Hypersensitivity...

wendybeth · 12-20-2006, 10:58 AM

You're raising your kids to the best of your ability and in a manner that you have reasoned will produce positive results, Traci. I personally think it's great, but no matter what we all do our kids will still think we sucked as parents and vow to do better when they raise theirs.

Then we, as grandparents, get to sit back, relax and just have fun with the little ones- let the parents worry about all that formative stuff.

Alex · 12-20-2006, 11:33 AM

My view is that over the millennia many, many different methods of child rearing have been tried and they all seem to result in roughly the same distribution of adult personalities.

How you choose do it, so long as it isn't extremely abusive/manipulative, doesn't really seem to make much difference. So do it how you want.

What I care about is when one person decides that a "method" should be enforced on all the others. And this happens in schools a lot where kids are forced to come together. It is an understandable impulse but I don't like it any more.

But then, I am still caught up on the extremely foreign concept of people acquiring kids intentionally. What form of mental illness is that?

BarTopDancer · 12-20-2006, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

Then we, as grandparents, get to sit back, relax and just have fun with the little ones- let the parents worry about all that formative stuff.

Is there an announcement you'd like to share with the class?

wendybeth · 12-20-2006, 11:46 AM

God, no. Just maybe someday...in the very distant future.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	My view is that over the millennia many, many different methods of child rearing have been tried and they all seem to result in roughly the same distribution of adult personalities. How you choose do it, so long as it isn't extremely abusive/manipulative, doesn't really seem to make much difference. So do it how you want. What I care about is when one person decides that a "method" should be enforced on all the others. And this happens in schools a lot where kids are forced to come together. It is an understandable impulse but I don't like it any more. But then, I am still caught up on the extremely foreign concept of people acquiring kids intentionally. What form of mental illness is that?
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	God, no. Just maybe someday...in the very distant future. __________________
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