tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910794585407952957.post6104687854442079568..comments2023-03-29T14:50:29.468-07:00Comments on Easy Rider: An Open Letter to the NY TimesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349777197274945217noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910794585407952957.post-87293222042047014802009-11-10T18:05:43.692-08:002009-11-10T18:05:43.692-08:00Baby Pusher,
I have two kids. I have two boobs. I...Baby Pusher,<br /><br />I have two kids. I have two boobs. I have been pinched by both on each.Devrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264076539570620156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910794585407952957.post-70466876127471341022009-11-10T14:10:33.325-08:002009-11-10T14:10:33.325-08:00yeah this article pissed me off too. i mean, sure,...yeah this article pissed me off too. i mean, sure, yelling is less than ideal but fuck we are only human. and jarring can be a very good thing sometimes, as life is jarring as an adult plenty of time. i just sort of ignored it, but now you have re-opened my old wounds you wordy twat.<br /><br />it is just more of the over-berkeleyfying of child development. <br /><br />i myself will never spank my zelda ( the true zelda) but i was spanked on occasion as a kid and i don't really think it hurt me. <br /><br />i am not sure what these people are trying to achieve: a person who has never been zapped by life, so that when they are an adult they are surprised life zaps them?<br /><br />anyway i am just sick of everyone telling me how to raise my kid, always with a finger wag and a tsk tsk. fuck you tskers.mr. lazer dadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910794585407952957.post-90439197032529525852009-11-09T18:27:50.266-08:002009-11-09T18:27:50.266-08:00Karen, you're right. The article is just crap....Karen, you're right. The article is just crap. Why am I wasting time on it?<br /><br />Devra, yes, that clears things up, but but did your kid ever pinch your boob?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349777197274945217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910794585407952957.post-78698451870144830012009-11-09T16:04:36.637-08:002009-11-09T16:04:36.637-08:00I hope you'll take a look at Aviva's respo...I hope you'll take a look at Aviva's response to the NYT article. There is always a backstory, and just because we were interviewed for the piece doesn't mean it turned out the way we expected either. As for our book, it's not a child development book and the ideas in the book aren't just ours, we published the stories given to us by our survey respondents. Would you like a copy? We'll send one to you.<br /><br />Aviva and I are far more in line with Dr. Spock than any of the other experts who were interviewed for that NYT article. In fact I was the one who emailed Hilary Stout the quote from Dr. Spock. <br /><br />So if,after you've read Aviva's post, you still feel we are full of stupid advice at least you will have read something we've written and won't have to base your opinion on any assumptions. www.parentopia.com/blog <br /><br />My dad used expression "tough titty" when I expressed I thought something was "unfair" or I didn't like it. My kids are also very familiar with the expression. You can take the girl out of Brooklyn, but you can't take the Brooklyn outta the girl. Or in this case mom. Discipline methods need to be effective, they do not have to be something our children "like." Totally agree with you on that. : )Devrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264076539570620156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910794585407952957.post-43421617083507541202009-10-24T16:12:07.585-07:002009-10-24T16:12:07.585-07:00This NYT article is complete crap. First it states...This NYT article is complete crap. First it states, with no support whatsoever, that "this generation" yells a lot. Then it cites a study that found 88% of parents yelled at a child within the year. It also quotes someone as saying that the one thing we can control is the tone of our voice -- again, with no factual support provided (if this were true, how would voice-based lie detection work on anyone?). What the article boils down to is, yelling at kids is bad because parents feel guilty about it. BFD.Karenhttp://www.examiner.com/x-8938-SF-Pencil-Games-Examinernoreply@blogger.com