Tia Leschke

> Where do people, especially strangers, get the idea that it is OK to be
> SO RUDE? Do they believe that their comment is somehow going to change
> things?
>
I'm not sure what the specific comment was, but if we're talking about
things like, "Wow! You must be busy with that gang," I've certainly made
that kind of comment. It's got more to do with sympathy for what *I*
perceive the mother to be going through and my belief that I couldn't have
handled what they're handling than from a critical place.
Tia

Peggy

From: Tia Leschke <leschke@...>

> > Where do people, especially strangers, get the idea that it is OK to be
> > SO RUDE? Do they believe that their comment is somehow going to change
> > things?
> >
> I'm not sure what the specific comment was, but if we're talking about
> things like, "Wow! You must be busy with that gang," I've certainly made
> that kind of comment. It's got more to do with sympathy for what *I*
> perceive the mother to be going through and my belief that I couldn't have
> handled what they're handling than from a critical place.
> Tia

Yup. I've said the same. And, coming from a big family myself, and living in
neighborhoods as a kid where 6 to 8 kids in a family was the norm, I can say
from experience that the mom will be busy. ;)

Peggy, who still has a hard time remembering to only cook enough food for a
family of four, not eight.