Yes. I'm not that bad but I know people who are. Actually, during the holidays the secretary over here would come over like my pusher ans say "pst. Michael, I've got ya godiva". I had enough to put me off chocolate for almost a month.
At 12:14 PM 2/25/02, you wrote: >Have you seen the t-shirt in the form of a ransom note (letters/words cut >from magazines) that says "Hand over the chocolate and no one gets hurt"? > >(Just kidding) > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 9:07 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: RE: Come see the violence inherent in the system! >> >> >> And how many people have you beaten up for a candy bar? There >> are degrees of low impulse control. Personal control such as >> for a diet is usually lower than public control such as just >> grabbing something you want. I'm great with the public >> (wouldn't even use some milk from the work fridge because its >> not mine) but my private control is a bit shaky. I've sworn >> off chocolate a number of times to no effect. I've sworn on >> vegetables just as often but my diet still looks like that of >> a lion (meat, meat and more meat). >> A child slowly learns both the personal and public impulse >> control. Some faster and some slower. Hinda still sometimes >> grabs toys from Moshe but would never do so to a different >> child. That shows impulse control (brothers don't count as >> much :) ). Her internal schema says that strangers and >> friends are out of bounds for grabbing, brothers should be >> out of bounds as well but sometime.... >> For a child to attack someone in public really shows a >> breakdown in their control. >> >> At 11:41 AM 2/25/02, you wrote: >> >Interestingly, it was Disney movies that helped our son >> grasp the concept of >> >reality vs. pretend. We pointed out to him that there was a >> real boy named >> >Tommy Kirk who pretended to be other children in a number of movies. >> > >> >And ya HAD to mention candy bars >> >I STILL have "low impulse control" in some areas <sigh> >> > >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:40 AM >>> To: CF-Community >>> Subject: RE: Come see the violence inherent in the system! >>> >>> >>> True. :) >>> While I am a proud papa and love my kids, I'm not sure that >>> their taking responsibility for their actions and knowing the >>> difference between real and pretend is all nurture (or >>> genetics for that matter). Moshe will come home with a story >>> and will tell it to us and then say that its all pretend and >>> didn't happen. He knows the difference. Hinda will sometimes >>> get upset with herself when she doesn't act right. She knows >>> that she's not doing the right thing but at the time her >>> impulses are more powerful than her common sense (like when >>> she's overtired). That may be the issue here. Rather than the >>> child not knowing the difference between real and pretend, he >>> may have low impulse control. This is the 'voice in our head' >>> that stops us from just grabbing a candy bar when we want it >>> or beating on >>> someone when they upset us. Super ego, if you want. > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
