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Momfidence! cheers on commonsense parenting and sighs at the rest. How to worry less, wing it more. A.k.a. parenting by the seat of my mid-rise mom jeans.
About Paula SpencerI'm the author of Momfidence! An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Other Secrets of Happier Parenting, and a mom of four in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (where you can't even buy Oreos at the two wholesome groceries nearest to my home). 
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Don't Insult Your Elder's IntelligenceOctober 27, 2008
Your children's grandparents may or may not think the same way you do -- I hear the "no kiddings!" from here -- but nevertheless they are grownups perfectly capable of making their own decisions. So it struck me as a bit bizarre, disrespectful, and insulting to hear a US representive urging parents to coach their kids to nag their grandparents how to vote, of all grown-up matters. Yes, you read it right. Sic them on Mima and Papaw. Beforehand, you're to say things like, "Put some urgency in your voice. Sound disappointed in them if they give you excuses." Rep. Jan Schakowsky sums up her bright idea, "Save the deep policy discussions and simply tell their elders to "Do it for me!" Pretty insulting to the intelligence of grandparents, who have picked many a president from their own reading of the facts without any input from the generations below them. Pretty skewed behavior to teach kids, that it's okay to wheedle and manipulate their elders (as opposed to, say, having a discussion about issues with them, if the child is capable). |
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