Comments on: Today’s humility moment

By: Book Review: A little bit of faith « Blog In My Eye

Book Review: A little bit of faith « Blog In My Eye — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:16:52 +0000

[...] I will say that I willingly suspended disbelief on the whole “Katie-talks-to-a-guardian-angel-only-she-can-see” thing. I wasn’t sure if that part of the premise might be troubling to some. To me…meh…not a problem. I appreciated the opportunity to dialog with my daughter about such things instead of say, hmmm, why we do not dress like streetwalkers. I really found this to be a nice antidote to some of the unhealthy girl culture I was ruminating about over here. [...]

By: Crisis averted « Blog In My Eye

Crisis averted « Blog In My Eye — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:24:45 +0000

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By: Childlife

Childlife — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:27:34 +0000

These were great links, Lainey. I agree — it goes way too fast. I’m all for keeping childhood around as long as possible.

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:08:30 +0000

Having five girls I have a particular concern to see that they grow up SLOWLY. The world is pushing for girls’ attention at younger and younger ages. Thanks for the links, I look forward to reading them.

By: stephanie (bad mom)

stephanie (bad mom) — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:54:16 +0000

Perhaps she can be a fashionable teacher of veterinary medicine?

Keep talking…She’ll shake off the crazy eventually; she’s got a smart mom

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:12:45 +0000

I can empathize with you! As much as I try to to mitigate them, these messages still get through.

There was actually a little girl in Julia’s dance class, she’s three, who was reluctant to eat and told her mom, “I don’t want to eat, because I don’t want to be fat.” The mother was beside herself. I could have wept.

Thanks for the link!

By: Moriah @ Please Pass the Salt

Moriah @ Please Pass the Salt — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:47:07 +0000

There was a recent post at Femina also about girls and doll-playing; I thought was very interesting and insightful.

My sisters, as very young girls (twins) used to say they were going to be police dogs when they grew up.

We humored them.