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Art Appreciation
..."We get some strange looks taking young children around art galleries and museums. There are times when it doesn't work. The two to four-year age, for instance, can be a trial if they're not interested. "...
At Least We Have a Choice
..."Are we made of weaker stuff than previous generations? Are we too self-centered to cope with the rigors of life that our great-grandmothers had to take for granted? I would prefer to think that we are now educated to employ choice. What do you think? "...
Bad Parenting
..."At times it feels as though all of society is against the parent. We are accused of bad parenting no matter what we do - if we work outside the home, if we don't work outside the home, and no matter how our children behave. People glare at us if we appear in public with our children - even other parents do!"...
Bearly There
"It taught us a couple of lessons. Manners do matter, even in stuffed toys. If you encourage children to believe that their toys are real, you must enforce standards of behavior that you would expect from real people. And everyone should have computer skills, even toy bears!" ...
Childhood Worries - A Darker Place?
"...The trouble with childhood, at least one of them, is that adults know that everything will be all right. A child cannot know that, because the adult's grasp of the future is based on extrapolation from known facts and experiences. The well of childhood fears is a very deep and dark place. We have all been there, but how many of us can remember what it is like? " ...
Christmas Musings
"..So I enjoy Christmas, and make the most of the opportunities. I don't care if the children do think it's about Barbie Dolls, they will grow up to understand that it's also about being close to people. "
Email from Dad
This month's Bearpit column is actually an email from the author's husband, Graham. Judy is laid up with the flu and this was the very inciteful email that he sent to explain his stand-in life as Mr. Mom!
Hello Grandpa, It's Tasmin
"...We no longer live in a society where we can expect to be near our extended family for all of our lives. In many ways this new society is a better one. We may be prepared to trade off living with grandparents for the increased space and better housing that we have now. But we should make every effort to keep those family relationships going. They have so much to teach our children. " ...
Hi There Normality
..."Have you got a normal child? If so, congratulations, and maybe you could drop me a line and tell me what it feels like. If, as I suspect, you don't, join the club."...
I'm Not Paranoid, It's Just That Everyone's Out To Get Me
..."Just for fun (ho ho) I thought I'd look up 'millennialism' on the Net just now. I've watched a couple of TV program about 'end-of-the-world-isms' and that, coupled with the horrendous weather we've had in South Eastern Australia this last couple of days, plus the storms in Europe, made me think about millennialism a bit. The Net search left me deeply worried - not that the world IS about to end, but about the existence of the nutters who proliferate their ideas in cyberspace."...
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