Re: biting situation

2003-06-05 Thread James Guinee
> I'm sure my membership will be revoked for this one So much for intellectual tolerance ;) > but am I missing > something here? Has anyone even considered the idea of SPANKING? Now, > before you yell "crucify him" let me operationally define a spanking as > mild to medium forced applied to

letters of recommendation

2003-06-05 Thread James Guinee
Question of the day When writing a letter of recommendation for a student, are there any guidelines that the university places on this? For example, what is the protocol for a professor denying a student a letter. Given that letters are written in the capacity of one's position as a university p

Re: Refrigerator mothers

2003-06-05 Thread Christopher D. Green
Allen Esterson wrote: > Christopher Green wrote: > > >Careful now, Allen! …Who knows? Someone might > >actually take you up in your "suggestion" and later sue > >you for the "unexpected" outcome. > > I would like to make clear that I have never “suggested” that over-excited > infants should be pla

More temp positions at West Chester U. of PA

2003-06-05 Thread Pollak, Edward
In addition to the animal behavior lab mentioned in my last post, we also need someone to teach 2 sections of undergrad BioPsych in the fall semester. Unfortunately, one of those conflicts with the animal behavior lab so we'll need two people to teach the three courses. All three are on Tuesdays &

letters of recommendation

2003-06-05 Thread Pollak, Edward
If you have a student for you can not honestly say anything positive, I would suggest saying to the student, "I can write a letter for you if you want me to but I must be honest with you. It won't be a very good letter so you might want to ask someone else." Ed Edwar

Re: Refrigerator mothers

2003-06-05 Thread Allen Esterson
Christopher Green wrote: >Careful now, Allen! …Who knows? Someone might >actually take you up in your "suggestion" and later sue >you for the "unexpected" outcome. I would like to make clear that I have never “suggested” that over-excited infants should be placed in a refrigerator for short per

Re: Refrigerator mothers

2003-06-05 Thread Christopher D. Green
Allen Esterson wrote: > I’m getting a little confused by all this stuff about biting babies, > head-banging infants, and over-achieving children. Didn’t Bruno Bettelheim > show that symptoms of autism, such as head-banging and excessive aggression, > resulted from mothers having punished their ove

Temporary Position at West Chester University

2003-06-05 Thread Pollak, Edward
West Chester University of PA needs someone to teach an Animal Behavior (not animal learning) lab in the Fall '03 semester. The course meets Tuesdays & Thursdays from 11-1. FWIW, West Chester pays temps quite well compared to most places. Please share this note with anyone in the southeastern PA r

Refrigerator mothers

2003-06-05 Thread Allen Esterson
I’m getting a little confused by all this stuff about biting babies, head-banging infants, and over-achieving children. Didn’t Bruno Bettelheim show that symptoms of autism, such as head-banging and excessive aggression, resulted from mothers having punished their over-excited infants by putting th

Re: biting situation

2003-06-05 Thread Herb Coleman
Subject: Re: Biting in children From: "Betsy Spaulding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 00:20:22 -0700 Hi everyone I have to jump in also, having had a child who went through a very short phase of being a "biter" when she was about 15 months... I'm sure my membership will be revoked f