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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Registered: 01-15-2006
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:14pm

is a baby more likely to feel happy,loved and content when stroked with all three than a baby that is not?

 

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Registered: 03-26-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:16pm
Are you speaking about me? I have MANY years of experience in dance, not only just my dd but friends and family so I well aware of when recitals take place at dance studios in my area.
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Registered: 01-15-2006
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:18pm

slam dinner down?

 

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Registered: 03-26-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:19pm

Do girls do this too as I think the big Sweet Sixteens are a "girl" thing. THOSE cost the parents a bundle-lol!!

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:21pm

and i don't buy into notion that middle schoolers require supervision.

 

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Registered: 03-26-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:25pm
I guess she would be mortified with half the things my almost 11 yr. old does than too-lol!! Asking me to open water bottles, spilling something at dinner, telling her she is using too much butter, ketchup, etc. as she overdoes it all the time, etc.
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Registered: 01-08-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:26pm
There are all kinds of reasons one participates on a message board, but chief among them are (1) it is fun, and (2) you are learning something. If it is neither fun nor instructive to talk to another poster, then there is no reason to do so. Evidently our feathered friend finds it more satisfactory not to engage in conversation with you at this point. Her right.
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Registered: 03-26-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:28pm

"Right what? I am hoping my kids will be adventurous and want to explore the world around them and their environments, not the type who can't take a train ride into a neighboring city to spend the day without a more capable companion along because being in a strange place makes them nervous. Part of having that confidence and ability comes from knowing that one could handle and move past most everyday crises."


Thanks for the low blow. I really can NOT see you in NYC, but that's another story ;)


"My older one is getting ready to get on a plane Saturday to fly to a city to which he's never been, where they speak a language he doesn't know, eating food he's never tried, to spend fourteen days playing basketball with teammates and a coach he's never met. He has absolutely no hesitation or fear about it. He is completely jazzed. That is the kind of things I hoped would happen when I taught him to cut his meat when he was six or seven."


That's great but he is not going alone. Maybe he should try going alone and then tell us how comfortable he would be :)




Edited 7/2/2009 4:57 pm ET by coconutshrimp
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Registered: 01-08-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:30pm

What do you mean by being stroked with all three? All three WORDS? Or given the things that make a baby happy, loved, and content (things like sufficient time at the breast, for instance?). Are there studies that show that babies do better when they are given certain words, or are you talking about certain conditions?

Do you really think that anyone is ridiculing or criticizing children here? I am pretty sure that those of us who have faith in our children and their abilities are providing a pretty positive and encouraging environment for them. Far more positive and encouraging than those parents who think it is appropriate to keep them babies and dependent for far longer than necessary.

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Registered: 01-08-2009
Thu, 07-02-2009 - 4:30pm
Sweet Sixteen parties are not a big deal here.

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