tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post8318395080099642665..comments2023-09-27T04:20:27.106-04:00Comments on RaggedyMom: Brat-Proof?RaggedyMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01022064984702182705noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post-36276014913782634522007-07-19T17:57:00.000-04:002007-07-19T17:57:00.000-04:00You model good behavior and hope for the best. Bu...You model good behavior and hope for the best. But you cannot mold them altogether, for each individual has free choice.Ariella's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409352047101582583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post-29255347534074689722007-07-19T11:37:00.000-04:002007-07-19T11:37:00.000-04:00I think parents need to be makpid on their own kav...I think parents need to be makpid on their own kavod and try to be good role models themselves of proper ways of speaking. <BR/><BR/>One battle I see coming up with the chutzpah battle. Bad language is not nearly as problematic as in the general world. But, chuptzah might be more so. <BR/><BR/>About 2 years ago I worked in a rec center with minority kids, mostly from one parent households. The children were such as a pleasure. They spoke with such respect and were so pleasant to be around, with a few notable expections. Let's just say I did not have the same experience in our own frum schools where the chutzpah oozed (sp?). But, I'm sure these kids used bad language outside of the facility (it was not tolerated inside) and had other ideas I wouldn't want to expose my kids to. <BR/><BR/>I worry about what I will end up exposing my children to as they get older. Broken homes as the norm will not be something they will be exposed to. Chutzpah probably will, as will an out of control materialism that I never saw in my own days in public school. <BR/><BR/>I guess you can't have it all. :)<BR/><BR/>I'm sure your kids will be just fine. I is obvious you are making a great environment for them.Orthonomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post-10866234578169161412007-07-17T22:22:00.000-04:002007-07-17T22:22:00.000-04:00I think if you bring them up to have good manners ...I think if you bring them up to have good manners and be well behaved as they grow older they will know what is right and what is wrong, plus they learn from example from you and RaggedyDad.<BR/><BR/>I think kids that are left to run loose are the ones that will be harder to deal with as they get older.Baleboostehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597390014629318009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post-13795225033636373062007-07-17T10:48:00.000-04:002007-07-17T10:48:00.000-04:00Having no child-rearing experience myself, I'm not...Having no child-rearing experience myself, I'm not really in a position to give advice in that area. However, my parents think that their "no-whining rule" helped make my sister and me into reasonable human beings as we grew older.Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911315552965685448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post-64342113722852956852007-07-17T09:49:00.000-04:002007-07-17T09:49:00.000-04:00How fun...a day at the beach with the Raggedys. (...How fun...a day at the beach with the Raggedys. (I hear you on the "most dressed at the beach" thing - that's usually me too!)<BR/><BR/>I think that there's probably no way to ensure against bratiness but I think good parenting is the key :)orieyentahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196912567675213457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post-53718114516757418962007-07-17T07:56:00.000-04:002007-07-17T07:56:00.000-04:00Another thing: The difference between successful p...Another thing: The difference between successful parenting and unsuccessful, is that if things start to go wrong, as they do for most parents at some point, the successful ones can take a step back and change direction. They don't give up on the situation. The unsuccessful ones just go on as they are and blame everything else for their kids' problems. You can know them by statements such as: "I don't know what to do with them." (A statement I have made too many times myself, I'm still learning. . .)mother in israelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715046177293916034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post-20686937379803776912007-07-16T23:26:00.000-04:002007-07-16T23:26:00.000-04:00Nice you went to the beach. It's tough to brat pr...Nice you went to the beach. It's tough to brat proof just do good modeling and hope and pray.socialworker/frustrated momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352262399235382201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post-424756391080040312007-07-16T13:50:00.000-04:002007-07-16T13:50:00.000-04:00If I had the answer to that, I'd be a millionaire....If I had the answer to that, I'd be a millionaire. But the simple answer is to treat your child as a person, from birth, not an object that has to be controlled, and set a positive example.mother in israelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715046177293916034noreply@blogger.com