<<Adults don't repeatedly run out in front of cars and so don't need to be taught a sharp lesson for their own safety. That's why we treat kids differently.>>...
I agree that the damage is different, but I think sometimes the words can do a worse damage than the physical abuse. In my own case, I could see easily that...
... do a worse damage than the physical abuse.>> I was smacked as a child. I don't feel bad when I remember those times-I never have. I do remember most of the...
Laura wrote: <<[...] I saw her at Wally's (no wonder money is tight) last month. She told me they finally took him away after he walked into court with shorts...
In a message dated 10/31/2003 5:05:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, UnschoolingDiscussion@yahoogroups.com writes: << Just wondering, what do you guys do if you...
<<I was discussing beginning a local unschooling group with a friend who Homeschools. I had said that I didn't want to attract those who trad HS or that...
In a message dated 11/1/03 12:34:14 AM, LauraBourdo@... writes: << I just found out today that her friend's mother has pronounced Nikki a slut, and has...
In a message dated 11/1/03 1:11:28 AM, dezigna@... writes: << Recently I read a brief about a new study that showed that harsh punishment, including...
In a message dated 11/1/03 6:36:19 AM, KathrynJB@... writes: << One thing I have often found to be extremely effective is to just stare at bad parental...
<< Anyone have any luck with this? (Maybe the parent might think this is condescending?) >> What are the options? What's the value? If someone's being...
Sounds like an interesting story -- if we're ever in the same town I'll buy you a beer and you can tell me the whole thing. <g> If I understand your point,...
Kat, who is 12, wants to read "better" but I'm having a hard time getting out of her what she feels is wrong. She gets frustrated when she says "I don't know"...
I remember many years ago when I had to stop my dog from attacking someone who was spanking a little child for running from them. She was very upset. Even...
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<<Hmm, I thought if I wrote it all out, I might see some clues that point in a variety of directions but it's really sounding like vision. But not an ordinary...
**Hmm, I thought if I wrote it all out, I might see some clues that point in a variety of directions but it's really sounding like vision. But not an ordinary...
When I was younger like about 7 I would stand in the road and count the seconds. Each time I would try to beat my time. I knew the risk I was taking but I ...
<<I agree that the damage is different, but I think sometimes the words can do a worse damage than the physical abuse. In my own case, I could see easily that...
In a message dated 11/1/03 10:39:39 AM, 24hrmom@... writes: << And in my quick search (I lost my favourites from when I originally researched this), I...
Sandra I know this has been asked before a few months ago. Do you have a book in the works yet? You do know that many here would purchase thaws like 1000+....
<<And she has the nerve to call my daughter a slut and to write her off, just like that, after all these years of supposedly caring for her too? >> <Sandra...
... there. At least she was honest enough to let you know what their plans are. BTW, my 19 yo is living with her boyfriend also, has been for almost a year ...
In a message dated 11/1/03 11:53:48 AM, HMSL2@... writes: << Sandra I know this has been asked before a few months ago. Do you have a book in the works...
In a message dated 11/1/03 12:03:50 PM, LauraBourdo@... writes: << Good advice, breathing and letting it pass, but losing a friendship hurts, and my dd is...
<<I am feeling so sad right now. You know, the decisions we make as parents affect so much more than ourselves and our immediate families. They affect other...
Holly's having her twelfth birthday today (real birthday is tomorrow, 11/2). She just told me "Rainelle can't come." "Why?" "I don't know. There were like...
