[blparent] The maid wants to go on strike!

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

It took me a long time to explain to Gerald the importance of making sure 
our daughter left the house with no stains and clothes that matched up 
right.  At first he thought I was taking everything too seriously and 
obsessing about nothing.  Little by little, I've gotten it across to him 
that if somebody else's preschooler walks around with her shirt on backwards 
or spaghetti sauce wiped on her sleeve, it's because she's a kid, but if 
mine does, it's because the poor thing has a blind mother who can't keep her 
neat and dressed well.

I don't think people even stop to realize how they sound when they say 
things.  I remember when Sarah was about five months old, I was sitting on 
the floor with her and an uncle of mine brought me a cup of coffee.  He 
handed it to me and said here, I don't know how you're going to keep from 
spilling this on the baby.  I was shocked, especially since I'd been around 
my uncle all my life.  I said well, Sarah's five months old and I've not 
spilled hot coffee on her yet--pretty good, since I drink it every day.  And 
instead of apologizing, he said well, you don't have to get hostile about 
it.

Sometimes you have to just shake your head and move on.  You can't fix 
stupid.

Jo Elizabeth

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a 
song."  Maya Angelou

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From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 9:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] The maid wants to go on strike!

> Hi, it is really frustrating when people feel they need to save your 
> child. I've never figured out how to get people to change their own 
> behavior. Unfortunately some don't believe we know what is going on with 
> our own kids.
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