Why Parents Hate Parenting.

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' date='15 July 2010 - 05:18 PM' timestamp='1279210708' post='2142986']
Get used to it. People say all kinds of dumb things... It's funny, we would never say to an adult person, "Why can't you be more outgoing (funny, friendly, studious etc) like your husband!?" That would be considered bizarre to compare two adults that way. Yet we do it to children all the time. Do adults think it's inspiring to make such bold comments?
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I figured it was something I might have to get used to. Ah, well, c'est la vie.

[MissScripture]

[quote name='Archaeology cat' date='15 July 2010 - 12:10 PM' timestamp='1279210252' post='2142984']
I know. I'm very quick to tell people we're not "done" just because we have a boy & a girl now. Though my latest dilemma has been how to react when someone tells me son that he should be good like his sister. Sorry, doesn't fly with me to compare my kids in that way. Especially when my son wasn't being bad, and my daughter is only 3.5 months old and can't really run off or talk or anything like that.
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I remember my grandma telling me how she once flipped out at a teacher at a parent-teacher conference, because the teacher kept comparing how poor my uncle's behavior was to how nicely my mother behaved.

Depending on the person, I might tell them off if they said something like that to my child (if I had any). But I'm not always a nice person...and I suppose that might be a bad example for your son...

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='MissScripture' date='16 July 2010 - 01:01 AM' timestamp='1279238471' post='2143191']
I remember my grandma telling me how she once flipped out at a teacher at a parent-teacher conference, because the teacher kept comparing how poor my uncle's behavior was to how nicely my mother behaved.

Depending on the person, I might tell them off if they said something like that to my child (if I had any). But I'm not always a nice person...and I suppose that might be a bad example for your son...
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The latest example I'm thinking of happened right after Mass - don't think going off on an older gentleman would be a good idea anyway, but especially not right after Mass. I think I need to reread that thing on bearing wrongs patiently.

[MissScripture]

[quote name='Archaeology cat' date='16 July 2010 - 02:03 AM' timestamp='1279260224' post='2143333']
The latest example I'm thinking of happened right after Mass - don't think going off on an older gentleman would be a good idea anyway, but especially not right after Mass. I think I need to reread that thing on bearing wrongs patiently.
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Like I said, I'm not always a nice person. I should probably re-read that thread, too...about 20-30 more times.

I just get highly irritated when people are annoyed with kids for acting like kids! Now, of course there are times when kids mis-behave, but kids were not made to sit quietly and stare at the wall! ...yeah...I should learn how to bear wrongs patiently...

[cmotherofpirl]

My granddaughter is currently acting like a kid of the terrible two variety. " She who screams" is now "she who bites, pinches and kicks"
needless to say she spends lots of time in timeout.

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='MissScripture' date='16 July 2010 - 02:53 PM' timestamp='1279288432' post='2143396']
Like I said, I'm not always a nice person. I should probably re-read that thread, too...about 20-30 more times.

I just get highly irritated when people are annoyed with kids for acting like kids! Now, of course there are times when kids mis-behave, but kids were not made to sit quietly and stare at the wall! ...yeah...I should learn how to bear wrongs patiently...
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Yeah, I'm with you 100%.

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