[blparent] Whining!

Wed Dec 10 21:09:12 UTC 2008

Hi,
I threw many tantrums when I was a child.  The more people saw it, the more
sympathy I got.  My parents just ignored me and sometimes put me in my room.
I stopped it when I did not get what I wanted.  Later on, I learned to be
more sneaky.  In the store, I put my hand on the counter and I always got
something.  My boyfriend now says it is my cute smile getting me what I
want.  I hope I eventually find a job and the cute smile is not enough to
convince an employer.

Marianne

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Veronica Smith
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:38 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Whining!

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>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 10:39 PM
Subject: [blparent] Whining!

> 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!
>
>
>> 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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