tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post3308424883662400772..comments2023-10-09T08:01:29.924-05:00Comments on Sorting The Pieces: Parenting: The New PhaseCynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11641264346663533706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-90545695799047585252008-10-13T02:08:00.000-05:002008-10-13T02:08:00.000-05:00Gosh, time has passed, she used to be called girl-...Gosh, time has passed, she used to be called girl-child and NOW she is woman-child. AnneAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05766050450784047993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-45405989104343751782008-10-10T00:33:00.000-05:002008-10-10T00:33:00.000-05:00This is such a good, honest post, and I especially...This is such a good, honest post, and I especially like this:<BR/><BR/>"When we think about the stuff we teach our kids, it's so easy to think just about the good stuff we hope we're teaching ...I know I've also taught tacky, pointless, self-indulgent martyrdom, body and self loathing, despair, panic, over-reaction, and who knows what else. I won't let myself off the hook here. I'm not the parent I wanted to be, but there are no perfect parents. I'm not alone in this boat by a long shot."<BR/><BR/>Nope, you're not alone in that boat. It's a CROWDED boat! :)) But I've also got to say, from what you've written about your daughter, it sounds to me like most of what took was the positive stuff.<BR/><BR/>This is a really good post, Cyn.<BR/><BR/>JudiemmapeelDallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045502725282481075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-12589801945400044192008-10-09T23:16:00.000-05:002008-10-09T23:16:00.000-05:00First of all, I'm stoked that you and C. are speak...First of all, I'm stoked that you and C. are speaking. It's a start.<BR/><BR/>And then, there's<BR/><BR/><I>She's not some glowing, smiling, uplifting angel -- more of a grim and haggard, battle-worn soldier standing by my side, one who is just going to see the mission through with me.</I><BR/><BR/>I know this spirit. She was beside me in that form for about a decade...not too long ago. She's looking a little less war-torn these days...Lisa :-]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.com