[HPforGrownups] More on Parenting Styles WAS :Re: Snape / Bowman Wright / Ron / Molly / Gred&For

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 36014



Hi,

Sunday, March 03, 2002, 2:39:12 PM, lucky_kari wrote:

> And it makes me very mad somehow that people would think that this 
> way of bringing up children is wrong, something that Mrs. Weasley 
> really should examine her conscience for, and beg Ron's pardon about.

Well, while it might not be wrong, it's certainly only one
way of parenting.

When you give your parents gifts, don't you try to get them
something they will like, instead of just anything?
Should you instead think "who cares if they like it, I've
done my duty?".
This may a be a bit harsh, but that's what the reverse
sounded like to me.

It isn't that much of a hardship for a parent to buy the
same shirt in a color that is acceptable to both the parent
and the child (if the choice isn't limited by some rule,
like school uniforms, for example).
And would it have really been such big trouble to take off
the lace, at least?
And why *always* maroon as a color?
If you're looking for cheap clothing, I'm sure it would be
easier to be a little more flexible with the colors, instead
of searching for things in that particular color.

And while forcing someone to eat something they can't stand
may make some people like it later, it works the opposite way
for may others.

And there are many other choices for cheap sandwich
material.

But mostly it *is* a matter a different perceptions, I
guess.

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Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net