Recognizing

Cool moms and dads do their darndest to

Accept their kids for who they are, even if they stop taking naps before age two, or want to dye their hair pink when they’re fifteen

Be kind to them, even when they drop a spoon on the floor ten thousand times from their highchair, or their bedroom door can't be opened due to piles of dirty laundry on the other side

Listen to them, listen to them, listen to them

Enjoy doing stuff with them, because cool parents like their kids as well as love them

Support their interests, which might mean reading Bears on Wheels or playing Smash Brothers Melee three hundred million times

Allow them to grow up, even if that means they make life choices mom and dad don't always agree with

Be themselves; Cool parents don’t need to act like thirteen-year-olds to be cool--they know their kids would see through that anyway

Lead by example; like this guy said: “My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it" 

Please note: Cool parents are not perfect (they and their kids are, of course, irreversibly human), but that doesn't keep them from trying!

   

If you know a mom or dad who fits the above description feel free to give out a Cool Mom or Dad Award. Just direct them to this page for their banners.

                

DIRECTIONS for using a BANNER

                   

No hotlinking, please. Copy one of the images above or choose one created by other cool moms (and hopefully one day dads) or design your own and load it to your server. Then in the code below replace THE IMAGE with the link of the copied (or created) image, replace THE LINK TO THIS PAGE with this page's url, change these ( ) to these < > and the code is ready for your template.

                              

( a href="THE LINK TO THIS PAGE")( img src="THE IMAGE")(/a)

Once you place the banner on your site, if you'd like to be listed on this page, leave a comment here and I'll add you (no obscene sites will be accepted, though).

Cool Moms and Dads

The Cerebral Mum (awarded by musing)
Ampersand (awarded by musing)