Posts by rightkindofme

Neither giving rewards nor punishing are effective ways of motivating a child. As soon as the "motivator" (reward/punishment goes away) the behavior reverts.   It sucks. I wish it worked. AHHHHH!!!!    I uhm......

Apparently me recounting my personal experiences is too "jolting" so I'm going to stop participating in the thread. That's fine. It's pretty clear that this discussion is over anyway.

Quote:Originally Posted by Pr3ttyPrincess I thought of another funny and heartwarming moment. My oldest daughter was about 14 months old, I was big and pregnant with her little sister. So I was sitting in our computer chair rocking...

Is there any possibility of raising your own chickens? I'm going to build a coop out of found lumber and raise my own because I have ethical qualms about the meat industry.

Quote:Originally Posted by Linda on the move  That's so cool!  I think it's amazing how different people feel drawn to working with different kinds of kids. I miss my gang kids so much it hurts. I feel like I accomplished more good...

I nightweaned at 18 months for this reason. My kids are 27 months apart and whereas I could handle dealing with tandem nursing during the day I just physically could not take having to be available for going-to-sleep nursing for both...

Quote: Originally Posted by serenbat  I never said that! It's a tragedy for the child the poor choices many parents make.    The parents are the one that act irresponsible when they abuse the...

We have whole forums devoted to that. :) Wander around and stay a while. :)

Err, no amount of "discipline" would have put my kids on a schedule. Some kids incline that way and with parental encouragement can adapt. Other kids... not so much. Humans are weird, complicated animals.   And my kids...

I get that you have lots of issues with how the adults are behaving. The children didn't ask to be born. The children involved can't pick or unpick their parents. If you discontinue aide you aren't punishing the parents for their...