sheridan07
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Wasn't it easier when they were younger and we just told them what to do and they did it?
It was the "look" in our family. My mom gave us the "look" and we knew we were toast.
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It was the "look" in our family. My mom gave us the "look" and we knew we were toast.
Ross
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Seriously, that is the way it was.
sheridan07
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I am 35 years old, and still to this day I get that look and I am done. New parents need to take a page from their parents. I listened and learned from my mom and Dad about kids. Ross I hope the very best for you and your grandson.
I know you are all having fun kvetching about the current crop of parents, but the hard truth is that your parents thought you were nuts, and their parents thought they were nuts, and their parents thought they were nuts, and so on and so on and so on.
And quite frankly, kids have been also been screwed up for thousands of years, so I think that no one has yet to develop an ultimate child-rearing plan.
K
Karlynn
It's more of a comment on all the vast amount of instruction and regulation that new parents are given today.
ToDAY? How old are your kids? Weren't there tons of books and magazines and TV shows and radio shows and Famous Experts then? And didn't the older generations bemoan that?
My daughter was born in 1990. I have friends and younger relatives having babies now. I really don't see much of a difference, and the differences I see are all positive.
And seriously -- in 1958, the year you were born -- the year my husband was born, too -- there were PLENTY of "modern baby experts." Just let my mother-in-law tell you about all the conflicting advice she received as a new mom in '58. AND back then doctors and nurses dictated to patients in a way that people would never tolerate today.
aussie girl
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Ross,
Talon is sooo cute, I can't wait to have another little one in our family but as yet there are no more grandbabies on the horizon.
Does Andrea have a mum in her life and if so does she have any influence on Talon's upbringing?
Mary
Talon is sooo cute, I can't wait to have another little one in our family but as yet there are no more grandbabies on the horizon.
Does Andrea have a mum in her life and if so does she have any influence on Talon's upbringing?
Mary
Ross
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Andrea lets no one interfere with what she deems appropriate child rearing. NO ONE. Not mom, not dad, not Chris or Carters father. She is very stubborn and pig headed.
Ross
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Even on a day when your completely out of your mind, would you give your baby prunes for a solid week?
Ross
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SOMEBODY'S RAISING THEIR KID RIGHT!
One Nation, 'Under God'.
One day a 6 year old girl was sitting in a
Classroom . The teacher was going to explain
Evolution to the children. The teacher asked
A little boy: Tommy do you see the tree
Outside ?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass
Outside ?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see
If you can see the sky.
TOMMY: Okay. (He returned a few minutes
Later ) Yes, I saw the sky.
TEACHER: Did you see God up there?
TOMMY: No.
TEACHER: That's my point. We can't see
God because he isn't there. Possibly he just
Doesn't exist.
A little girl spoke up and wanted to ask the
Boy some questions.
The teacher agreed and the little girl asked
The boy: Tommy, do you see the tree outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy do you see the grass
Outside ?
TOMMY: Yessssss !
LITTLE GIRL: Did you see the sky?
TOMMY: Yessssss !
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the teacher?
TOMMY: Yes
LITTLE GIRL: Do you see her brain?
TOMMY: No
LITTLE GIRL: Then according to what we
Were taught today in school, she possibly
May not even have one!
One Nation, 'Under God'.
One day a 6 year old girl was sitting in a
Classroom . The teacher was going to explain
Evolution to the children. The teacher asked
A little boy: Tommy do you see the tree
Outside ?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass
Outside ?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see
If you can see the sky.
TOMMY: Okay. (He returned a few minutes
Later ) Yes, I saw the sky.
TEACHER: Did you see God up there?
TOMMY: No.
TEACHER: That's my point. We can't see
God because he isn't there. Possibly he just
Doesn't exist.
A little girl spoke up and wanted to ask the
Boy some questions.
The teacher agreed and the little girl asked
The boy: Tommy, do you see the tree outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy do you see the grass
Outside ?
TOMMY: Yessssss !
LITTLE GIRL: Did you see the sky?
TOMMY: Yessssss !
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the teacher?
TOMMY: Yes
LITTLE GIRL: Do you see her brain?
TOMMY: No
LITTLE GIRL: Then according to what we
Were taught today in school, she possibly
May not even have one!
Well, Ross, I don't think you're going to be able to pin that one on your daughter's generation. I think she came up with that one on her own.
I was born in the sixties, babysat in the 70's, took care of my baby cousins in the 80's, had a baby in 1990 and became a La Leche League leader, followed friends and relatives who had babies and grandbabies in the 2000's, and keep up with all the latest baby trends through League, and I have never heard of "only fruit one week, only veggies the next." Nor do I know anyone who advocates an all-prune diet!
Do an internet search yourself about introducing foods to babies. You won't see anything about fruit-vegetable segregation!
As I said, it's fun to talk about how much more superior we were "back in the day." Just don't expect your parents to agree!
L
Lisa in Katy
ponygirlmom - We are about the same age. My mom thought potty training was definitely more sensible when I had children than when she did. In her day the doctors insisted that babies should be potty trained shortly after learning to walk. This was probably more to do with washing nasty cloth diapers, but was still the advice of the day. She admits that it was really mommy training because moms learned to sit the baby on the potty shortly after meals or drinks and keep an eagle eye out for signs in between. She said that we were all truly potty trained around 18-20 months, but she had been following us around cleaning up for 8-10 months. Both of my kids were also potty trained around 18-20 months, although it wasn't nearly as hard. I started the process by reading The Potty Book, talking about it, buying fancy panties (or tighty whities with fancy pictures for my son), and about a month later it was done.
As far as food goes, I pretty much did the same thing as my mom except I think she started cereal earlier. She had raised 3 kids and 2 of us turned out okay (don't tell my brother I said that!), so I figured her advice was as good as the doctor's.
As far as food goes, I pretty much did the same thing as my mom except I think she started cereal earlier. She had raised 3 kids and 2 of us turned out okay (don't tell my brother I said that!), so I figured her advice was as good as the doctor's.
