tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post7350593560391999740..comments2024-03-25T03:31:09.538-04:00Comments on markrothmansblog: You Can't Take Me Anywhere. Chapter 26.mark rothmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577361966051927102noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-25412837140052628222011-07-13T21:50:26.882-04:002011-07-13T21:50:26.882-04:00MARK
We have been mining the same vein.
I enjoyed ...MARK<br />We have been mining the same vein.<br />I enjoyed this. I only wish you had taken your chopsticks and tapped out a little Krupa on the articulate woman's bean. <br />You may enjoy the piece I posted today on the subject of brats in restaurants, at www.planetvalenti.com.Dan Valentihttp://www.planetvalenti.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-28888816656246384852011-06-09T23:54:17.738-04:002011-06-09T23:54:17.738-04:00I recall being a child of an abysmal parent and wh...I recall being a child of an abysmal parent and while not beating a drum tune offending a couple people, once by eating a lifesaver in church and listening to the exchange with my parent wish I could end my life.<br /><br />Kids are remarkably present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-25945340893785110802011-06-09T22:02:47.029-04:002011-06-09T22:02:47.029-04:00As I indicated by the title of the article, you ca...As I indicated by the title of the article, you can't take me anywhere. To count on my discretion is like Chamberlain counting on Hitler's. That being said, it didn't seem the child was effected by the exchange, nor did I even address the child.<br />I only considered there to be one villain here.<br />It wasn't me, and it wasn't the child.<br />My wife's approval was all I needed.mark rothmanhttp://google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251043500092242623.post-10890721024428666762011-06-09T16:31:12.794-04:002011-06-09T16:31:12.794-04:00Do you think you scared the kid?
I do know the dif...Do you think you scared the kid?<br />I do know the difference between 3 and 6 year olds. And I certainly see evidence that actually raising your child seems to be anyone's job but the parent's in these days of on-line and out of line failures. But, just the same, sometimes something like this CAN frighten a child. When a person is interacting with their parent in an emotional way.<br />Even when it is so deserved.<br /> <br />A child who, it would seem, is being raised already by an entitled narcissist.<br /><br />I'm specifically thinking of several children at year's start of my dealings, that liked to tap out their own special signals to the next village whenever I talked-it honestly took a FULL year to instill an awareness of manners not based in fear- but in genuine capacity to understand the other's position.<br /><br />Sometimes when faced with issues like this I simply say, "I need your advise on how to best handle this."<br />Then proceed to tell the parent something like, "I'm sitting here being treated to this drum solo by your child and I want to have it stop but I do want this to be a positive experience for all of us, what do you recommend I do?"<br />It deflates all that goat stuff but it's pretty clear that I'm annoyed, just...it empowers the folks.<br /><br />Of course by then my husband, also a hero, has usually complained so loudly to management we are being hustled to another location.I enjoyed this tale because I can relate to the child, your feelings and the utter audacity of those self-absorbed mother's.<br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com