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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:36 PM Original message |
On kids, and society |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Saying that it takes a village does not create a village where there is none. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Exactly |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. What I've decided to do about it is realize that this means that there won't be help raising a child |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Navy intervened so we don't have them either |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
68. The reason there is no village is because the economy is global, not local. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
71. Then create one |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. What makes you think I want one? There are good sides to not being in villages. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. If you want to be a self centered,self absorbed person |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. I love living in a village. I love belonging to the grange and going |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
75. really? anywhere? not so. Community and "villages" exist in many places |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Makes some sense -- but I blame the rottenness of kids these days not only to -- |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Helicopterism is part of how we have changed child rearing |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Kids do need a lot more exercise than most of them get. We have a puppy now |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Oh absolutely a tired child is a good child |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
45. I think the problem may be that parents are less likely to physically abuse |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Exactly I will never raise my hand at a kid |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
79. Creative Chaos |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. IIRC, it was not uncommon in the sixties to for a child to be admonished by an adult unknown to them |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And that friendly, but stern stranger intervention |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-01-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. If I did something stupid outdoors as a kid |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. LOL, I grew up in a close-knit rural area so I got that community scolding. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. "a rotten little piece of shit" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
54. LOL. n't |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I've done that before and got a lecture from the parent. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I have, too. And, less frequently, I've had the occasion to have a word with the parent. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. You did the right thing |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Thank you! |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
73. I agree |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. The "extended family" that helped raise children in the past is largely a myth. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. No it wasn't, and there are plenty of history books as well as papers on it |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Actually life expectancy was on the high 60s after you made it though early childhood. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. That extended family included neighbors |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. +10 |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
96. Exactly. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
69. the lower life expectancy of the past is partly a myth as well. |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
92. people had kids earlier ergo granny and great aunts were alive |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Yep, and dollars to donuts census figures would show that households were much larger in the past. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Yep, and dollars to donuts census figures would show that households were much larger in the past. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. I take care of my niece and nephew all the time. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I do that with my nephews as well |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. LOL, so true. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Testing limits, we took them to Legoland |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. The day was ruined?? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. So you prefer the kids unbuckle their car seats |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Good going! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. You can't just tell them to keep their seats buckled? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. And what happens when junior unbuckles the seat belt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I don't repeatedly tell them anything. I tell them ONCE |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. So once again, telling them and dealing with the problem |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. You said you ruined their day |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. If disciplining a kid is terrorizing, guilty as charged. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. You clearly don't know how to pick your battles |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. NEPHEWS |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:15 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. And the abuse continues. *sigh* |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Abuse? ON A MESSAGE BOARD |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Look at what you've said & done |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #62 |
116. Mistreatment is equal to discipline... WOW |
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Pavlovs DiOgie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:26 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Fly out of their seat? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #67 |
85. Flying out of one's seat is what happens when one is in an accident and isn't |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #67 |
114. If you or a child is unbuckled when you get into an accident |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
127. +1 |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
102. what's with you and the word "terrorize" |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
119. I don't understand the mentality of whoever you are talking to |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Exactly a stern voice works |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #119 |
132. That's exactly right |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. The car stops on the intestate are you fucking NUTS? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #136 |
144. That was not discipline |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. Kids TEST LIMITS... and if you are not aware of it |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #145 |
148. lol, riiiight |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. And your point? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. So someone who suggests preferable discipline is "Mrs. Perfect"? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. You don't seem to have any limits whatsoever. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Self removed |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Who said I wouldn't make them buckle their seat belts? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Like I said no limits. Children who don't behave don't get treats like |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. It's pretty simple isn't it |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. They did that ON THE WAY HOME |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:28 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. We are definitely seeing eye to eye on this one. n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
77. taking care of nephews from time to time hardly makes you a parent. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #77 |
87. Your dismissive attitude is emblematic of the attitude that has the "village" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #87 |
115. That is CALI by the way... she is dismissive of anybody but herself |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #115 |
152. what typical bullshit from you, dearie. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #87 |
151. uh, wrong. But the OP is hardly an expert on parenting- though she holds |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #151 |
157. She's done no such thing. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. When the neighbor came to complain about my uncles |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. My rose colored glasses are from a different society |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. And there are LIMITS now |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. m'kay, so your contact is at trick or treating |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I know what you meant |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
27. Kids aren't getting more out of control. You're just getting older |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Sorry, but there is research into this... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. There's research done on the Loch Ness Monster, too |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Of course because we all know science and history is bunk |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
111. No, but pseudoscience and "Golden Age" history are |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. again, history is claptrap I know |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #117 |
156. Well, if you want to cling that tightly to the BS, don't let me stop you |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. I see kids now as much more mature and responsible |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #33 |
80. the biggest issue i see, is children raising themselves, given the adult world |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
44. I think the situation with flying is that the whole experience has become so incredibly worse than |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Ever rode on busses? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Yes, I took a Greyhound from LA to San Francisco in 1987... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
70. until the 80s, greyhound was fairly nice; nice enough that as a child i was put on it *alone* to |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #44 |
81. i dont believe that the kids are all that people are professing. until recently i flew a lot |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #81 |
125. I have seen it, and I usually ascribe it to not out of control parents |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #125 |
135. for the first time, my son called me a jerk today. he did it in the music store in front of cashier |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. And I will repeat this |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. this is the "normal" child, lol. the other one is never an issue. he really is the easy one in all |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #135 |
154. I find it hilarous that it's your neuroptypical kid that has a fit over change. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #154 |
155. isn't it though. with kids, if it isn't one thing, it is another. feet on the ground |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
64. I was a single mom - I never made an excuse for who was responsible for my kid |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #64 |
131. And as much as you did a good job I am sure, you are missing part of this |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
65. You're forgetting the rise of the "Stranger Danger" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #65 |
120. That is part of the whole dynamic of course |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
66. Read MOTHERS AND OTHERS, |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
94. But would you want your mother-in-law to live with you? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #94 |
124. Actually I wond not mind if my mom lived at home with me |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #124 |
153. Mom is one thing, mother-in-law is quite another. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
78. for a lifetime i have gone thru my day in the outside world without being assaulted by child |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
82. Not looking forward to that moment either? Interesting. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. more households parented as opposed to today for all different reasons. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
84. We can all work to recreate the village. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #84 |
123. And you are lucky |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #123 |
146. It is disappearing, but needn't. It's up to those who don't want it to |
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la_chupa (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
86. people don't so much appreciate you telling them how to raise their kids |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #86 |
89. i dont know, when we were kids we dribbled basketball in sporting store. about all kids did |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Yeah, I read that post and thought, "I wonder if that was MY family |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. we yell about out of control, but just being a kids seems to be an affront to so many here |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #91 |
133. I am talking of social and historic trends |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #133 |
137. i agree and i disagree with you. i have been one that adamently state parents arent parenting |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. Once again this is not about a kid dribling a basketball at the store |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #139 |
142. yes... i know. but look at all the posts that are not in the same peripheral as you. those are |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. The out of control adults |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #143 |
147. isnt that the truth. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
88. I'm grateful that in my small Midwestern town, there still is a "village" attitude-- |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #88 |
128. Moms and dads cannot do it all by themselves |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
97. The OP is obviously written from an woman's POV. Unrelated men are not allowed to talk to children. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. especially when the old man goes up to two yr old slappin them in the face. geeesh, what is the |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. That has nothing to do with what I'm talking about (and I suspect you know that.) |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #99 |
103. you are the one starting the gender issue dude. and to suggest the overly sensitive |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Umm, no. The way society views strangers interacting with children is not my invention |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. *sigh* |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. "we can get into the whole discussion of distrust of male with child, too much work" |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. uuuuh, i was talking about the old man slappin. you are the one bringing up cause of |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. When you hit "reply" under my post, it implies your comments are related to mine.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #97 |
122. Oh trust me women cannot either... the society has had a |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #122 |
134. I agree, but I think there's a difference in degree. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #134 |
140. Well it is time for all of us to start reversing this |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
100. Actually, the 180 I've seen from when I was a child is... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
101. What about a good old fashioned shunning? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
105. The fact that there are more "unrecommendations" of this thoughtful post |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. "my family is none of your business,".... or FUCK your kids and keep them out of my way |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #105 |
159. probably the same people that hate Hillary Clinton because of her "It Takes a Village" book. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
112. K&R. I try to cut a wide swath for kids. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #112 |
130. It is terrifying to have an allergic reaction |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
113. Yep, that's me |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
118. I did it alone..many years |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #118 |
126. Extreemly good point |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. I understand |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
158. One thing I've noticed in being around kids |
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