Comments on: Sticks and stones http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kate http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-14121 Kate Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:04:26 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-14121 Irresponsible parenting, I guess. It's hard work raising kids and parents don't put forth the same kind of effort they used to. (Which is why I enjoy reading your labor of love.) Hey! I just booked a one-way ticket to Anchorage (damn it's expensive to get up there!) I'm tasked with road-tripping back to civilization with my school teacher friend who moved to Alaska about the same time you did. So... what should we do? Is there anything to see in Anchorage? Or should we put the blinders on and break all speed records back to civilization?? :)) - kate Irresponsible parenting, I guess. It’s hard work raising kids and parents don’t put forth the same kind of effort they used to. (Which is why I enjoy reading your labor of love.)

Hey! I just booked a one-way ticket to Anchorage (damn it’s expensive to get up there!)

I’m tasked with road-tripping back to civilization with my school teacher friend who moved to Alaska about the same time you did.

So… what should we do? Is there anything to see in Anchorage? Or should we put the blinders on and break all speed records back to civilization?? :)) - kate

]]> By: Sister Carrie http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-13617 Sister Carrie Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:21:12 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-13617 Sigh. I have nothing to add, just my own sorrow and frustration. Sigh. I have nothing to add, just my own sorrow and frustration.

]]> By: carosgram http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-13572 carosgram Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:14:39 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-13572 I agree that the 'entitlement' attitude is part of the problem. The other part is thinking that what happens to you is so important. Many parents today make their children believe they are the center of the world. That what happens to them is sooooo important. When I grew up we knew that the adults were important and we weren't so much. We had to give up our seats to adults on the bus. We got what was left over after the adults had filled their plates. We had to sit quietly when the adults were talking. Our parents called our first loves 'puppy love' because it wasn't very important. We learned not to take everything too seriously. Today's parents treat every incident like it is life critical. It really isn't. If the parents can't keep things in proportion, why expect the kids to? Everyone needs to lighten up. I agree that the ‘entitlement’ attitude is part of the problem. The other part is thinking that what happens to you is so important. Many parents today make their children believe they are the center of the world. That what happens to them is sooooo important. When I grew up we knew that the adults were important and we weren’t so much. We had to give up our seats to adults on the bus. We got what was left over after the adults had filled their plates. We had to sit quietly when the adults were talking. Our parents called our first loves ‘puppy love’ because it wasn’t very important. We learned not to take everything too seriously. Today’s parents treat every incident like it is life critical. It really isn’t. If the parents can’t keep things in proportion, why expect the kids to? Everyone needs to lighten up.

]]> By: Journeywoman http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-13570 Journeywoman Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:53:04 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-13570 Well said. I don't understand it either. Though my husband who teaches High Schoolers say that the internet makes it more immediate, makes it closer. When you were bullied in our day, you could go home and recharge, regroup. Get a handle on things. But now when bullied teens go home, they turn on the computer and there is the bully, right in their home! And turning off the computer doesn't enter in because it is how homework and stuff is done. Scary. Well said.

I don’t understand it either. Though my husband who teaches High Schoolers say that the internet makes it more immediate, makes it closer. When you were bullied in our day, you could go home and recharge, regroup. Get a handle on things. But now when bullied teens go home, they turn on the computer and there is the bully, right in their home!

And turning off the computer doesn’t enter in because it is how homework and stuff is done.

Scary.

]]> By: Mrs Figby http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-13551 Mrs Figby Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:27:58 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-13551 Great post. And it DOES continue even when you're 40-something, which shocked the hell out of me when I found myself on the receiving end of it. I don't know why I'm still surprised by the way people behave, but I am. I guess I keep expecting the best of people. Great post. And it DOES continue even when you’re 40-something, which shocked the hell out of me when I found myself on the receiving end of it. I don’t know why I’m still surprised by the way people behave, but I am. I guess I keep expecting the best of people.

]]> By: OmegaCuz1 http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-13525 OmegaCuz1 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:11:49 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/04/17/sticks-and-stones/#comment-13525 How didja get to be so wise, lil cuz? How didja get to be so wise, lil cuz?

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