tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1170116880352300881.post4842139843248536821..comments2023-08-12T08:02:18.118-07:00Comments on La Buena Vida: Parenting...Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257863829848728846noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1170116880352300881.post-32090441439427914552009-03-13T07:56:00.000-07:002009-03-13T07:56:00.000-07:00Haha I didn't roll my eyes. I agree with you! And ...Haha I didn't roll my eyes. I agree with you! And I feel like I have learned quite a bit about what works and what doesn't work with kids vis a vis my sisters and their unique parenting styles... but man oh man, when you can't communicate with the kid (or express your authority OR praise)...it is near impossible. I had dropped my expectations of my time with them so drastically that I just hoped that I could keep them safe, period...and I also quickly gained a ton of sympathy for any foreign language nanny. ;)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11749102486551585185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1170116880352300881.post-89125047727173879102009-03-11T14:59:00.000-07:002009-03-11T14:59:00.000-07:00Amen! Good advice! I feel blessed to have learne...Amen! Good advice! I feel blessed to have learned a lot of that stuff working in day care- before having kids too. (although I wouldn't really recommend day care as a job to anyone!) In day care you can't even put kids in timeout due to the fact that the separation from the group could be emotionally damaging! I love that I learned how to redirect and chose other options for "discipline" long before my own children are brought into the mix. <BR/><BR/>I liked your stat- 20:1! Man, no wonder you always sounds like dope when talking with kids. I say "good job" all the time- I guess I just learned that you have to say good stuff all the time for them. <BR/><BR/>(I also feel weird when I talk to people with kids, about their kids. Especially when they talk about a problem they are having, and I have some sound market research to back up my advice, I don't feel I can give it because I don't have kids. Oh well. )Tarynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142105931652314859noreply@blogger.com