hmmmm...kid fic, you say?

[roxy]

Here's things I'm discovering as I read my way through a shit-ton of J2.

Some of this kid fic is pretty darn good, some of those kids I ended up liking pretty well. I would name names but I never remember a fucking thing--title or author. (There was this really great story not a J2 that I lost track of, with Sam and his daughter by Ruby, I think--if this sounds familiar to anyone please let me know who it is. I'm sure I'll be horribly embarrassed to find out who wrote it, but embarrassment is my middle name. Yes, it's hell filling out legal forms...)

But I digress! Kidfic, yes. Say, some of these people who write this kidfic--have they ever actually interacted with a child? Spent longer than a half hour taking care of a child? And if you actually deal with your kids the way folks deal with their kids in these stories, then shit. Ya'll are some patient motherfuckers.

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[selinamoonfire.livejournal.com]

LOL I think that sometimes too. I keep remembering my time being a substitute TA and think "why are these kids so nice when I babysat little monsters?"

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Right? Dang, you couldn't pay me enough to babysit when I was a kid and then when I had my own kid, it just confirmed my suspicions--little kids are a pain in the ass! ;)

[selinamoonfire.livejournal.com]

I didn't want to do it, but pesky unemployment made it necessary. I never babysat when I was a kid, but at least I could send them to the office when I was a TA.

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