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Yes, because having a better standard of living and cutting off people's hands are a lot alike . . . ?Some countries have real low theft rates... I think it's the same ones that remove your hands for it. Doesn't mean it's progress though right?
Yeah, but like you said, good luck coming up with how to do that. And like I said, good luck keeping people off your back about the minutia. Everybody thinks they have come up with that theory and that their theory ought to be applied to your kids and if you aren't, you're screwing up.Xander said:I think the prize could run into the millions if someone could come up with a unified theory that would lead to "healthy" kids. I guess at some point you've got to stop worrying about the minutia and figure that if they are happy and capable of making their way in the world then job done really.
Yes, and I feel the same way, but somehow there are people that do feel like they'd like to have had the stuff and for that reason want to get their kids the stuff. I'm guessing that means our experience is somehow not universal.Xander said:Speaking as someone who got some of the fancy toys, though Disney world was a definite no no, the best memories for me have nothing to do with what was there... more who was there.
That sounds pretty ideal. Someone should write a book about how to do that . . .Xander said:As for friends versus parent-child relationships... I kinda think that it should be a bit like when you work for someone who you get on with. Sure you can have a laugh and the sarcasm isn't all one way but at the end of the day when the boss says jump you still ask how high.
Not being able to joke around and play with them would take away the most rewarding thing about being a parent for me, and my kids are unlikely to ask how high, but they do know that if mom is set on their jumping then they are going to either jump or face the music. I don't really have it in me to get the how high thing out of them.