2007/09/02/its-a-girl-thang/#comment-3954 GrannyJ Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:26:09 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/09/02/its-a-girl-thang/#comment-3954 There's a reason I'm so down on educators co-opting classic children's games. It's absolutely no different than the admen commercializing a song or a product from folk culture. At some point in my early 20s I became fascinated by what you might term <i>children's culture</i> which has been passed on from generation to generation, without adult intervention. Having moved around as a kid, I discovered that hop scotch, for instance, had regional variations (no Sky blue in the SW or deep south back then). Ditto for rope skipping. Adults have no business getting involved excet as they remember their own experiences. Especially, they should not standardize hop scotch or any other game by putting it into a book of instructions. Ugh! Argh! There’s a reason I’m so down on educators co-opting classic children’s games. It’s absolutely no different than the admen commercializing a song or a product from folk culture. At some point in my early 20s I became fascinated by what you might term children’s culture which has been passed on from generation to generation, without adult intervention. Having moved around as a kid, I discovered that hop scotch, for instance, had regional variations (no Sky blue in the SW or deep south back then). Ditto for rope skipping. Adults have no business getting involved excet as they remember their own experiences. Especially, they should not standardize hop scotch or any other game by putting it into a book of instructions. Ugh! Argh!

]]> By: Omega Unk http://omegamom.com/2007/09/02/its-a-girl-thang/#comment-3947 Omega Unk Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:23:25 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/09/02/its-a-girl-thang/#comment-3947 I was a first class Cootie Catcher constructor when in Fishweir Primary school. Of note to the younger generation cooties are lice and the term to my knowledge is vintage WW I. You've not mentioned 'poppers' which one constructed using the same size lined paper that the catchers were made. Then there were the airplanes, not the pointy jobs that flew like arrows. No, these had nice flat wings with vertical fins that would actually glide. You hit me in a soft spot. I was a first class Cootie Catcher constructor when in Fishweir Primary school. Of note to the younger generation cooties are lice and the term to my knowledge is vintage WW I. You’ve not mentioned ‘poppers’ which one constructed using the same size lined paper that the catchers were made. Then there were the airplanes, not the pointy jobs that flew like arrows. No, these had nice flat wings with vertical fins that would actually glide. You hit me in a soft spot.

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