[HPFGU-OTChatter] Self-Evaluation (was Re: Harry Haters...)

[Ladi lyndi]

--- David wrote:
> I seem to remember that our firstborn was made
> of glass, had no 
> resistance to diseases at all, and required
> intense parental 
> supervision of every action and close guidance
> of all those far 
> reaching ethical decisions like whether dessert
> could be eaten when 
> the first course was unfinished.
> 
> For some strange reason, our third child was
> made of rubber, could 
> be freely exposed to any conditions of dirt,
> cold, and wet, and 
> managed to pass his milestones with minimal
> supervision and guidance.
> 
> Funny that.

Lynn:

It is funny how that happens.  I've heard that
from lots of people.  We only have one and can
only have one so while I can't definitively say
how we'd treat a second or third, I don't think
it would be much different as we seem to have
been treating our first as you've been treating
your third.  LOL  I was 40 and hubby was 45 when
our daughter was born so we probably have been a
bit more laid back on a variety of subjects. 
Other than basic baby-proofing, we're of the
school that you eat a peck of dirt before you die
so she might as well start now.  We've been
accused of being both overprotective and
underprotective so I figure we must be just about
right. ;)  

That said, I also think our age may have
something to do with our position on censoring. 
We've seen the range of what is out there, we've
seen and heard how it's affected our friends'
kids.  We've had the opportunity to see what has
and hasn't worked for them and been able to draw
from their experience to chart our parental path.

For us, there will come a time when we open up
the home library but we want to make sure of her
maturity level before we do that.  We want to
make sure she knows that if there is something in
the books that disturbs or puzzles her, she can
and should come talk to us about it so we can go
through it together.


Lynn

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