{"id":14170,"date":"2016-04-27T10:58:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momservations.com\/?p=14170"},"modified":"2016-04-27T10:58:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:58:08","slug":"refusing-to-be-domesticated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/","title":{"rendered":"Refusing to be Domesticated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation:<\/strong> Strike while the iron is hot\u2014or get someone else to do it.<\/p>\n

\u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a<\/p>\n

\"ironingApparently, I\u2019m not setting a good example in the ironing department.<\/p>\n

Hey\u2014God wouldn\u2019t have invented dryers if he didn\u2019t want us to just throw wrinkled clothes in for a quick roll on high heat.<\/p>\n

Ok, so God didn\u2019t invent dryers, but I still believe being permanently pressed is over-rated.<\/p>\n

But I admit there is a time and place where presenting yourself as a wrinkled slob is not image you should project.<\/p>\n

So one of these moments happened upon us where my daughter was helping my son pick out an outfit for a permanent-press-is-best event.<\/p>\n

My 15 year-old had picked out a good-looking ensemble for my 16 year-old. Unfortunately, (and probably my fault for establishing low iron-worthy standards with my iron aversion) neither child recognized that the outfit was sub-par for the event until it was ironed.<\/p>\n

\u201cC\u2019mere, Whitney,\u201d I said after I had gotten my son to hand over the selected shirt and pants, realizing my daughter had made it solidly into teenagerhood without one of life\u2019s basic instructions. I had already taught my son how to iron since he had a few more Homecomings, Galas, and bar mitzvah\u2019s under his belt. Now it was Whitney\u2019s turn at the dreaded task. \u201cLet\u2019s teach you how to iron.\u201d<\/p>\n

But instead of following me into my room where I had set up the iron and table top ironing board (From college. With the big iron-shaped burn in the center of it. Never bought a standard ironing board. Told you I hate ironing.), Whitney didn\u2019t budge from her brother\u2019s room.<\/p>\n

\u201cC\u2019mon Whit!\u201d I called. \u201cI can\u2019t believe I haven\u2019t taught you how to iron yet!\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of coming to my call she called back, \u201cI refuse to be domesticated!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ok. I laughed. But even though I\u2019ve raised my daughter to be strong and independent, I still saw value in be able to decently iron.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know,\u201d I called back trying to appeal to my budding feminist, \u201cBeing capable of doing many things is an attractive quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI already have a lot of attractive qualities,\u201d she confidently shouted from the other room.<\/p>\n

This girl. Can\u2019t get mad at her for knowing who she is. Another tactic:<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t you think you\u2019re going to need to know how to iron at some point?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll have people for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

And you know what? I don\u2019t doubt that she will.<\/p>\n

My future prosecuting attorney, she of always having the last word, then made it clear she wasn\u2019t her brother\u2019s keeper, her charity work helping him pick out an outfit was done, and she would be going back to her room to finish her homework.<\/p>\n

Since my son was running late and still had to jump in the shower, I went ahead and ironed the outfit myself.<\/p>\n

Thought about throwing it in the dryer with a wet towel though.<\/p>\n

#RaisingAFeminist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The showdown over trying to teach my daughter how to iron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[1271,1999,2,86,3,5,28,2000,2001,2002,2003,1478,1047],"class_list":["post-14170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parenting-humor-2","tag-best-mom-blogs","tag-chores-kids-should-know-how-to-do","tag-family","tag-kelli-wheeler","tag-kids","tag-momservations","tag-parenting-humor","tag-raising-a-feminist","tag-raising-confident-daughters","tag-raising-daughters","tag-should-i-teach-my-kids-to-iron","tag-teenager-stories","tag-teenagers"],"yoast_head":"\nRefusing to be Domesticated - Kelli M. Wheeler<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Refusing to be Domesticated - Kelli M. Wheeler\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The showdown over trying to teach my daughter how to iron.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kelli M. Wheeler\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-27T17:58:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kelli M Wheeler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kelli M Wheeler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kelli M Wheeler\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ef0acae18761d7be1529ccf2d4d99f43\"},\"headline\":\"Refusing to be Domesticated\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-27T17:58:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":510,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"best mom blogs\",\"chores kids should know how to do\",\"family\",\"Kelli Wheeler\",\"kids\",\"momservations\",\"parenting humor\",\"raising a feminist\",\"raising confident daughters\",\"raising daughters\",\"should I teach my kids to iron\",\"teenager stories\",\"teenagers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Parenting humor\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/\",\"name\":\"Refusing to be Domesticated - Kelli M. Wheeler\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-27T17:58:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ef0acae18761d7be1529ccf2d4d99f43\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/27\\\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Refusing to be Domesticated\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kelli M. Wheeler\",\"description\":\"AUTHOR -WRITING INSTRUCTOR \u2013 PUBLISHER \u2013 FREELANCE WRITER\\\/EDITOR \u2013 FAMILY COLUMNIST\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ef0acae18761d7be1529ccf2d4d99f43\",\"name\":\"Kelli M Wheeler\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42b6e06276ebbd2f83335769170e77f3324477912fe404bfeb83eb04e4e4776c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42b6e06276ebbd2f83335769170e77f3324477912fe404bfeb83eb04e4e4776c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42b6e06276ebbd2f83335769170e77f3324477912fe404bfeb83eb04e4e4776c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kelli M Wheeler\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/momservations.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/kellimwheeler\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Refusing to be Domesticated - Kelli M. Wheeler","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Refusing to be Domesticated - Kelli M. Wheeler","og_description":"The showdown over trying to teach my daughter how to iron.","og_url":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/","og_site_name":"Kelli M. Wheeler","article_published_time":"2016-04-27T17:58:08+00:00","author":"Kelli M Wheeler","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kelli M Wheeler","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/"},"author":{"name":"Kelli M Wheeler","@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ef0acae18761d7be1529ccf2d4d99f43"},"headline":"Refusing to be Domesticated","datePublished":"2016-04-27T17:58:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/"},"wordCount":510,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["best mom blogs","chores kids should know how to do","family","Kelli Wheeler","kids","momservations","parenting humor","raising a feminist","raising confident daughters","raising daughters","should I teach my kids to iron","teenager stories","teenagers"],"articleSection":["Parenting humor"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/","url":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/","name":"Refusing to be Domesticated - Kelli M. Wheeler","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2016-04-27T17:58:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ef0acae18761d7be1529ccf2d4d99f43"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/27\/refusing-to-be-domesticated\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Refusing to be Domesticated"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/","name":"Kelli M. Wheeler","description":"AUTHOR -WRITING INSTRUCTOR \u2013 PUBLISHER \u2013 FREELANCE WRITER\/EDITOR \u2013 FAMILY COLUMNIST","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ef0acae18761d7be1529ccf2d4d99f43","name":"Kelli M Wheeler","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42b6e06276ebbd2f83335769170e77f3324477912fe404bfeb83eb04e4e4776c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42b6e06276ebbd2f83335769170e77f3324477912fe404bfeb83eb04e4e4776c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42b6e06276ebbd2f83335769170e77f3324477912fe404bfeb83eb04e4e4776c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kelli M Wheeler"},"url":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/author\/kellimwheeler\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}