[blparent] French Parents

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Interesting, yes.  Makes sense, yes.  But it's a little annoying.  My 
strategy is to say no when it counts, and yes when I can.  I wouldn't want 
to not pick up a crying baby because he or she needs to learn to wait.  I 
wouldn't want my child to be hungry, but wait for a meal or a four o'clock 
snack.  I've taught her to say hello, goodbye, thank you and please.  But I 
want her to know she can come to me whenever she needs to or wants to.  I 
lived in fear and uncertainty for my whole childhood, and my daughter won't 
grow up that way.  If French parents would consider her spoiled, well, guess 
what?  This is America.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 12:09 AM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] French Parents

> That's a really interesting article. It makes a lot of sense.
>
> sheila leigland
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