Hey everyone... I'm excited that you are considering to view my blog. I won't be able to say that it will suit everyone, but I can guess a lot of you will know where i'm coming from. I was a 32 year old mother of two girls. A southern lady. I was super busy, family, marriage, church, softball, cheerleading, a high paying job for this area. Go Go Go! That was my motto. And then... WHAM, something devestating happened in my life. I had been a border line diabetic since I was a child, but I really didn't pay that much attention to it. You know how it goes, life can take you for a ride. My diabetes spiralled out of control and so did everything else. I'm now 37. I had to quit to my job and was told by my doctors that driving a car was out of the picture for awhile, since I could pass out at any time. I got a divorce (we all know how that can be). I went from a high end income to pretty much nothing. I have to take medication several times a day, diet and exercise are recommended. At first anxiety and depression ruled the day. But this blog isn't about all that... It's about what you do AFTER your life falls apart. It's about making changes you don't want to make. It's about living a different life than what you're used to. Life is what you make it and i've decided to quit feeling sorry for myself and make it pretty darn good!!
Join me here and we'll see how it goes...
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Now what???
Posted 01-16-2008 at 10:45 AM by Justpeachy36
I made a decision about Allison's use of the word "gay". She honestly didn't know the word meant, but that wasn't really the overall point. I have talked to the girls a lot about how parents do certain things in order to "teach" them to be better people. One of things that I specifically worked on was name calling or saying things about others that are hurtful or meant to cause a negative reaction. This was obviously one of those things and regardless of what he did to her first or what her reason for saying that he was "gay" was. It hurt his feelings and Allison may not have known what the word meant, but she knew from having heard others say to each other, what reaction it would have.
Discipline in our house usually falls in a few different catagories. Grounding from their favorite activities and things to do, is usually very affective. So Allison was grounded from the computer (she likes to play educational games at funbrain.com) and the TV for 3 days. She was still able to play with her toys or board games with her sister, but anything electronic was off limits. I believe I made my point well and she is very well aware of what the word means now lol... Don't think she'll be calling anybody names for awhile, but as is likely the case.... there's always something else
UGGGHHHH... Now what?
Discipline in our house usually falls in a few different catagories. Grounding from their favorite activities and things to do, is usually very affective. So Allison was grounded from the computer (she likes to play educational games at funbrain.com) and the TV for 3 days. She was still able to play with her toys or board games with her sister, but anything electronic was off limits. I believe I made my point well and she is very well aware of what the word means now lol... Don't think she'll be calling anybody names for awhile, but as is likely the case.... there's always something else
UGGGHHHH... Now what?
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Good punishment! I think you did the right thing and hopefully she will learn from it which is all we can hope for as parents!
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Posted 03-31-2008 at 06:16 PM by reneec11202
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