another thing about the mil
badolbilz
I should add that even though my mil uses this time-out chair and
chooses not to believe my children...she would never hit them, she plays
with them a lot, there's always fun new stuff at her house, ex. she goes
to the Salvation Army and buys lots of old wedding and prom dresses and
re-sizes them for dress-up play for the girls. That's way more than my
mom does. My mom usually just puts in a movie and leaves them to amuse
themselves, which is fine, too, just a lot less involved. So it's not
all bad, which is why I don't feel that I should never let them go there
without me. I think I should just get over my fear of confrontation and
have a talk with her. Maybe she'll be more receptive than I think. She
did finally come around to say she could understand the merits of
unschooling and I never thought I'd hear her say that. She loves the
girls so much, she's just set in her ways and feels really sorry for my
niece so I think she overcompensates. I'll just have to find a way to
show her that that's not fair to her other grandchildren.
Thanks for all the input so far.
Heidi
chooses not to believe my children...she would never hit them, she plays
with them a lot, there's always fun new stuff at her house, ex. she goes
to the Salvation Army and buys lots of old wedding and prom dresses and
re-sizes them for dress-up play for the girls. That's way more than my
mom does. My mom usually just puts in a movie and leaves them to amuse
themselves, which is fine, too, just a lot less involved. So it's not
all bad, which is why I don't feel that I should never let them go there
without me. I think I should just get over my fear of confrontation and
have a talk with her. Maybe she'll be more receptive than I think. She
did finally come around to say she could understand the merits of
unschooling and I never thought I'd hear her say that. She loves the
girls so much, she's just set in her ways and feels really sorry for my
niece so I think she overcompensates. I'll just have to find a way to
show her that that's not fair to her other grandchildren.
Thanks for all the input so far.
Heidi
Pam Hartley
All the dress-up stuff and her positive qualities would be there if you only
took them over there and stayed with them, rather than using her as a
babysitter.
I don't leave my children with my mother, for a variety of what I consider
good reasons. That doesn't mean the girls never get to spend time there.
Pam
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took them over there and stayed with them, rather than using her as a
babysitter.
I don't leave my children with my mother, for a variety of what I consider
good reasons. That doesn't mean the girls never get to spend time there.
Pam
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>From: badolbilz <ynxn96@...>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [AlwaysLearning] another thing about the mil
>Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2003, 8:32 PM
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> I should add that even though my mil uses this time-out chair and
> chooses not to believe my children...she would never hit them, she plays
> with them a lot, there's always fun new stuff at her house, ex. she goes
> to the Salvation Army and buys lots of old wedding and prom dresses and
> re-sizes them for dress-up play for the girls. That's way more than my
> mom does. My mom usually just puts in a movie and leaves them to amuse
> themselves, which is fine, too, just a lot less involved. So it's not
> all bad, which is why I don't feel that I should never let them go there
> without me. I think I should just get over my fear of confrontation and
> have a talk with her. Maybe she'll be more receptive than I think. She
> did finally come around to say she could understand the merits of
> unschooling and I never thought I'd hear her say that. She loves the
> girls so much, she's just set in her ways and feels really sorry for my
> niece so I think she overcompensates. I'll just have to find a way to
> show her that that's not fair to her other grandchildren.
>
> Thanks for all the input so far.
>
> Heidi
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