what made you decide to do what you do?
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what made you decide to do what you do?
| Wed, 05-21-2003 - 12:18pm |
In the interest of changing the subject back to something that is actually relevant to a SAH/WOH debate (LOL!), I will pose a question to anyone who wants to answer:
Who or what would you say was the greatest influence on your decision to SAH or WOH, whichever one you do (or want to do, if you aren't doing what you want)? Did any particular person, circumstance, situation, or anything else lead you to decide this question one way or the other?
What if two different influences conflicted? How did you make the decision then?

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It can also refer to other activities, such as art classes, piano, religious classes, etc. Those are things you can use to compete with others, but it isn't necessary that you compete to enjoy it.
So, my question was, if a person is not "competing" in any of the above activities, can it still be valuable to a child and/or adult?
Okmrsmommy-36, CPmom to DD-16 and DS-14
See, again you assumed wrong. Again, no surprise lol
The swim team, if in his future, would continue to be his one activity then. See, how simple it really is?
Researching? No, one activity at a time is the ground rules for this family. Period.
Your clueless by your posting, clueless, but you always have been, so what is new? Nothing!
Yeah, viewing sports is dull for adults. My brother wouldn't give you 2 cents for a sporting event to view, he hates sports. Mom pushed into sports, basketball, tennis, etc. He hated it! So that doesn't always work, oops, another one of your grand theories tossed out the window, hmmm!
The nice thing about school plays I guess, if you want to encourage your child that way, is you really don't have to do a thing about it. Someone will just walk up one day and hand them the option of participating. No problem for you. Now if the child decides that they are really into the performing arts, drama or theatre, or whatever, at say, 12 yrs or something...you will find them wishing they'd had some real dance background. Almost without exception. Because a whole hoard of other kids will have it, already. Its a great leg up for kids going in that direction, opens more doors, gives them more directions to go in. I remember the theatre kids, yes, lots of dance. In fact, lots of ballet it used to be, might have openned up a bit now. In fact, I know it has. But, you probably already know that.
I also don't agree with you on your opinion about reading. It IS good to read -- read anything -- newspaper, magazines, books. I will encourage my dd when she's old enough to read everything -- even trashy novels if she wants to -- it's the love of reading that i want to foster.
-- come on... I think you know better than that. That's the beauty of books... it encourages the reader's imagination to flow...
Nope, didn't make it up. You know, if you have no experience with these situations or if you've never heard/seen them in your own little part of the big world doesn't mean they are not true, still factual information as experienced by others (gasp, we have experiences unlike yours, we have views unlike yours, whatever is the world coming to that we have our own lifestyles and minds???)
Can't? Your saying it can't? Well, I know people who do this for real, so your can't is only in your imagination. Now who is pretending the world is all accoridng to opinion 123 once again?
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December to March, for example...what tends to happen as they get older, especially if they are good at anything, is that they get expensive.
Kid1
gym Mon 4:30-7:30
music Tues 7:00-7:30 bi-weekly
brownies Thurs 6:30-8:00
gym Fri 4:30-7:30
hockey Sat 1hr (6am - 4pm)
hockey Sun 1hr (6am - 4pm)
rep soccer try-outs/practice Sun 2:30-4:00 (Dad coaching)
Kid2
gym Mon 6:30-8:00
music Tues 7:00-7:30 bi-weekly
gym Fri 6:30-8:00
hockey Sat 1hr (6am - 4pm)
hockey Sun 1hr (6am - 4pm)
skiing lessons Sun 10:00-2:00pm (Mom also in ski lessons>>
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