[blparent] Whining!
trishs
slosser at metrocast.net
Thu Dec 11 03:01:39 UTC 2008
I always told my kids to take it to their band room so I didn't
have to hear it. They're allowed to have their feelings, and
when they collect themselves we can talk about it.
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:38:08 -0700
>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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