tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post5645582038876416552..comments2024-03-26T00:13:50.146-07:00Comments on sugar city journal: Minding the Unruly: help from booksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06107874472168573211noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-68029927022946366892012-01-08T21:01:56.575-08:002012-01-08T21:01:56.575-08:00love penderwicks too.love penderwicks too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-30192635058219771082011-12-22T20:01:35.471-08:002011-12-22T20:01:35.471-08:00I really enjoyed reading what you had to say.You h...I really enjoyed reading what you had to say.You have lots of good ideas.This is really great stuff.Keep going.Thanks for sharing.<br /><a href="http://www.expresspharmarx.com/purchase/generic-viagra.aspx" rel="nofollow">Cheap Viagra</a>Sandra Davishttp://www.expresspharmarx.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-11199155734585276592011-12-11T23:21:19.016-08:002011-12-11T23:21:19.016-08:00We read the same books as children apparently :) ...We read the same books as children apparently :) And I LOVE the advice shared here. Go ma.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668666249393993201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-57055638173830007382011-12-04T16:33:00.000-08:002011-12-04T16:33:00.000-08:00I love this post so much. You got the list totall...I love this post so much. You got the list totally right, but I would also add in Marmee like a PP! <br /><br />Also, how much do I love that you know Girl of the Limberlost! I wish more people had read GSP`s beautiful books!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05876744216147415019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-44931775434049418212011-12-02T16:27:45.028-08:002011-12-02T16:27:45.028-08:00...I also totally agree with you Liz about the rea......I also totally agree with you Liz about the realistic feedback thing being tricky, btw - I need to think more about that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107874472168573211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-29574096646363449292011-12-02T16:21:57.520-08:002011-12-02T16:21:57.520-08:00Liz, I've been thinking a lot about your comme...Liz, I've been thinking a lot about your comment. I too love Jack Donaghy and think that quote is really great. It reminds me of one that I wrote down from the preface of Kelly Corrigan's memoir, The Middle Place. About her father, she says:<br /><br />"He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against for a lifetime. In my case, he sees me as I would like to be seen. In fact, I'm not even sure what's true about me, since I have always chosen to believe his version." <br /><br />I think to inherently believe in your child and their potential, and to take the time to really notice and look for things they are good at - I think that is what a parent is in a unique position to do. Maybe those American Idol parents are just noticing the wrong things. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107874472168573211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-33441036612051544252011-12-01T19:43:33.732-08:002011-12-01T19:43:33.732-08:00Love this post, Lynne! And yes, your friend Alexa...Love this post, Lynne! And yes, your friend Alexandra is indeed brilliant. Thanks for the great words of wisdom, both of you!Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07766821071657809084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-10637244662712047972011-12-01T12:17:37.402-08:002011-12-01T12:17:37.402-08:00Because I am an illiterate (just kidding), I don&#...Because I am an illiterate (just kidding), I don't have any examples of parenting from books, but the great Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock said on an episode I was watching yesterday:<br /><br />(originally he was encouraging tough-love parenting, but then came to the following conclusion... and yes, I re-watched the episode just so that I could put this in my comment...)<br /><br />"A parent is the one person who can make their kid think they can do anything; says they're beautiful even when they are ugly. Thinks they're smart even when they go to Arizona State. Let the rest of the world tear your kid down, your job is to support them no matter what". <br /><br /> I don't believe in the "supporting them no matter what" part of the advice, or taking parenting advice from a dysfunctional t.v. character, but oddly enough... I thought the conclusion to be very compelling. I find this part of parenting very hard for some reason. (or I anticipate to in the future when my kids are older). <br />Where is the balance between realistic feedback (made with love), and confidence boosting that keeps them trying. I don't understand the parents who accompany their children to American Idol who are completely knocked off balance when their child is so terrible. Do they really not see how bad their children are, or are they just "being supportive no matter what"?<br /><br />Could Jack Donaghy be right?? :)Liz R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09510304253665127214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-34305156254501071972011-11-24T19:46:44.488-08:002011-11-24T19:46:44.488-08:00Marmee and Jo, Ma Ingalls and Anne are all my favo...Marmee and Jo, Ma Ingalls and Anne are all my favorites too! The Penderwicks are awesome. I would also recommend some of the other L.M. Alcott books (particularly Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom). I think that those "newfangled" ideas of Uncle Alec are so holistically oriented! I also love the mothers in Madeleine L'Engle's books --Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Murry, and Mrs. O'Keefe.Jenhttp://www.alivingfamily.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-83368449268776642832011-11-23T01:42:34.544-08:002011-11-23T01:42:34.544-08:00That was absolutely beautifully written. I like y...That was absolutely beautifully written. I like your new mantra of following "ma Ingolls." I must say, my own mother is a lot like her.melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08744393969916248418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-46479738101293896912011-11-22T04:04:08.468-08:002011-11-22T04:04:08.468-08:00Oh we all love the Penderwicks in this house, and ...Oh we all love the Penderwicks in this house, and we are having a lot of fun now with the Nanny Piggins books: she is every child's fantasy (chocolate and cake for breakfast lunch and dinner) but I wouldn't go quite so far as to call her a parenting role model.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650468626267484591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-11219306390681039612011-11-21T12:40:36.322-08:002011-11-21T12:40:36.322-08:00What? The Little House books are boring? Why I ne...What? The Little House books are boring? Why I never! That's all I'll say about that.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095031535717941570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-73201287773003238392011-11-20T14:35:29.419-08:002011-11-20T14:35:29.419-08:00I LOVE that bunny mom!!!! Do you have a child trai...I LOVE that bunny mom!!!! Do you have a child trained to pull out your chair for you at meals? That is totally one of my fantasies!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107874472168573211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-57740451850262525412011-11-20T12:03:30.359-08:002011-11-20T12:03:30.359-08:00The first person I thought of when I started readi...The first person I thought of when I started reading this post was Ma and Pa from the Little House books! I also think of the mother bunny from the Country Bunny and The Little Gold Shoes all the time.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831950968587468914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-35550214734236987972011-11-19T14:04:21.246-08:002011-11-19T14:04:21.246-08:00I haven't read Anne of Ingleside in years and ...I haven't read Anne of Ingleside in years and years! I'm so glad you mentioned that. It would be great to revisit Anne as a mother.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107874472168573211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-33740679648658216342011-11-19T12:41:36.958-08:002011-11-19T12:41:36.958-08:00I also love Marmee in Little Women...and Jo in Jo&...I also love Marmee in Little Women...and Jo in Jo's boys.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16320267523897987719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356332869012029488.post-3604432319592590502011-11-19T11:08:44.562-08:002011-11-19T11:08:44.562-08:00Anne of Ingleside is my favorite! I read it last ...Anne of Ingleside is my favorite! I read it last week and it reminded me to cherish and delight in my children. It was so refreshing to drink in the difference between that book and most of the people/influences around us. Great post!Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11121723247177056556noreply@blogger.com