[blparent] Whining!

Wed Dec 17 00:08:02 UTC 2008

Me too! V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Whining!

> That would happen one time only with me.
> As my girls got older I began stating my expectations before we
> even left the house.
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com
>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:34:40 -0800
>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Whining!
>
>>How many of those specialists actually have children of their
> own? It's easy to say "ignore them"
>>especially if you've never had a child who throws themselves on
> the floor in a public place and
>>carries on.  Smiles.  Luckily, this hasn't happened to me yet,
> but Gabriella is really learning what
>>"go to your room" means.
>
>>-- 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: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:38 PM
>>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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