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Understanding or stone thrower?
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<blockquote data-quote="FlipFlops" data-source="post: 283211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: darkorchid">Wow, what a thread. It has really gone through several issues since the original questions. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #9932cc">Am I more compassionate now that I have a difficult child. Yes. Way less judgemental. I was a know it all before. Now just I think I know almost everything. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #9932cc">I have a friend with multiple physically disabled children. They have been in the public eye to some degree and involved in fundraising for a non-profit. She tells me about some of the blogs people put up. People can be horrible. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #9932cc">Our theory is that if someone can blame whatever problem on something, anything, then that means they are safe from it happening to them. "If you didn't do such and such, your child would not have blah blah blah." But most of us on here know sometimes you can do everything pretty much right and still turn out with a difficult child. Also, if you can blame something on someone, then you can wash your hands of it and go on. You can tuck it away in a box. That could be why the media and public "convict" before someone even goes to court.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #9932cc">On the total flip side, I do actually think legal stuff should be more black and white a little. Someone else said something about not knowing what someone else's intent was. Are they really remorseful or faking it? Can't know that sometimes. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #9932cc">Animal kingdom comments by Marguerite. Impressive. You tapped on a very interesting topic to me. One I have really pondered lately. I agree that we aren't as sophisticated as we think we are, and there might be good reasons for it.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #9932cc">In hindsight, being judgemental and black and white was a whole lot easier than having to ponder everything.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FlipFlops, post: 283211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=darkorchid]Wow, what a thread. It has really gone through several issues since the original questions. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc]Am I more compassionate now that I have a difficult child. Yes. Way less judgemental. I was a know it all before. Now just I think I know almost everything. :winking:[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc]I have a friend with multiple physically disabled children. They have been in the public eye to some degree and involved in fundraising for a non-profit. She tells me about some of the blogs people put up. People can be horrible. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc]Our theory is that if someone can blame whatever problem on something, anything, then that means they are safe from it happening to them. "If you didn't do such and such, your child would not have blah blah blah." But most of us on here know sometimes you can do everything pretty much right and still turn out with a difficult child. Also, if you can blame something on someone, then you can wash your hands of it and go on. You can tuck it away in a box. That could be why the media and public "convict" before someone even goes to court.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc]On the total flip side, I do actually think legal stuff should be more black and white a little. Someone else said something about not knowing what someone else's intent was. Are they really remorseful or faking it? Can't know that sometimes. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc]Animal kingdom comments by Marguerite. Impressive. You tapped on a very interesting topic to me. One I have really pondered lately. I agree that we aren't as sophisticated as we think we are, and there might be good reasons for it.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc]In hindsight, being judgemental and black and white was a whole lot easier than having to ponder everything.:winking:[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#9932cc][/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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