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Hey, Cedar, or anyone interested in FOO (Family of Origin) issues. Cedar, WHY NOW???
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<blockquote data-quote="nerfherder" data-source="post: 662379" data-attributes="member: 15907"><p>First, Harvard math professor Dr. T. Lehrer gave a presentation on the phenomenon:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]mScdJURKGWM[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Second, a serious note:</p><p></p><p>I could totally see (and hear) my mom and aunt writing at this level about my grandmother. <em>(Frankly I'd place Sophie Tucker's "Yiddische Mama" in this category - and I HATE that song. You can find it on YouTube, I'm not even going there.) On the other hand, she was taken away and murdered somewhere in Latvia by the Nazis when my aunt was in her late teens. (I sometimes feel like I'm my grandparents' child, rather than my mother's, because they spoke of their parents so much - and I do have a lot of their characteristics. The "homebody-ness" and "mamale" quality earthiness of her, and the crazed bootlegging excitement-seeking <special F-word>-You attitude of my grandfather.</em></p><p></p><p>I guess if she rejected his need for mothering in exactly the right way, he'd be still fighting for her approval. The other behaviors - if I was a shrink, I'd say - thinking back on the no-bull<special S-word> approach of our old marriage counselor - "Look. You like men. That's fine. Stop trying to justify it by supporting boys and getting yourself into situations by trying to be their special friend instead of their teacher! Are you nuts? You're going to get in big trouble you can't get out of."</p><p></p><p>You, however, SWOT, if you want to get involved, bring this up to someone in his area who's a "Mandated Reporter." If you want to stay way the heck out of this, and I'm dead serious, write an anonymous note to the school guidance counselor, or school nurse where he works, then drop it. I've worked as a lunch lady, and even as that I had to sign off affirming that I had to report anything that made me suspicious (and had in fact done so on a couple of occasions.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nerfherder, post: 662379, member: 15907"] First, Harvard math professor Dr. T. Lehrer gave a presentation on the phenomenon: [MEDIA=youtube]mScdJURKGWM[/MEDIA] Second, a serious note: I could totally see (and hear) my mom and aunt writing at this level about my grandmother. [I](Frankly I'd place Sophie Tucker's "Yiddische Mama" in this category - and I HATE that song. You can find it on YouTube, I'm not even going there.) On the other hand, she was taken away and murdered somewhere in Latvia by the Nazis when my aunt was in her late teens. (I sometimes feel like I'm my grandparents' child, rather than my mother's, because they spoke of their parents so much - and I do have a lot of their characteristics. The "homebody-ness" and "mamale" quality earthiness of her, and the crazed bootlegging excitement-seeking <special F-word>-You attitude of my grandfather.[/I] I guess if she rejected his need for mothering in exactly the right way, he'd be still fighting for her approval. The other behaviors - if I was a shrink, I'd say - thinking back on the no-bull<special S-word> approach of our old marriage counselor - "Look. You like men. That's fine. Stop trying to justify it by supporting boys and getting yourself into situations by trying to be their special friend instead of their teacher! Are you nuts? You're going to get in big trouble you can't get out of." You, however, SWOT, if you want to get involved, bring this up to someone in his area who's a "Mandated Reporter." If you want to stay way the heck out of this, and I'm dead serious, write an anonymous note to the school guidance counselor, or school nurse where he works, then drop it. I've worked as a lunch lady, and even as that I had to sign off affirming that I had to report anything that made me suspicious (and had in fact done so on a couple of occasions.) [/QUOTE]
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