"How to raise a Mabille"
If they only knew... parenting would have been easy.
Nursery
1. A baby Mabille is highly fascinated with moving objects and loves chasing them. I suggest you buy a walking robot and expect her to walk before she turns one year.
2. She can’t talk yet and other kids are already talking. She is shy, silent and anti-social. Don’t fret. This is just a preparation for a major outburst. Brace yourself.
Elementary Life1. Do develop STUDY HABITS in her. This will REALLY HELP in her later life, believe me. Studying with your Mabille is a must coz most of the time, she is just pretending.
2. Patiently answer all her questions. It's natural for a Mabille to ask a question and precede it with a series of Whys.
3. She loves playing doctor and nurse, but that doesn’t mean she wants to be ONE.
4. She may not have high grades in school, but don’t you ever compare her to honor kids. This tactic will never work to motivate her to "study" more. The only thing she loves in school is to play with other kids.
5. Buy her LOTS AND LOTS of books. She loves to read. Doesn’t matter what kind.
6. Her favorite subject in Grade 1 is Civics and Culture. So please do NOT scold her if her book in Civics looks like garbage.
7. Toys are the perfect gift for her. It will surely make her happy. Underwear and blouses do the opposite.
Teenage LifeEarly Teens
1. NEVER EVER push clothes on her if she doesn’t want to wear it. (e.g. short skirts, spaghetti, tank tops, high heels--anything GIRLY.) She just wants to wear a big t-shirt and jeans. She is just desperately trying to deny her adolescence.
2. If she says she wants to be in the OLYMPICS, she is not joking.
3. At this age, she already knows that having a misaligned set of teeth is AESTHETICALLY NOT ACCEPTABLE. Go figure! Fast.
4. Don’t you ever freak out when your Mabille is OVERLY interested in sports like soccer, basketball, or any other sports, mind you --she is not a tomboy!! Just support her.
5. If you’re the mother. Please don’t discuss about menstruation and feminine hygiene to her in front of the rest of the family members. You have no idea how embarrassing it is to her.
6. And don’t let your Mabille overhear you and your friends comparing and talking about your daughters and sigh on how your daughter is such a freak.
7. Your daughter belongs under the sun. If she's "always" inside the house, it's still ok... but if she's inside the room with lights off? She's probably crying. She still wants to play but her playmates are "grown-up" already. Enroll her to a sports class.
8. Setting an alarm clock for her will NEVER WORK. She is still in dreamland at 5 am. To wake her, don’t just say it, or you will just be another character in her dreams. TOUCH her, grab her --shake her! And if she murmurs, she is not awake yet. Just pour cold water on her.
9. If she says she can hardly see clearly, BRING HER TO THE OPTIMETRIST RIGHT AWAY!! Her vision can still be corrected.
10. She will boast frequently on how good she is in touch ball and how she is a master in playing patintero. Just withstand her ramblings, ok. She’s just having an ego boost.
11. She will never ask for herself a bra. YOU FORCE IT ON HER YOURSELF! She's too embarrassed to ask. See? She's "got a problem" with her posture.
Late teens
1. Don’t you EVER DARE push a nursing course on her or she will hold a grudge against you for a long period of time.
2. Your daughter wants to talk about almost everything. So if she talks, and anything you hear, please, don’t use it against her.
3. She's really not absent-minded, just can’t stop thinking.
4. If she loses her appetite for days. Don’t scold her and force her to eat, just let her be. She will eventually go back to normal. She's just broken hearted.
5. She hasn’t gotten over with that Olympic dream yet.
6. Books are the best gift to her! Gee, do i still have to mention TOYS???
7. She loves to fit on clothes she "doesn’t" want to wear.
8. Please do not freak out (again) if your Mabille is talking to herself! Ok, ok, that’s what you get if you have no one to talk to! Most of the time, she's talking about life in general and theories.
9. You may think that she's got nothing to do and order her to do this and that. She's got LOTS to do!! Don’t be fooled by that calm exterior. She's just trying to clear her mind off things.
10. Don’t you ever order her to do a household chore when she's studying or doing an assignment! She rarely does that at home and you interfere? If you do, most likely she will not return to what she's doing. She's gonna be stuck on that chore you've given her.
11. She's not lazy, you call her lazy and she's just living up to the name.
12. Ok, now is the time you start pushing her to wear short skirts!
COMING SOON: Mabille in her young adult years!
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