[blparent] Whining!

Wed Dec 10 19:18:35 UTC 2008

I tell my kids I cannot hear whining and to use a normal voice.  If 
it persists I ask if they need to go calm down for a few minutes in 
their room or a designated spot.
Harder in public.  I cannot carry Clara and use a dog she is just too 
heavy so we stay put until she stops or a privilege is taken away.
It's not easy though.
At 08:38 PM 12/9/2008, you wrote:

>They, the specialists on child rearing, say you're suppose to ignore 
>them. but, I'm like you, I used to pull Gabriella to her feet and 
>told her to behave.  My husband would lift her up off the floor and 
>take her directly to her room and let her scream all she wanted there. V
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com>
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>Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 10:39 PM
>Subject: [blparent] Whining!
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>>Ooooh, Veronica, I can't stand whining, either. It especially 
>>drives me nuts when Gabbie throws
>>herself on the floor. I'm not sure if I should just ignore her or 
>>what, but usually I pull her up
>>and tell her to "stand up"! Ugh. Tantrums ... how to get through them!
>>
>>-- Allie
>>
>>A smile costs nothing but gives much.  It enriches those who 
>>receive without making poorer those who
>>give.  It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts 
>>forever.  None is so rich or
>>mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that 
>>he cannot be made rich by it.
>>Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it 
>>is something that is of no value
>>to anyone until it is given away.  Some people are too tired to 
>>give you a smile.  Give them one of
>>yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
>>-- Author Unknown
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 8:05 PM
>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Screeching!
>>
>>
>>It's like whining, the less you pay attention to it, the sooner it goes
>>away.  Well, if anything can push my buttons is whining and the more of it
>>there is, the more angry I get.  I keep telling myself, just walk away, but
>>instead i yell, Stop whining." V
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Shelton" <rshelton1 at gmail.com>
>>To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:52 PM
>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Screeching!
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>>>Twenty-odd years ago, I was standing in our kitchen, speaking with my soon
>>>to be foster son in law.  He was an engineering grad student at the place
>>>where I was teaching.  About that time, my fourth, Brian, two at the time,
>>>came tearing through at full volume.  He just hit that perfect
>>>resonance --
>>>ear-splitting howl which echoed off the walls in a glorious fashion.  I
>>>remember pausing my conversation with Michael, and then picking right back
>>>up after my ears stopped ringing.  He looked at me for a few seconds and
>>>said "Those four boys left you with some serious nerve damage."  Well, I
>>>guess they did, but it was only a few years later that Michael had a
>>>couple
>>>of his own -- and so it goes.
>>>
>>>Bottom line, it's more or less normal, and the less attention you pay, the
>>>better everybody sleeps.  My theory -- if it's not toxic, expensive,
>>>sharp,
>>>or on fire,
>>>screw it, let things take care of themselves.
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto [mailto:jopinto at pcdesk.net]
>>>Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 2:01 PM
>>>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>Subject: [blparent] Screeching!
>>>
>>>Sarah is going through a very vocal stage.  It really is amazing the
>>>ear-piercing screeches that can come out of such a little baby.  They're
>>>not
>>>angry screeches, they're happy sounds, but my goodness!  I hope it's just
>>>a
>>>phase she'll quickly grow out of.
>>>
>>>
>>>Jo Elizabeth
>>>
>>>It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in himself. To take
>>>advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work. Take care of
>>>what
>>>you are doing. Take care.--George Bernard Shaw in "Candide"
>>>
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