tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824836604247418948.post7294730984402883361..comments2022-11-12T10:09:40.307-05:00Comments on 4gaby: The Hitchhikers Guide To Child RearingSheilah Zimpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02285848420483504211noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824836604247418948.post-15925740234207621042011-04-21T10:29:50.722-04:002011-04-21T10:29:50.722-04:00I always go back to the words of my Mama, "We...I always go back to the words of my Mama, "We do our best, and pray that we did the right thing." Who knows what the best course of action is in any decision we make regarding our children? As parents, we know our own children best and base our decisions on our knowledge of our child, sometimes we nail it, and sometimes we miss the mark. I can't help but believe that when we try our best and base our decisions on what is right for our child, that trumps all. We're human, not perfect and so no manual would ever cover all the unique situations that arise. Hang in there. One thing we can be sure of is that there is more to come!Mary Alford-Carmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128885998230398086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824836604247418948.post-40136616065002219072011-04-21T05:36:16.602-04:002011-04-21T05:36:16.602-04:00Sadly, I well remember being one of those obnoxiou...Sadly, I well remember being one of those obnoxious children who told others that their parents were Santa Claus. I had spotted the Belks receipts on my parents dresser and knew then that Santa did not bring my Brownie Scout gear. Parenting is so hard and in some ways it was easier when diapers were the only serious change instead of hormones, bullies, and so many decisions. All of us just have to keep trying and know that the same way that we now understand our own parents better, some day our children will understand us better.Evelyn P Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17022845583053677907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824836604247418948.post-12593063238469589642011-04-20T12:18:28.891-04:002011-04-20T12:18:28.891-04:00I'm sorry it was so traumatic for all of you. ...I'm sorry it was so traumatic for all of you. Father Christmas, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy DO exist in the imaginations of loving parents and their children. No, we are not lying to our children; we are merely speaking metaphorically.John Klinglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790611326303268822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824836604247418948.post-39754834126406729822011-04-19T15:21:52.161-04:002011-04-19T15:21:52.161-04:00"Making glad the heart of childhood"
I f..."Making glad the heart of childhood"<br />I feel for you, I really do. I haven't been faced with it yet, and don't know what I'll do except point to the iconic Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus" editorial. Here's my favorite part of it:<br /><br />There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.<br /> The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.<br /><br />You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.Sheilah Zimpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02285848420483504211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824836604247418948.post-80693159709882830312011-04-19T10:52:44.180-04:002011-04-19T10:52:44.180-04:00Trust me the gifts are still going to come! Parent...Trust me the gifts are still going to come! Parenting is not that easy, right or wrong we do what we think is best for our children.Dawn Tolsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03862617289104734868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824836604247418948.post-66646115542214241282011-04-19T10:44:18.532-04:002011-04-19T10:44:18.532-04:00Oh that's horrible! We still keep up the prete...Oh that's horrible! We still keep up the pretense at our house, even among the adults, since my mother said that we were free to believe as we please but the gifts stop coming once it's out in the open...I'm So Fancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11186039627894811361noreply@blogger.com