Highlights from the boards for the week of Feb 9th – Feb 15th:
Does Smaller Class Size Promote Mean Girl Behavior?… (29 Replies)
Spin off on the Brearley story. One problem with schools that have small grade and class size is that it is very easy for a small (often mean) group of boys or girls to hijack the social agenda.
Why Would I Want to Take Advice on Being a French Mom?… (163 Replies)
Thanks to the WSJ article there is so much emphasis on being a french mom this week. My FIL clipped the article and handed it to me. My reply: Why would I want to raise my son to end up as a high brow, petulant and condescending french adult. Have you people been to France? I was born there and lived there as an adult as well. I would rather raise a brash, but open minded and kind, American, thank you.
Speak Up Sanctimommy - What Bothers You Most?… (41 Replies)
What are things you are sanctimonious about? I’m generally a laid back mom, but one of my big pet peeves is the constant snacking–parents giving their kids food in inappropriate places (e.g. synagogue or mommy and me class) or times (e.g. during a performance) just to keep them quiet. I think it’s important that children learn to behave without always having snacks in their hands. And for things you do care about, when you see other parents and children doing differently, do you take a stand with your own child (i.e. we don’t bring lollipops to class) or do you let it slide to keep the peace and not appear sanctimonious?
MIL Demanding Mothers Day… (75 Replies)
MIL issue: my mother in law just asked my husband if he would spend the day just with her this coming mother’s day. I am a mother - (we have a 3 yr old) and I am also pregnant and due in August. My husband’s father is deceased and so my MIL is alone. I have some sympathy for her, but I also don’t understand why we can’t all do something nice together? I am angry at her for requesting it, but want to know honestly if I should just go along, or whether people think she’s being unreasonable?
Miscellany
Parenting Philosophies from Around the World (7 Replies)
Show Off About Your Kid - Smartest Thing They’ve Done (24 Replies)
Explain to Me a Stay-at-Home-Wife (22 Replies)
As one who, even in my much selmalr, slimmer, younger years, was not good at shopping for clothes - no fashion sense, no clue about color coordination/contrast stuff -and now, with the contraption on my belly, thanks to the surgery a year ago, that seems to increase my girth even more, the “stuffed sausage” look just doesn’t work with 99 percent of the clothes on the market today. So as a result, whatever I can find with an eased fit around the waist and hips, large tunic type tops or extra-extra large tee shirts, fill the wardrobe bill for me! Nothing seems to hide anything anymore, ya know.
February 26th, 2012 at 2:46 pmqUTI74 Very informative blog article.Thanks Again. Much obliged.
April 19th, 2012 at 12:30 pm