As far as my almost 4 year old (how the hell did that happen, btw?) daughter goes, I try to teach her about consequences for her actions but most everything else is unconditional love, support for her choices, lots of telling her with no reservations how awesome she is and what a wonderful place the world around her is. There are times where this has turned into her being a bit self-centered and thinking she's the boss of things (as all kids do) but I feel that there is a whole lot out there in the world that is going to spend years tearing down her self-confidence, her faith and belief in humanity, preying on her fears, etc and that it is my job as her parent to bank as much away now in her as I can. Lay a solid foundation now that says "You are awesome, people know it and everything is going to be spectacular" and hope that it stays firm over the years that will try and wear it down.
Judah On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > cynicism can be healthy. > > misanthopism or pessimism can be unhealthy. > > although they are similar, they are not the same. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328493 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
