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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 636025" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>To a very great extent, it was the bad advice from doctors and tdocs etc... who instilled my belief in my instincts. The major mistakes we made were almost all from following what some 'expert' said instead of doing what my/our instincts said we should do.</p><p></p><p>We got that advice about cussing too, Janet. I called BS on the docs (often to their faces) and taught my children 2 fundamental rules about it. First, they are going to try it around other kids - everyone does for the most part. DO NOT let me hear it around your grandparents/elderly relatives, in any situation that would embarrass me, or direct it at me. Second, you are smart enough to find much better words to use - and this book called the dictionary has most of them. read it and give me 10 and their definitions. And if i hear that word again? it will be 20 and you will have to write out the words and definitions. </p><p></p><p>That worked astonishingly well. esp after relaying that my father not only would NOT allow a teacher to give me detention for calling another girl a terpsichorean, he suggested the teacher consult that big book called a dictionary BEFORE contacting him about his child's vocabulary. My dad even offered to go discuss it with the school board if they wanted to push the detention. As a terpsichorean is a dancer, my dad didn't think it deserved a detention. He did offer to have me draw up a list of vocabulary words for the teacher to study, and offered my time after school to tutor her on that list if she needed it. The teacher never again even threatened to contact my parents. </p><p></p><p>I think Wiz only gave in to this because he LOVED finding words that other people thought were cuss words but were not. I didn't care WHY he listened, and he has a potty mouth at times, but he rarely used cursing to embarrass me. </p><p></p><p>I think you did a great job raising Cory and the other boys also. You had a LOT to cope with, and you did a remarkable job. It is time to not beat yourself up over mistakes made so long ago. You did the best you could, and that is more than good enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 636025, member: 1233"] To a very great extent, it was the bad advice from doctors and tdocs etc... who instilled my belief in my instincts. The major mistakes we made were almost all from following what some 'expert' said instead of doing what my/our instincts said we should do. We got that advice about cussing too, Janet. I called BS on the docs (often to their faces) and taught my children 2 fundamental rules about it. First, they are going to try it around other kids - everyone does for the most part. DO NOT let me hear it around your grandparents/elderly relatives, in any situation that would embarrass me, or direct it at me. Second, you are smart enough to find much better words to use - and this book called the dictionary has most of them. read it and give me 10 and their definitions. And if i hear that word again? it will be 20 and you will have to write out the words and definitions. That worked astonishingly well. esp after relaying that my father not only would NOT allow a teacher to give me detention for calling another girl a terpsichorean, he suggested the teacher consult that big book called a dictionary BEFORE contacting him about his child's vocabulary. My dad even offered to go discuss it with the school board if they wanted to push the detention. As a terpsichorean is a dancer, my dad didn't think it deserved a detention. He did offer to have me draw up a list of vocabulary words for the teacher to study, and offered my time after school to tutor her on that list if she needed it. The teacher never again even threatened to contact my parents. I think Wiz only gave in to this because he LOVED finding words that other people thought were cuss words but were not. I didn't care WHY he listened, and he has a potty mouth at times, but he rarely used cursing to embarrass me. I think you did a great job raising Cory and the other boys also. You had a LOT to cope with, and you did a remarkable job. It is time to not beat yourself up over mistakes made so long ago. You did the best you could, and that is more than good enough. [/QUOTE]
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