Comments on: Litlove’s parenting meme http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/ none the wiser Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9113 mandarine Sun, 18 May 2008 03:56:55 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9113 Indeed, I hope there are less radical ways to learn non-violence. And I am not sure that being beaten by a bigger guy is always the right lesson. Kids less smart than you were could draw the conclusion that violence towards bigger guys is risky, but that it is still safe with to fight the weaker. Indeed, I hope there are less radical ways to learn non-violence. And I am not sure that being beaten by a bigger guy is always the right lesson. Kids less smart than you were could draw the conclusion that violence towards bigger guys is risky, but that it is still safe with to fight the weaker.

]]> By: mattathias http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9112 mattathias Sun, 18 May 2008 01:53:06 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9112 I learned to stop hitting people when cross at about the age of twelve, when my older (and larger) brother pushed me down a flight of stairs in the course of a fight. I had started the fight, as I often did, and in the minute or so before he came hurtling down the stairs to see if I was alright (I was, though a bit dazed) I decided to renounce violence. I hope that your son is lucky enough to learn this lesson earlier, and less painfully. I learned to stop hitting people when cross at about the age of twelve, when my older (and larger) brother pushed me down a flight of stairs in the course of a fight. I had started the fight, as I often did, and in the minute or so before he came hurtling down the stairs to see if I was alright (I was, though a bit dazed) I decided to renounce violence.

I hope that your son is lucky enough to learn this lesson earlier, and less painfully.

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9111 mandarine Fri, 16 May 2008 03:19:51 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9111 Emily: the material possibility for fathers to stay home with their kids is a direct corollary of equal access to careers and income for women; and the social acceptability is a direct consequence of the recognition that genders are equal (at least statistically). Emily: the material possibility for fathers to stay home with their kids is a direct corollary of equal access to careers and income for women; and the social acceptability is a direct consequence of the recognition that genders are equal (at least statistically).

]]> By: Emily Barton http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9108 Emily Barton Fri, 16 May 2008 00:55:46 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9108 So, I guess the way to get you to post here is to tag you for a meme, huh? Very interesting answers. I agree with you: I will know HUGE changes have occurred in society when it becomes fully acceptable for fathers to be the ones who stay home with their kids. Even better will be when we have that plus a return to the days when children had many, many adults helping to raise them (sounds like you have a little bit of that in your rural living). So, I guess the way to get you to post here is to tag you for a meme, huh? Very interesting answers. I agree with you: I will know HUGE changes have occurred in society when it becomes fully acceptable for fathers to be the ones who stay home with their kids. Even better will be when we have that plus a return to the days when children had many, many adults helping to raise them (sounds like you have a little bit of that in your rural living).

]]> By: Mafe Maria • A Parenting Meme http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9107 Mafe Maria • A Parenting Meme Fri, 16 May 2008 00:55:44 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9107 [...] Monsieur Mandarine has tagged me, and what a great prompt for a post. The original meme (started by Litlove) attempts to gather information on cultural differences regarding parenthood. So let’s begin with some introductory facts for those readers not familiar with me: [...] […] Monsieur Mandarine has tagged me, and what a great prompt for a post. The original meme (started by Litlove) attempts to gather information on cultural differences regarding parenthood. So let’s begin with some introductory facts for those readers not familiar with me: […]

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9106 mandarine Thu, 15 May 2008 18:55:22 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9106 Now this is some compliment! To return it, let me say I would love to have a daughter growing up to be a fine lady like you. Now this is some compliment! To return it, let me say I would love to have a daughter growing up to be a fine lady like you.

]]> By: healingmagichands http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9105 healingmagichands Thu, 15 May 2008 15:14:18 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9105 I truly enjoyed this post, and your thoughtful answers. I wish I had been your child! I truly enjoyed this post, and your thoughtful answers. I wish I had been your child!

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9104 mandarine Thu, 15 May 2008 07:31:34 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9104 Maybe fathers are the ones who take a step back, but in my experience, it was my mother who played this role. So maybe children are all right if at least one parent can do that. Maybe fathers are the ones who take a step back, but in my experience, it was my mother who played this role. So maybe children are all right if at least one parent can do that.

]]> By: Litlove http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9103 Litlove Thu, 15 May 2008 07:27:10 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/litloves-parenting-meme/#comment-9103 These are fascinating answers, Mandarine, and I think you must be a wonderful parent. Fathers, in my experience, are the ones who step back a bit, and they balance out mothers very well, who often need to be dragged out of the fray. I also think that hitting people when angry is classic small-boy stuff. And has been known to become big boy stuff, too :) These are fascinating answers, Mandarine, and I think you must be a wonderful parent. Fathers, in my experience, are the ones who step back a bit, and they balance out mothers very well, who often need to be dragged out of the fray. I also think that hitting people when angry is classic small-boy stuff. And has been known to become big boy stuff, too :)

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