That Post Article is interesting. They've gathered scientific evidence to prove something that parents throughout time have always known.
On 7/22/07 1:49 PM, "Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is interesting from WaPo: Brain Immaturity Could Explain Teen > Crash Rate > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52687-2005Jan31.html > > I also can't stand being assaulted in public by other people's > supposedly "cute" kids. Either in a restaurant, at an ATM or bouncing > beach balls through a supermarket. The world is not everyone's living > room as Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey of Phillist, formerly of the Penn > Writers House, seems to think ir is. She likes to talk during movies > at The Ritz. > http://phillyist.com/2007/06/22/return_to_sende_81.php > > Frank > > On Jul 22, 2007, at 09:15 AM, Wilma de Soto wrote: > >> I have been working with kids a long time. Kids accost me all the >> time. >> >> By that I mean I could be sitting in a restaurant and a toddler I >> have never >> met will leave their parents' table and come over to me totally >> unbidden, >> arms outstretched. If they are able to talk, they do. It happens >> in grocery >> stores, malls and I have never been able figure out why. It's >> weird and has >> always amused friends or family who may be with me at the time. >> >> The irony is when I impose limits and standards for behavior, >> school work >> etc., they grumble and groan at first, but later they LIKE it. >> >> They are free to concentrate on being a child with me because there >> is a >> consistent adult presence they can trust. They don't have to act >> like a >> shrunken adult, something they don't handle very well anyway. >> >> They come before school because I need help. They eat lunch in my >> room >> because I need help. They stay after school because I need help. >> I am the >> most helpless person in the world and that's why they have to hang >> around. >> At least that's THEIR story. I know they just want to hang around >> with >> someone they trust before going home to who-knows-what, so I let >> them "help" >> me. >> >> Sometimes, they'll ask me the same question two or three times just >> to check >> if the answer is still no. When I stick to my guns, they smile and >> say >> "OK." It's like they're just checking. >> >> Children just don't think the way adults do or process the world as >> we do. >> There are only certain things they can handle at certain stages of >> their >> development, allowing of course for some children who are ahead for >> their >> age or behind. >> >> Still, they are not adults. We are. >> >> >> On 7/22/07 8:28 AM, "Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for saying this, Wilma. In my opinion, this can't be stressed >>> enough. It's been so obvious to me for so long that I can't believe >>> everyone can't see it. It deeply scares me. Bill Maher always says >>> that parents today make the huge mistake of trying to be their >>> children's friends instead of their parents. He's so right. >>> >>> Frank >>> >>> On Jul 20, 2007, at 07:13 PM, Wilma de Soto wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, It's sad. >>>> >>>> However, the worst is yet to come. >>>> >>>> Adults must realize that at least the past two generations have been >>>> socialized to be violent. >>>> >>>> First of all, children are naturally self-centered, cruel, mean and >>>> violent. >>>> >>>> People like us had people who were called adults, whose job was to >>>> teach >>>> restraint of the primordial childish urges and teach them to be >>>> productive >>>> citizens into the society into which they were born. >>>> >>>> Instead of preparing the child for the world, they are trying to >>>> change the >>>> world for their child. >>>> >>>> Children are now born perfect. Their parents dictate to camp >>>> counselor, >>>> futbol coaches, dance instructors, school teachers etc. >>>> >>>> No wonder children have no social decorum. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7/20/07 5:36 PM, "Anthony West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That is so sad, Wilma. >>>>> >>>>> -- Tony West >>>>> >>>>> Wilma de Soto wrote: >>>>>> That 18 year-old who shot the 14 year-old on the bike was a >>>>>> former student >>>>>> at my school. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is the second incident involving former students of mine in >>>>>> the last >>>>>> few months. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >>>>> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive >>>>> information, see >>>>> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >>>> >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >>>> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, >>>> see >>>> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >>> >>> ---- >>> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >>> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >>> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >> >> > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
