Parents Armed Them for a Cruel World
03/01/2013 § 9 Comments
DID YOU JUST HEAR THAT CHILD? She told her parents, “This must be the UGLY collection.” Is she too young to read the sign: “Unusual Plant Forms”? Children should be taught not to make appearance slurs. Since birth we’ve ALL been told that we’re“special.”
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I believe we’ve said before ‘who needs Facebook?’ when we have our own growing community. My mother & I trade “I love you’s” when we end our visits either in person or on the phone. Yay God for the planting good seeds!
Amen.
At least kids say what they think! What if everyone did that? Hey speaking of speaking your mind, I LOVED your book. So clever, witty, honest and odd. A mix of it all. A great read, thanks.
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There’s truth in that there humour. Children are taught to have disdain for those that are different. My kids have been brought up to not see disabilities or differences. Being disabled myself, as is my mother and my son.
A great comment and a great approach, Alastair. When we put our kids to bed every night, we said, “Goodnight. We love you. You’re special.” Now that they’re twenty-somethings we still end our conversations with them by saying, “Goodnight. Love you.” (And they say the same to us.)
That’s fantastic. Mine are 14 and 16 and I have always said good night and love you. Even when they go to their mum’s for the weekend, they still phone me to say good night.
If you can keep them close as teenagers, you’ll have them close forever.
I’m hoping I can. My daughter is going through that rebellious stage at the moment, but I still tell her I love her