Comments on: The Art Of Parenting http://www.dorothyho.com/2010/01/the-art-of-parenting/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:05:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dorothyho http://www.dorothyho.com/2010/01/the-art-of-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-12888 dorothyho Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:00:22 +0000 http://www.dorothyho.com/?p=2829#comment-12888 Thanks all. I may just have to pick up that book after all. It does sound intriguing. Thanks all. I may just have to pick up that book after all. It does sound intriguing.

]]> By: Nikki http://www.dorothyho.com/2010/01/the-art-of-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-12882 Nikki Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:29:02 +0000 http://www.dorothyho.com/?p=2829#comment-12882 great pix of you, btw. ben and i giggled over it for a loooong time. great pix of you, btw. ben and i giggled over it for a loooong time.

]]> By: Nikki http://www.dorothyho.com/2010/01/the-art-of-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-12881 Nikki Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:28:06 +0000 http://www.dorothyho.com/?p=2829#comment-12881 actually dot, you *should* read a book by Meredith Small called Our Babies Ourselves (i think that's the title). She's a pediatric anthropologist. The book is about the ways that different cultures create a kind of scientific knowledge around child-rearing issues which are really culturally based. it will blow your mind. really. things that i thought were physically determined capabilities, like walking. i read it right when we moved overseas. that combined with the realization that all the families from all over the world were practiced a wide-range of parenting techniques and all the kids seemed fine. although, i will say that the parents who came from cultures where sharing a bed with the kids is common did seem wistful when we talked about our kids in their own beds in their own rooms. susan sarandon has said two of my favorite quotes about raising kids. the first one is "the biggest impediment to parenting is the idea that there is a right way to do it." the other one i love is along the lines of, "you raise your kids to defy authority, but you forget that the first authority they defy is yours." actually dot, you *should* read a book by Meredith Small called Our Babies Ourselves (i think that’s the title). She’s a pediatric anthropologist. The book is about the ways that different cultures create a kind of scientific knowledge around child-rearing issues which are really culturally based. it will blow your mind. really. things that i thought were physically determined capabilities, like walking.

i read it right when we moved overseas. that combined with the realization that all the families from all over the world were practiced a wide-range of parenting techniques and all the kids seemed fine.

although, i will say that the parents who came from cultures where sharing a bed with the kids is common did seem wistful when we talked about our kids in their own beds in their own rooms.

susan sarandon has said two of my favorite quotes about raising kids. the first one is “the biggest impediment to parenting is the idea that there is a right way to do it.” the other one i love is along the lines of, “you raise your kids to defy authority, but you forget that the first authority they defy is yours.”

]]> By: Hazy http://www.dorothyho.com/2010/01/the-art-of-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-12880 Hazy Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:26:48 +0000 http://www.dorothyho.com/?p=2829#comment-12880 I agree with you. The thing is, I read for inspiration and more so for an idea of the different parenting methods out there. My parents didn't attend any parenting course or read any discipline books - I like to think that I turn out fine. I agree with you. The thing is, I read for inspiration and more so for an idea of the different parenting methods out there. My parents didn’t attend any parenting course or read any discipline books – I like to think that I turn out fine.

]]> By: Liangs http://www.dorothyho.com/2010/01/the-art-of-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-12876 Liangs Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:06:10 +0000 http://www.dorothyho.com/?p=2829#comment-12876 Oh wow, Dot! Absolutely spot on! I love that last line. Oh wow, Dot! Absolutely spot on! I love that last line.

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