tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post6720062939007110912..comments2024-03-27T20:22:42.005-06:00Comments on light-in-leaves: Over-attentive?Marilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17085334272613025173noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-16109333996674948922008-07-22T11:40:00.000-06:002008-07-22T11:40:00.000-06:00This is a tough question I think. And I've been t...This is a tough question I think. And I've been thinking about it off and on ever since I read what you wrote.<BR/>I think it's important for kids to understand that they're special to their parents--for no other reason besides that they're the kids. You know what I mean? I think that's important to build a strong self image. <BR/>They do need to understand though that they're not automatically going to be thought of as special by anyone else in the world just because they exist--if they understand that it'll help them function in the real world.<BR/>Hmmm. I'll think about this more, but those are my thoughts for now. What do you think?Ginnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04210407655197217083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-84176813924316376732008-07-19T19:05:00.000-06:002008-07-19T19:05:00.000-06:00Great post. Perhaps part of this phenomenon stems ...Great post. Perhaps part of this phenomenon stems from people having fewer children on average. Children have their parents undivided attention. There also seems to be mounting cultural pressure to provide your kids with the best "advantages" by enrolling them in every imaginable sport, camp, class, etc. to the point of exhaustion.<BR/><BR/>I like the idea of teaching resilienceMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211852596545213364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-42105201499393140432008-07-18T16:51:00.000-06:002008-07-18T16:51:00.000-06:00I agree with the "insignificance" idea on some lev...I agree with the "insignificance" idea on some levels. There are SO many kids now who are over-indulged, who grow up thinking the world revolves around them and that everybody honestly wants to know about what they do all day, everyday. (that's why "seriously so blessed" is funny)<BR/>I don't agree with the "significance comes through achievement" because, if I'm reading the author's intention correctly, s/he meant academic/worldly achievement. And I think just being a conscious, good person, following whatever path you feel inside you, even if that holds no worth to anybody in the world but you (Read: A New Earth) makes you significant to yourself and God. And who cares about the world, it's totally screwed up, you know?Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08464686059226188481noreply@blogger.com