Posted on 11/22/2008 4:07:39 PM PST by neverdem
Just don’t sit her next to raptor29 at a dinner party.
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And American women need to learn how to be women.
Your thoughts are all very sound, but understand, I’m making my points the way I am making them because all that your recognize in your post needs to be undone and unraveled, and waking people up is part one. All this bs wuss-ass ‘nuanced’ liberal approach to our ‘discussions’ needs to be tossed. Everyone has been conditioned to this and it has to stop. And no, everyone’s opinion doesn’t always count, and we don’t have to listen to it or lend it any more credence than it warrants.
Better go to page three of your liberal playbook, the ‘this usually works against men who always seem to back down’ chapter. And by the way, ‘there is a near universal truth that the bigger the internet bully.....’ Oh, there is? And your proof of that is about as non-existent as the logic in your arguments. Actually, you have no arguments, you just call people names. Just like a liberal is trained to do.
Wow, what an unexpectedly good article.
Thanks for posting.
Where I hang my hat it has been criminalized. See the rash 'sexual harassment' cases in workplaces. Also, this is a good example of corporatism (fascism), when private businesses implement government inspired or mandated policies.
Thanks, Luaren. And, by the way, I do know how to whistle!
American men AND American women need to start being AMERICAN again. I have 3 boys, ages 15,16, and 21. I told them it was not an emergency if you scraped your knee, and they soon learned an emergency meant 1. we couldn’t stop the bleeding with a butterfly bandage 2. Your arm/leg was a different shape then when you started your adventure. 3. The house was on fire (luckily, my 15 year old didn’t start one when he shot FLAMING ARROWS over our HOUSE!)
My boys played ice hockey, hunt, fish, camp,and build “stuff” in the garage. They can fix cars, air conditioners and filet fish. No shortage of men in my home, because I let their father be “the man” and teach them all that gross stuff. I kissed boo boos, and prevented him from killing them when his tools went missing or his gas tank got returned on E. I taught them to read and be nice to girls. I taught them that doing the dishes won’t kill them, and laundry is not hard to do. We also, most importantly, taught them a deep and abiding faith in Jesus and His Church.
One is a personal trainer now, one is going into seminary in a year or so, and one, well(the arrowshooter) he loves computer stuff. None will work with their hands, like their daddy does, but they all CAN if they need to.
Step up men, stand back women, and lets raise wholesome American Children!
Damn, I should have married a woman like you!
Sorry, too late, one marriage per lifetime, but thanks for the boost :)
My son is a West Point candidate. He was re-thinking the whole thing when Obama’s election became almost a foregone conclusion. Hate to cut-n-run, but we have a POTUS that espouses that philosophy.
I tell my wife, TheMom, to shut up all of the time.
She doesn't seem to be able to do so.
First few years ya try and teach em to talk and walk and then ya spend the rest of yer life trying to get em to shut up and sit down .......:o)
Vicious circle of life......
No, I was agreeing with your thoughts on the subject. But at the same time, for the others, I am going overboard to shake it up, because frankly, our side needs to be shaken up, not just on this issue but most issues. We have let a much more aggressive opposition rule the day for about 4 decades and it’s time to stop. And unfortunately, sometimes you need to shake people up to wake them up.
Excuse me Eaker, did you say something?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Ok, here is my old grey head take on this subject.
There is a need in our children’s lives for both yin and yang. Infants and toddlers need a whole lot of yin to develop basic self-confidence. That means lots of very close nurturing from Mom, the giver and sustainer of the human infant.
In our culture, we deride that, putting infants and toddlers in day care, separating them from the one human being who is their whole world, who has to work to help keep up with the Jones.
Dad’s job during these early years is to provide protection and support for Mom, loving and admiring her for meeting the baby’s demands on her energy and psyche. He makes sure she has a break from time to time, so she can sustain her energy for the full time task of mothering, which is a 24 hour a day job.
When a child reaches a natural age for separation from Mom, (and he/she will do that on their own, believe me), and turns toward playmates in the neighborhood, Mom begins to let go, so Dad can come into his own.
When Mom gets overly upset about the rough and tumble of early childhood play, Dad can remind her that these are early life lessons, and that her good mothering has given the child the resilience to recover from these upsets.
Since the child is now verbal, and has, thanks to Mom, a good sense of basic trust in his parents, Dad will be even more admired and respected as an authority.
Mom is still a nurturing supporter, but encourages the child to listen to Dad’s wisdom, and as she shows respect for her husband’s leadership, the child will have the benefit of both “yin and yang”.
This dance between mother and father goes on throughout the years. Mom offers sympathy (and some comfort food) after a bump on life’s highway, while Dad encourages getting back up off the ground, and giving it another try.
This is perfect, what you said. I am the yin, and I can tell you that if you are not rushed toward pushing your kids into early formal education, they cling for a good long time to Mommy, and I put so much love and affection into them (while at the same time teaching them to be well-behaved) that their hearts fill up with love. I know they will love hard, long, and well to all their special ones in their future, because I showed them how.
They soon blossom, like you say, and get out there with a ton of self-security, and make things happen. My kids are good, confident kids, once they are ready to leave the shelter of Mommy’s arms.
I couldn’t be a Daddy (yang) if I tried. But I don’t want to delegate the Mommy part of it to any hired help or school. It is too important to me, them, and the rest of society. The more well-loved kids out there, the better for us all.
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