tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post4351379002228127688..comments2024-03-18T04:15:50.676-04:00Comments on Flabbypants: I'LL PLAY WITH YOUAlihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278842338463861715noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-42779860978847199432009-10-31T08:36:05.410-04:002009-10-31T08:36:05.410-04:00C - I can't imagine you raising snobs, even if...C - I can't imagine you raising snobs, even if you didn't interfere. It's not in their DNA!Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278842338463861715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-3274230563801893132009-10-30T23:39:37.592-04:002009-10-30T23:39:37.592-04:00When I had Lindsey somebody sent me a card that sa...When I had Lindsey somebody sent me a card that said something like "becoming a parent is like letting your heart walk around in somebody else's body for the rest of your life." At the time I thought it had to do with safety stuff but then came the time my two-year-old sweetly asked some 5-ish looking girl at the Burger King playplace in Junction City if she could play with her, and the 5-ish girl very meanly said, "No, you can't. Go away!" I had to physically restrain myself from marching over to said 5-year-old's mama and asking her how the heck her daughter could be so mean to my baby. And Lindsey was so confused--then the hurt set in--and she said "Mama she doesn't like me already." That just broke my heart. <br /><br />Now I work at my girls' school--and I'm on playground duty when they're out at lunch recess--and I see them get rejected every day. It's heartbreaking, and I have SUCH a hard time not interfering--but I do interfere when I see one of them rejecting someone else. Luckily they don't have to hear my "I don't care if she's not your favorite person, I am NOT raising stuck-up snobs!" lecture very often.<br /><br />I don't know how I should be handling the meanness problem--mostly I just commiserate and try to make sure they know that they are unconditionally loved at home no matter what goes on outside these walls. And maybe that's all I can do--but you are a great writer and you can make other people aware of it, and their own role in it, and maybe that will change some things. Some of your angriest commentators probably felt a little twinge of conscience reading that article because they know they've got a child who can be mean, or know they were a mean child once, and that's why they went off on you.Colleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-11147809927324914642009-10-29T07:44:59.973-04:002009-10-29T07:44:59.973-04:00B - How cool is that?! Wow! I'll have to start...B - How cool is that?! Wow! I'll have to start updating more often...Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278842338463861715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-48360278948505753672009-10-29T02:55:14.547-04:002009-10-29T02:55:14.547-04:00I actually came to your blog from your Babble arti...I actually came to your blog from your Babble article, because I liked it that much. So don't let them get you down!Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-42639787070267250782009-10-28T22:09:25.227-04:002009-10-28T22:09:25.227-04:00E - Somehow it makes me feel better that your tota...E - Somehow it makes me feel better that your totally well adjusted kid makes you talk to the hand. Guess I'll have to learn to live with being dismissed. <br /><br />A - Thanks! Your comment totally made my day. And what's up with people making cracks about the SIZE OF YOUR KID'S HEAD? Who does that?!Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278842338463861715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-53003030727055902632009-10-28T14:03:19.948-04:002009-10-28T14:03:19.948-04:00Great articles and well written writing inspire an...Great articles and well written writing inspire and stir emotions. You received tremendous reponse to your article. I think that means, job well done. <br /><br />By the way, my son had a HUGE head as a toddler. I can't tell you the number of times people were ballsy enough to comment to my face, "Boy, that baby has a big head!" Guess what? It was all fixed when he (finally) grew up and into his head....but you can't fix stupid.<br /><br />Keep writing and stirring up the pot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-58085117461380605262009-10-28T12:02:18.886-04:002009-10-28T12:02:18.886-04:00No tips on the toddler meanness (it breaks my hear...No tips on the toddler meanness (it breaks my heart too) but my kid tells me "Mommy go away" or "No! You stay away!" ALL THE TIME. Mostly when she doesn't want me to interfere with her elaborate private games. And complete with talk-to-the-hand gesture. Nice.electricladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13336802326230963572noreply@blogger.com