Posts by pek64

I disagree about toddlers not being rational. They live in the moment and have trouble waiting, that's true, and is rational for someone of that age. Calling it irrational is demeaning. Toddlers deserve respect, just like every other...

Quote:Originally Posted by Escaping I somehow don't think women would be OK with the whole "everything doesn't need to be fair" thing if we didn't have way more rights than men.  What rights do women have that men don't have?...

I understand what you are saying, and if I had been pregnant with twins I might have felt the same as you. True, I picked up the slack, but that way my son benefitted. The providers of these classes informed me that they didn't want to...

And I am about to suggest the OP get more involved. I had similar problems, and made myself a volunteer helper in the classes. Annoying to pay full price and work, but I had more authority with the other kids. Parens were told I was a...

This is not really the same, but the mention of the Holocaust made me think of this. Friends of mine don't believe in protecting their children from violence. The family watches violent movies together, etc. When the two oldest were...

I second the suggestion to seal it.

Grandparents who violate visitation boundries often violate other boundries. My parents took advantage of twenty minutes alone with my, then 3 year old, son and told him I was going to die. It was the final straw in a series of...

On the upside, that persistence will come in handy when she is older. If she wants to learn physics, and finds it difficult, she will most likely bug her teacher/instructor until she gets the help she needs. Not much comfort in that...

"Her whole evening is free"? Does she have homework? What kind of student is she? How was your relationship with her before this happened? I would think she should set aside time each week to clean cages. If she's not willing or able to...

I was a teen when my cousin's oldest died. In her case, it was the result of a secondary infection following leukemia treatments. Anyway, the point is, her mother, my cousin, started to talk about her and got teary. After she said what...