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[...] 66. Most of what children learn from their parents isn’t taught on purpose. [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:53:20 +0000

What a true post. Thank you. Parenting is an amazing responsibility that means that you can make or break some-one elses life. It is enough to make me seriously consider whether or not I actually want kids and who I want to bring them up with (a good job it is only me or else earth would be an empty place and I wouldn't be here). Kim’s last blog post..You've been Facebooked

By: David

David — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:31:40 +0000

Thanks suzen, I was not always such a respectful son. A few years ago things were pretty rough for me and I sometimes took it out on the people who helped me most. I'm still young, a little bit less stupid though. David’s last blog post..Good Morning

By: suzen

suzen — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:14:05 +0000

Just getting to "know you" here and I have to say you passed "young and stupid" with flying colors. If you were MY son, I'd be more choked up than I am right now! You "done your mom proud" I'd say! My son is just a few yrs younger than you - if he said what you just did, I'd be hysterically happy! suzen’s last blog post..Calling All GENEROUS Spirits

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The Inner Child « transformative-living — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:28:36 +0000

[...] A blog I’ve recently discovered is Raptitude by David Cain, with a tagline: The gentle art of sanity amidst civilization. A recent post you might like: Powerful Lessons My Mom Did Not Teach Me. [...]

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Wed, 13 May 2009 17:37:45 +0000

By: David

David — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:46:17 +0000

@ Stephen — You’re right. “Do as I say and not as I do” has never worked. It was not so much what my parents said to me that guided my behavior, it was what they did. Just like the old writing adage: “Show, don’t tell.”

@ Evelyn — My mom is awesome! Play is so important, both my parents were always big advocates of play. Sometimes they would get on my case for not playing enough. And happy belated Mother’s Day!

By: Evelyn Lim

Evelyn Lim — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:12:23 +0000

Your mother sounds awesome! It’s great that you paid her a tribute and how lovely of her to write a comment to this post.

As a mother myself, I also learn a lot by observing what I do not wish on my kids. It’s not easy to take a different approach to parenting when I am surrounded by parents who prefer to “push” their kids to excel. I would like my kids to lead a balanced lifestyle, have enough playtime and not just focus on studies.