tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861524779770164339.post6961234561307464602..comments2023-06-03T07:52:15.025-07:00Comments on Mama's Thyme: Lullaby of the Gorilla MamaLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141594330508299140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861524779770164339.post-46328963968014339532011-02-02T07:33:26.590-08:002011-02-02T07:33:26.590-08:00Leeanna, Google Blogger kept underlining (suggesti...Leeanna, Google Blogger kept underlining (suggesting it was mis-spelled)"snowpocalypse" in the comment box, which is obviously a real word endorsed by Webber's (which it's also underlining)<br />I typed "the Blogger" instead of "that, Blogger" - I'm blaming the fact that I had only gulped one cup of coffee and had Smelly Boss hanging around me. Sorry for the confusion!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141594330508299140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861524779770164339.post-19992234203528454172011-02-01T13:15:59.386-08:002011-02-01T13:15:59.386-08:00Wait, I know that guy ... :(
Anyway, everything i...Wait, I know that guy ... :(<br /><br />Anyway, everything in moderation, right? I'm sure it's insanely difficult being a parent (as I am not one), but I have noticed that most parents I know always try their best. I guess sometimes "their best" is not good enough for the kid's future. <br /><br />Hmph ...Laura Crozierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14663410349671917523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861524779770164339.post-86725807165832593132011-02-01T08:37:05.921-08:002011-02-01T08:37:05.921-08:00You go, girl! Gorilla Mom's rule!
If we walke...You go, girl! Gorilla Mom's rule!<br /><br />If we walked around belittling our children, particularly daughters, in that fashion we would raise a generation of children with low self esteem and poor self images forever searching for approval from everyone around them. Emotional and verbal abuse is very ugly. Shame on her! That b&^%#.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861524779770164339.post-76854992216457278232011-02-01T08:30:47.559-08:002011-02-01T08:30:47.559-08:00You don't have an email listed so I have to co...You don't have an email listed so I have to contact you in comments. I have a question. What did you mean by "Quit underlining the Blogger, that's a real word." You put that at the end of your comment and I haven't a clue what you mean. Could you please enlighten me.Leannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313664441343901006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861524779770164339.post-77215686204212814962011-02-01T00:38:16.100-08:002011-02-01T00:38:16.100-08:00This is a tough story. On one hand, I imagine her ...This is a tough story. On one hand, I imagine her children's childhood as terrible, and I am not sure an education like that can result in healthy people leading normal and healthy lives.<br /><br />On the other hand, my parents showed a "laissez-faire" attitude which was truly disgusting. We were allowed to spend as much time in front of the TV as we wanted, I skipped one third of a school year because I didn't feel like going to school and my mother would write letters of apology every day if I asked for it and coughed a little. We ate junk food all the time, spent our pocket money on chocolate bars and stuff - and if we didn't do our homework, our parents were not impressed.<br /><br />As with most things, I assume the ideal path would be somewhere in the middle. I would have loved to learn how to learn at a younger age, and I assume it would have made university much easier. I would have loved the support and guidance of my parents, and a bit more of "real" upbringing might not have been wrong either. Nevertheless, I learned to play instruments (because I wanted to), read a lot and went to university (because I wanted to) and have even started to live healthily and do sports (although only now, close to thirty).<br /><br />(My sisters took different paths - one left school without graduation, one left school and jobbed without proper education and one only took up serious learning in her twenties. Sometimes it is hard to accept that the oldest two will have to struggle to make ends meet all their lives, because we're all rather intelligent, but... you know, it could have been easier. (It's a good thing if they are happy, but honestly, I think being happy could be easier for them... one of them is holding three jobs at the same time.))<br /><br />Maybe it's necessary to not only help your children to "feel good" all the time, but cruelty is hardly an adequate education tool.Diandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570498251611083259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861524779770164339.post-75307301147467486292011-01-31T13:17:20.414-08:002011-01-31T13:17:20.414-08:00I couldn't agree more. There is a very fine li...I couldn't agree more. There is a very fine line between expecting the best from your children and being so overbearing that they can not thrive and grow into happy well adjusted people.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03197273465182845429noreply@blogger.com