http://anthromama.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/somebody-give-me-a-decongestant/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://anthromama.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/somebody-give-me-a-decongestant/#comment-553 henitsirk Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:45:49 +0000 http://anthromama.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/somebody-give-me-a-decongestant/#comment-553 Nana: too true. The trick is to remember all that when you're not yourself feeling too kind. I always try to focus on modeling and imitation: what behavior am I modeling that my kids will then imitate? Of course, the "bad" stuff is immediately assimilated and produced frequently until we can replace it with "good" behavior. Luckily, our kids have never heard any obscene words, for example! Nana: too true. The trick is to remember all that when you’re not yourself feeling too kind. I always try to focus on modeling and imitation: what behavior am I modeling that my kids will then imitate? Of course, the “bad” stuff is immediately assimilated and produced frequently until we can replace it with “good” behavior. Luckily, our kids have never heard any obscene words, for example!

]]> http://anthromama.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/somebody-give-me-a-decongestant/#comment-550 Nana Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:22:38 +0000 http://anthromama.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/somebody-give-me-a-decongestant/#comment-550 good parents instill the virtues of kindness, intellectual curiosity, kindness, love, kindness, integrity, kindness, tolerance, kindness, humility, and the ability to produce a true belly laugh in their children... sometimes you don't know how 'good' you were until your children become good parents...a bonus is if your kids can maintain an attitude of awe and wonder at all things in the natural Universe... good parents instill the virtues of kindness, intellectual curiosity, kindness, love, kindness, integrity, kindness, tolerance, kindness, humility, and the ability to produce a true belly laugh in their children… sometimes you don’t know how ‘good’ you were until your children become good parents…a bonus is if your kids can maintain an attitude of awe and wonder at all things in the natural Universe…

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