SAH doesn't support change,

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SAH doesn't support change,
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Sat, 08-26-2006 - 4:58pm

"SAH doesn't support change, it supports going backwards to the 1950's,"

Statement in a post below.

I wholeheartedly disagree. To me, SAH is a choice. How is that going back to the 1950s, when a lot of women didn't have much of a choice.

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Registered: 11-12-2003
Mon, 09-25-2006 - 11:49pm
Illegally? Where'd you get that?
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Registered: 01-13-2006
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 2:47am
neither do i, but that is a topic for another time. can you explain why you would want to deny my child the opportunity to earn a free pizza or ticket to a ballgame - do you really think the risk is analagous to smoking? if a child can take pleasure out of earning that ticket by doing something that is good for them how can it possibly be bad for them? i guess i liken this to how my dh feels about angelina ballerina, he hates that show (dont ask me why) and translates that into the kids shouldnt watch it - when the reality is the kids like it and his dislike doesnt make it harmful.
Jennie
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Registered: 05-09-2006
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 2:58am

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I see no reason why she should have to admit to something that's simply not supported by the facts.

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Registered: 05-09-2006
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 3:03am

Exactly. And about 50% of the time, the offender tries to "save" the insult with an "Oh, I didn't mean YOU."

Right. And there really WERE weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

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Registered: 01-13-2006
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 3:07am
i disagree. just because someone earns a reward for doing something doesnt at all mean that the task is undesirable. my dd just got a trophy for soccer, does that mean that playing soccer is somehow undesirable, after all they are getting a reward - i dont think so - and boy do they get excited when they receive the trophy. my dd took pleasure out of earning the pizza coupon, what is wrong with that. she would read with or without the coupon incentive but she took pleasure, perhaps even pride, in reading enough minutes to earn that coupon - its not as if she stopped reading for the month the minute she had read enough to earn the coupon. and if the program motivates only a small number of kids to read who normally wouldnt then that is a good thing - because while today they are reading to get a pizza coupon in the process they just might learn to love reading, but at the very least they are learning to read. and while the program is available as a blanket program no child is forced to participate. if a parent doesnt agree with the program then dont have your (not you specifically) child participate, but dont withhold something from other children just because you dont agree with it for you own. if i had a child who wouldnt read without the incentive i would be thrilled that it was there, kind of an any port in a storm mind set, as it is i just enjoy seeing how happy/excited it makes my child to earn it
Jennie
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Registered: 05-09-2006
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 3:07am

From his sickbed, my dh would like to know, what do elementary school kids need keychains for?

(I told him to pipe down as his fever is making him delirious and logical again ;)

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Registered: 01-13-2006
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 3:15am
gosh, out teachers and principals realize that children can learn in multiple ways and in multiple places, so they dont have to sit around and talk about things like that. our school just gives the kids the work they would be doing in class to do at home, has them read and usually keep a journal of their trip or write a paper about their day, they have lost nothing and gained the experience of the trip/day.
Jennie
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Registered: 05-09-2006
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 3:16am
Hey, I said a couple hundred posts ago that you were right; feel free to speak for me. I can sign over an official power of attorney if that will make certain posters happier ;)
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Registered: 01-13-2006
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 3:20am
i have never seen anyone abuse it. but there are situations that happen that are as advantageous to a child as being in school. as i said earlier, being with extended family is more important to my child than being in school those first two days of thanksgiving week. i know people who go to the opening day of baseball every year, it is a tradition that has been passed down in their family and it is important to them to pass that down to their kids. you should see out schools the opening day of deer season. unless you have a child who is struggling in school missing a day or two now and then is not going to make a difference.
Jennie
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Registered: 07-17-2006
Tue, 09-26-2006 - 5:57am

The days most celebrated in the OT involved "meals" not feasts. And even today, the foods consumed at a Passover Seder are symbolic of struggle and sacrifice in olden times - Jews are not pigging out on cake and pork stuffing at today's Seders.

...And no need to apologize. You are spot on. ;)

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