Confessions of one sahm

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Registered: 01-09-2009
Confessions of one sahm
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Fri, 04-03-2009 - 1:58pm

I've been thinking about this *debate* lately, and I think that many of my

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Ducky

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Registered: 01-08-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 2:15pm

What I am asking is whether you realize that what you are doing is judging, too, and that if judging is a learned behavior, than yes, your kids will learn it from you.

And your kids might not know the word "mortify" (it will come in handy for the vocabulary portion of the SATS, though, so you might think about introducing it between now and then) but I am sure that they understand the concept. You don't have to spend a lot of time around little kids to know that yeah, they understand what it's like to feel singled out and embarrassed and usually go to great lengths to avoid being embarrassed in front of their peers.

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Registered: 01-08-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 2:17pm

Do you really think that human emotions are only learned when kids have words for them? That they don't feel happy, sad, scared, embarrassed, etc, until someone defines the word for them?

Are the emotions different in humans who speak different languages? Do, for instance, a Russian speaker and an English speaker have different emotions and reactions because their language is different?

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 2:25pm

i don't know what the russian translation for mortified would be.

 

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Registered: 01-08-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 2:28pm
Do you think that if a person never hears a word, that person will never feel the negative emotions? Will a child never be happy unless he hears the word happy? Or angry or frustrated if they never hear the words angry or frustrated?
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Registered: 01-08-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 2:38pm

Are you seriously suggesting that a dog has that level of analytical ability?

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 2:41pm

there is a psychology behind that.

 

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Registered: 01-08-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 2:55pm
Have you never seen a five month old baby who is giggling and laughing and truly happily engaged with the world? Do you think that baby is only capable of such utter delight because he or she has been taught the word "happy"? Or a nine month old new crawler who keeps trying to go forward but ends up pushing backward and is mad as all get out? Do you think the child is only expressing frustration because he's heard the word "frustrated?" Would the emotion be the same if instead of telling the baby that "You must be frustrated" we told him, "you must be gooliplixed?"
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Registered: 03-26-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:10pm

Does these type of things happen often?

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Registered: 03-26-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:12pm
As Crusader says, put on your big girl panties, and try talking to ME and not other posters ABOUT me-thanks :)
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Registered: 03-26-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:14pm
Do you REALLY want me to do that? And no, I was not only speaking of your mother.

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