feedback for "Pinocchio Parenting"
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I couldn't agree more!
posted by : 2cents on 8/30/2008 at 3:41 PM Flag For Abuse
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I totally agree with you! Although sometimes, it is difficult to explain to young kids. href="http://www.parents-and-kids.com
posted by : cana on 8/30/2008 at 5:01 PM Flag For Abuse
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Ha! I love the store-as-museum, sleeping TV and "music truck." Too funny.
posted by : amyge on 8/30/2008 at 10:05 PM Flag For Abuse
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I'm on board with the not lying to our kids either. Our oldest is twenty months so he's we haven't had the urge to break out any lies just yet. My husband and I have both done our research on things like Santa and the Easter Bunny, we both think we want to tell our kids the truth and let them know it's just pretend. That way they don't feel betrayed when they're finally in on the joke. I'm not saying we can't pretend that Santa does exist, I just want them to know it's pretend, a game we all play.
I do understand the reason for lying, kids can be annoying with their incessant questioning but it's our job as parents to teach them. Ask me again in a year when I have a talking kid, but for now I completely agree with your article.
Casey
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posted by : Halfasgoodasyou on 9/1/2008 at 2:29 PM Flag For Abuse
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Refreshing article in a world filled with invertebrate parents. YES it's easier to say the TV is sleeping etc... but your children are going to learn who's in charge by telling them NO and giving them a real reason. In the long run they'll respect you more for it.
posted by : EEV on 9/3/2008 at 1:08 PM Flag For Abuse
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I agree with the article, just read an unrelated article in the WSJ about new yorkers attending IU Bloomington -- one of the new yorkers could not believe how emotionally resilient the natives were (quote at the end of the article). Lying to children does not help them learn to resolve conflict. On the other hand, a mom recently told me that she tells her daughter that the toys at the toystore belong to the store and thus cannot be brought home. I like this explanation because it has a grain of truth, unfortunately, my kids are a little past that and grok that one may transact for the toys with plastic or cash.
posted by : only just not a hooiser on 9/7/2008 at 12:28 AM Flag For Abuse
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I never lie to my children...but I do enforce my belief that there is no reality apart from the perception of reality.
Thus, what I say, generally, goes (at least until they read Plato & Aristotle).
posted by : Karl Pooper on 11/17/2008 at 7:31 PM Flag For Abuse
