tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692870331268457896.post6801222002927176734..comments2022-11-20T03:00:12.104-06:00Comments on paying for my raising: garbage in, garbage outJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08585333832773863308noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692870331268457896.post-28309693234331193442012-01-10T01:49:48.454-06:002012-01-10T01:49:48.454-06:00Good for you! There are some toys I have refused ...Good for you! There are some toys I have refused to allow my children to have, and I would probably do the same as you with that dance game.<br />I liked what you said about your parents: "they didn't worry about how their decisions would make us feel"... sometimes I think we can worry too much about that and it can almost paralyse us.Felicityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05729341166080286031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692870331268457896.post-91251063309008631132012-01-02T20:05:56.308-06:002012-01-02T20:05:56.308-06:00I am totally with you! And I am facing this coming...I am totally with you! And I am facing this coming Saturday - when we will get together with my husband's family for a belated Christmas (complete with gift exchange) - with much trepidation because I am very afraid of what the relatives - cousins who got my girls' names and my in-laws - will have gotten the girls. All the cousins are in the same age range (basically, 9 to 13) and now that my girls are 9 and 10, I am really dreading what I fear may happen: i.e., that they will think what is acceptable to the other kids will be fine for mine ("Because they're the same age, after all!"). The relatives mean well, and my girls will understand if we need to do exchanges...but it's still pretty embarrassing if we later get asked how they like something that we returned. I have even offered alternative ideas...but I saw last year that they were starting to be ignored. And people didn't even ask for ideas this year. Sigh.Tina Hollenbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694089806217921117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692870331268457896.post-50932804079070969062012-01-02T19:58:59.632-06:002012-01-02T19:58:59.632-06:00Yes, you go girl!
You are so right. Izzy asked f...Yes, you go girl!<br /><br />You are so right. Izzy asked for what may be the same game and didn't get it. Not for your reasons, but blessings are sometimes disquised, huh?<br /><br />I got your back - and tell LB I love her and what a great mom she has! cause you've got her back. and if she doesn't see that now, she will later - and will love you the more for it.justcallmeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12212341516089506184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692870331268457896.post-91781689675159377652012-01-02T16:47:19.050-06:002012-01-02T16:47:19.050-06:00GOOD FOR YOU! It is our responsibility to "s...GOOD FOR YOU! It is our responsibility to "shield" or "protect" our children. Its bad enough that stuff gets through accidentally but we can manage what we allow on purpose! I'm one of those mean moms too, but they are still exposed to more than I would like.Greg and Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971301563589708491noreply@blogger.com