When to say No and B.I.S.S.
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John Rosemond once wrote:
No, you do not have to go to a school if you don't want.
No, you do not have to clean your plate if you are full.
No, you do not have to read that book if you'd rather be outside playing.
and finally (in case there's any doubt):
No, I don't like liver better than chocolate.
He also wrote:
Because I said so does not mean you can't find your own way of doing it.
Because I said so does not mean it's the only way of thinking.
Because I said so does not make me Queen of the Universe.
Because I said so means very little to Buddha or the IRS.
There, how's that?
Peace,
Wynn
P.S. BISS can stand for Because I Said So, or it can simply be the German for
a bite. I don't really want to bite my children, thanks... :^)
> Because it is the most character-building, two-letterFine, OK:
> word in the English language, children have the right
> to hear their parents say "No" at
> least three times a day.
No, you do not have to go to a school if you don't want.
No, you do not have to clean your plate if you are full.
No, you do not have to read that book if you'd rather be outside playing.
and finally (in case there's any doubt):
No, I don't like liver better than chocolate.
He also wrote:
> Because it is the truth, the whole truth, and nothingOK, I'll give that a whirl, too:
> but the truth, children have the right to hear their
> parents say "Because I said so" on a regular and
> frequent basis.
Because I said so does not mean you can't find your own way of doing it.
Because I said so does not mean it's the only way of thinking.
Because I said so does not make me Queen of the Universe.
Because I said so means very little to Buddha or the IRS.
There, how's that?
Peace,
Wynn
P.S. BISS can stand for Because I Said So, or it can simply be the German for
a bite. I don't really want to bite my children, thanks... :^)
Nancy Wooton
on 12/11/01 8:08 AM, Otterspur@... at Otterspur@... wrote:
translates?)
;-) Nancy, who will play word games in German, too, AND before breakfast.
> P.S. BISS can stand for Because I Said So, or it can simply be the German forOr we can all tell John Rosemond "biss mich." (I wonder if the meaning
> a bite. I don't really want to bite my children, thanks... :^)
translates?)
;-) Nancy, who will play word games in German, too, AND before breakfast.
zenmomma *
>Conor has a sort of "biss mich" collection going. One of the items is a
>Or we can all tell John Rosemond "biss mich."
t-shirt I got him from Florida with a picture of crocodile and the
aforementioned sentiment. :o)
~Mary
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Carolyn
On my path to deciding to homeschool, I found John Rosemond. He wrote a
book about homework. What I got from it was to let the child take
responsibility for doing it or not doing it and let them deal with the
consequences. Seemed like a good idea to me! Then the teacher started
calling me, seems she thought otherwise. It was a short road to
homeschooling and unschooling after that.
(Yes, I know he had a lot of other ideas about what to do for kids who
"won't take" responsibility and get the job done but I only took what I
found useful.)
Carolyn
Otterspur@... wrote:
book about homework. What I got from it was to let the child take
responsibility for doing it or not doing it and let them deal with the
consequences. Seemed like a good idea to me! Then the teacher started
calling me, seems she thought otherwise. It was a short road to
homeschooling and unschooling after that.
(Yes, I know he had a lot of other ideas about what to do for kids who
"won't take" responsibility and get the job done but I only took what I
found useful.)
Carolyn
Otterspur@... wrote:
> John Rosemond once wrote:
> > Because it is the most character-building, two-letter
> > word in the English language, children have the right
> > to hear their parents say "No" at
> > least three times a day.