SAH/WOH - Why?

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Registered: 11-18-2005
SAH/WOH - Why?
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Mon, 02-20-2006 - 7:41am

I am sure this has been done before but I was wondering this in light of recent posts lately.

Why did you decide to sah/woh?

Was it a choice or something expected of you?

Was your plan to sah/woh though out or impulsive? Long-term or short-term?

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Registered: 01-18-2006
Tue, 02-28-2006 - 10:05am
Well I will ask you the same? Why pose the question WWYD if your child smacked you while you were spanking them? I can honestly say that in parenting for 6 years I have yet to see my child hit me.

 

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Registered: 11-03-2005
Tue, 02-28-2006 - 10:08am
Yep. Choice (and the related size-of-city) is a huge factor. We have three grocery stores. Wal-Mart, an Albertson's, and an IGA. Even having to battle the traffic and shopper congestion, Wal-Mart is a much better choice than the other two (due to price and quality considerations, etc). Alas, I'm doomed to deal with crappy parking.
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Tue, 02-28-2006 - 10:09am

****What you said was, "It's been quite obvious here that non-spankers think...." Didn't even ATTEMPT to suggest this was not a universal belief of all non-spankers.***

She didn't say ALL non spankers. Does she have to say SOME of the Non spankers? Then the same logic would be said that she would have to say ALL spankers in order for it to be correct. This statement is no different then the implications that all spankers spank their children over every issue at the table. That has been implied more than once here to several.




Edited 2/28/2006 10:12 am ET by snoopyme

 

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 02-28-2006 - 10:17am

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Just to clarify....basically what

PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 02-28-2006 - 10:30am
What would the consequence be?

 

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Registered: 01-18-2006
Tue, 02-28-2006 - 10:31am
Call me Rubbermaid then!

 

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 02-28-2006 - 10:31am

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Yes, we went over it and it doesn't make any more sense now then it did then.

PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 02-28-2006 - 10:35am

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They don't stop by.

PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 02-28-2006 - 10:45am

***Yes, we went over it and it doesn't make any more sense now then it did then. I would love to have a nutrition link stating about when grains/veggies were eaten and that veggies are a healthier choice in the evening than in the morning though.***

LMAO that is because you like to put your spin on things. I never once said that eating grains in the morning is healthier than eating them at night. I clearly said more than once that if his daily grains have been met by lunchtime, eating more vegetabls are much better than eating less vegetables and another piece of bread.

***Again, I am just quoting your words.***

Nah

***I may remind him, but I don't make him bend to my will of playing guitar, because it's not my decision, it's his.***

Yes it is his decision. He will be practicing when he doesn't want to out of fear that you will take away his lessons.

*** If he choices not to practice, then that means he has lost interest in playing the guitar so then why would I continue to pay for lesson when he's not interested?***

So you think a child that choses not a practice as much as he is suppose to because he or she might want to do something else has lost interest? I would say that is completely wrong. Isnt he old enough to tell you that he isn't interested anymore? Or do you just make assumptions for him?

***I'll let you know when and if my son decides to play along with your fictional question....but yes, I would let him, if just like guitar he was willing to accept the consequences of his actions.***

How would you know he would be willing to accept the consequences? Is he going to just tell you that he would? Maybe he wouldn't. Maybe he wouldn't make up that school work. What then? Another day off?

***I wouldn't. I'm sorry if you find that odd, but differences are not always odd, sometimes they are just different.***

Again you would have no idea if your son would accept the consequences now would you?

***School is my son's job, just as work is my job. Actually, in a way he is employed as he received an allowance and one doesn't need to be an adult to be employed.***

He gets an allowance to go to school? No school isn't his job. School is what he has to do to get a job. School is work, however it isn't his job. Teachers aren't paying him to do the work they teach him.

 

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Tue, 02-28-2006 - 10:46am

So now it wasn't cold enough? Again it is amazing how cold it is in the morning and how it warms up during the day. That is just nature. This morning I took my son to school and it was 38 degrees. It is now 55 degrees. Imagine that?

Editted to ask:

How would you know the parents forced them to wear a coat? Maybe they thought before they left that they needed their coat because it was cold. When it was recess time they didn't need it anymore? Were you at their house when mom said GET THAT COAT ON JR!!!




Edited 2/28/2006 10:48 am ET by snoopyme

 

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