tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16715359.post1469163332438304948..comments2023-10-16T19:05:26.218+11:00Comments on Careful What You Wish For...: Caring too little...or too much?ruddygoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15869876730239753027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16715359.post-64052529432566821762007-11-10T14:45:00.000+11:002007-11-10T14:45:00.000+11:00Thanks, Megan, for your thoughtful comment and kin...Thanks, Megan, for your thoughtful comment and kind words about the blog.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I pondered approaching this woman, but I couldn't imagine a way that didn't come across as intrusive or know-it-all. If our children were interacting (which they were thankfully not!), I would have had some conversational leverage. <BR/><BR/>As it is, my decision to watch but not act contributed to my musing afterward. As the saying goes "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing", and there is too much of that kind of apathy at the moment. <BR/><BR/>It's a tough one.ruddygoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869876730239753027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16715359.post-36659983012150185362007-11-10T10:09:00.000+11:002007-11-10T10:09:00.000+11:00Great reflections.I make a point of engaging with ...Great reflections.<BR/><BR/>I make a point of engaging with people like your highlighted mother. I will sit beside them, try to engage them in conversation, display respect to them and very nicely ask how they manage such a spirited child. I may use a fictitious example, e.g...my child used to fight and poke tongues and this is what I had to do.....what do you think of that sort of intervention? Do you reckon it will work?<BR/><BR/>My hope is that by engaging with mother and providing her a level of respect and parenting authority that a reflective process will begin in her and increase her basic parenting styles.<BR/><BR/>Or....I go to the toilet and fake scream.<BR/><BR/>There's a beautiful short video (it's a TV Commercial) from NAPCAN that you may want to have a look at. It echoes your assessment of this mother and child: Children See, Children Do http://www.childfriendly.org.au/cec.htm<BR/><BR/>Lovely blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com