tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759951.post2073389548668741876..comments2023-10-23T08:31:00.528-07:00Comments on AcadeMama: Raising Confident & Courageous Daughters (and Sons)AcadeMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15510282285225998011noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759951.post-47939125647179117472007-03-12T20:25:00.000-07:002007-03-12T20:25:00.000-07:00Thank you for this post! I want these books. (Can ...Thank you for this post! I want these books. (Can you say more about your specific beef with the first?)<BR/>I plan to be honest with my kid(s) but only so much at a time, you know? An eight year old probably doesn't need all the details. Just not any lies, I guess.<BR/>That praise issue is a good one to think about. I over-praise all the time, but I've recently started to cut back a little because I realize now that my toddler is older, she sort of assumes her own power and doesn't need the constant reinforcement.wwwmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854956255179637714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759951.post-33313391479833447622007-03-07T08:06:00.000-08:002007-03-07T08:06:00.000-08:00I should have added that my past was fairly clean ...I should have added that my past was fairly clean largely because my dad was so honest. After hearing stories about his and his friends' bad acid trips and related trips to the hospital, I didn't have much desire to experiment with drugs myself.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353657968740060474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759951.post-83847199207915282502007-03-07T08:05:00.000-08:002007-03-07T08:05:00.000-08:00I don't think you live in a dreamland. My dad had...I don't think you live in a dreamland. My dad had a "naughty" past, and he was up front with my siblings and me regarding his past, which included the requiste sex, drugs, and rock n' roll of the late 60s and early 70s. My own past is fairly clean, but C's past is not. We plan to be honest with our son and to use our experiences as learning tools, but we probably won't share all the details with S.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353657968740060474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34759951.post-48391782951478155412007-03-06T15:28:00.000-08:002007-03-06T15:28:00.000-08:00That's a tough question--one that I can't answer. ...That's a tough question--one that I can't answer. Supadiscodaddy and I both have pretty naughty pasts, and I certainly wouldn't want Supadiscobaby to follow in most of those footsteps. At the same time, though, I don't want to be a big fat hypocrite, and I don't want to lie to my kid. I'm not completely naive, and I know he's going to do things that I think he shouldn't do or isn't ready for--but I'd rather he told us so we could talk about the related issues with him. I hope that if we're honest (though maybe not including the dirty details) with him, he'll be honest with us. But maybe I live in dreamland...supadiscomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14079643987472915145noreply@blogger.com