Comments on: No One Ever Promised http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2006/08/04/no-one-ever-promised/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:29:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Anonymous http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2006/08/04/no-one-ever-promised/#comment-215 Anonymous Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:05:00 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/?p=68#comment-215 Oh Boy! What have I gotton myself into- at 8 1/2 months pregnant, I have been teasing my friends who are giving me these stories with, 'oh, no, my baby will be pur-fect' Uh oh! Will I be eating these words, and again- what have I gotton myself into??!! Oh Boy! What have I gotton myself into- at 8 1/2 months pregnant, I have been teasing my friends who are giving me these stories with, ‘oh, no, my baby will be pur-fect’ Uh oh! Will I be eating these words, and again- what have I gotton myself into??!!

]]> By: Deb http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2006/08/04/no-one-ever-promised/#comment-214 Deb Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:55:00 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/?p=68#comment-214 Ah yes young grasshoppa...... You have unraveled the power of personal choice so strongly empasized here by Mr Rowan. The secret of parenting in so many ways.....mutual respect. You rock, mama! Thanks for sharing and glad to know you yell and lose it too and try to control b/c I do it way to often myself. Ah yes young grasshoppa……
You have unraveled the power of personal choice so strongly empasized here by Mr Rowan. The secret of parenting in so many ways…..mutual respect.

You rock, mama! Thanks for sharing and glad to know you yell and lose it too and try to control b/c I do it way to often myself.

]]> By: rubelin http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2006/08/04/no-one-ever-promised/#comment-213 rubelin Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:42:00 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/?p=68#comment-213 oh hon, believe me, having a carbon copy is no easier. It's like arguing with yourself ;-) Robin~ oh hon, believe me, having a carbon copy is no easier. It’s like arguing with yourself ;-)
Robin~

]]> By: Anonymous http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2006/08/04/no-one-ever-promised/#comment-212 Anonymous Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:34:00 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/?p=68#comment-212 Sounds like me before I go to the gym to work out. Sounds like me before I go to the gym to work out.

]]> By: Margaret in Oz http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2006/08/04/no-one-ever-promised/#comment-211 Margaret in Oz Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:42:00 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/?p=68#comment-211 Yes. Just yes. Everything you said. I could have written this - well, OK, not the same way you did, but you expressed beautifully the kind of thing that goes on here ;-) - usually when we're most desperate to get him to comply with something we believe will be very, very good for him... and he doesn't. I was also the compliant child, so I get that too! Unclench... thankyou for that reminder! Yes. Just yes. Everything you said. I could have written this - well, OK, not the same way you did, but you expressed beautifully the kind of thing that goes on here ;-) - usually when we’re most desperate to get him to comply with something we believe will be very, very good for him… and he doesn’t.

I was also the compliant child, so I get that too!

Unclench… thankyou for that reminder!

]]> By: SFWriter13 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2006/08/04/no-one-ever-promised/#comment-210 SFWriter13 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:42:00 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/?p=68#comment-210 I was smiling at this and trying not to laugh. We went through the very same thing at the very same age. It's nice to know that some things seem to be universal, regardless of the best parenting intentions. :-) I was smiling at this and trying not to laugh. We went through the very same thing at the very same age. It’s nice to know that some things seem to be universal, regardless of the best parenting intentions. :-)

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