what made you decide to do what you do?

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what made you decide to do what you do?
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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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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 11:56am
Oh, we don't have to encourage downtime. It just happens. Downtime is easy for us, it takes no effort on anyones part to arrange or make use of.

People make too much of a big deal out of downtime, to the point that having to do anything is a problem because it interferes with what otherwisee could be downtime.

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Registered: 05-08-2003
Mon, 06-02-2003 - 11:56am
Big winters stop people here from doing everything and anything including going grocery shopping (stores close until after the thaw). And we don't have to be in for a big snow, 3inches does this city in. It's just the way of life here because we only have bad winters every 4-5 years, the rest are fairly light and no big deal. But then there isn't enough snow to make a snowman, go sledding, etc. It's just light.
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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:00pm
Who said it was?

Are you implying that if every moment isn't family time, then family time is being compromised?

Sorry. If the child wasn't going to gym, I certainly hope she'd be out playing with friends and having fun that way. Not participating in family time.

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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:01pm
Take you head out from under the rock, and think about it. Or visit a book store. You'll find that you need to agree with me.
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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:03pm
She probably meant to say "sister-in-law". It makes no sense to consider a brother and sister as coming from different families, but perfect sense if you read it as "sister-in-law".
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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:05pm
<< -- come on... I think you know better than that. That's the beauty of books... it encourages the reader's imagination to flow... >>

Noper. That would be writing. "Picturing something as directed by another" is not the real beauty of imaginative ability. Its like colouring something in a colouring book. Not like drawing something original. Interactive entertainment, computer games, video games, allow the participant more opportunity to actually draw.

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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:07pm
Because it is just that, gestational diabetes, which is a complication that comes and goes with pregnancy and in 98% of pregnant women w/this it goes away completely just a few hours after delivery of the placenta, at most 48hours with no further monitoring, dieting, insulin required. My aunt only had this during each of her 3 pregnancies so that is not considered a family history of diabetes. A family history of diabetes is someone, male or female, adult or child, that has diabetes 2 and it has nothing to do or nothing associated with any pregnancy. There is none in either side of my family (thankfully) so my risk of developing diabetes 2 later in life is much lower since I have no family history. Of course GD does make you at a higher risk than you were before you go thru a GD pregnancy and if I should decide to have a 3rd my risk of another GD pregnancy since I have had one out of two is higher, but there are many people who do have GD pregnancies and go on to have future pregnancies with no GD at all. Usually these people are like myself with no family history of diabetes type 2. I've been so concerned about this and when first diagnosed couldn't figure out why since we have no family history and this has all been explained to me in great detail many times (not just 2 or 3 because I suffered the common depression syndrome that sets in with GD diagnosed pregnancies) from several OB's, a diabetic counselor, and even the diabetic dietician.



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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:12pm
Somebody just said they were going to allow children to read the trash.

Anyway there is alot of mind numbing brainless trash out there for kids. Currently existing in a plethora of "chapter books about nothing at all existing for the sake of being chapter books". Parents by the zillions love them.

Spelling and vocabulary can be improved all over the place. From TV, to computer games, to video games, to movies, to talking and interacting with actual people.

The vocabulary thing is funny. Way back when, before nintendo was invented to take the heat, people blamed their kids bad vocabulary not just on tv, but also on the bad books they read.

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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:16pm
Again, I find your statements very unbelievable. My husband is a VERY competitive and serious runner, as are MANY of my friends. He runs 5 minute miles and can and does carry on a conversation while running.

You really dont seem to know much about running at all.

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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:20pm
Right. So I take it, you never thought about reading this way before, ey?

I'd have to say educational TV has taken away alot of the allure of books in terms of the whole bridging of communities thing.

Actually, some of the most bizzare perspectives on realities I've actually experienced, have come from people who "read too much" and "do too little". The written word can be a very dangerous tool. Lots of people mistake fiction for fact in this realm for some reason. Its worse than TV. Especially with the authors who actually do a great job of researching their work - the gp seems to completely loose their abilty (if they ever had it) to understand where the fact ends and the fiction begins.

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