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The Secret to Having a Beautiful Family

by thunderbird
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Go here., select a pic, then use photoshop to place yourself amongst them.

Next, I'll share the secret to being a great cook and the best take-out place to get it.
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    Great pics - some people are photographic geniuses, that's for sure!
    Can't wait for some cooking secrets. My very best home cooked recipes always seem to come in a branded pizza box. We all have our talents!
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    The secret for a beautiful family?

    Don't allow any hurtful sibling rivalry.

    Praise your kids when they deserve it.

    Come down on your kids hugely when they're twits. You're their parent, not their friend.

    Have dates with your spouse.

    That's a good start.
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by barbling View Post

      The secret for a beautiful family?

      Don't allow any hurtful sibling rivalry.

      Praise your kids when they deserve it.

      Come down on your kids hugely when they're twits. You're their parent, not their friend.

      Have dates with your spouse.

      That's a good start.
      Wise words of a high value and intellectually cultivated integrity for which my silly joke is unworthy. That said, my son is almost 4. One thing I've definitely witnessed when I see my son is with other kids is that every child is different. I find simply telling him the reasons why a certain kind of behavior is wrong is more effective than coming down hard on him, and he quickly corrects it. Perhaps other approaches are more effective with other kids.
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      • Profile picture of the author barbling
        Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

        Wise words of a high value and intellectually cultivated integrity for which my silly joke is unworthy. That said, my son is almost 4. One thing I've definitely witnessed when I see my son is with other kids is that every child is different. I find simply telling him the reasons why a certain kind of behavior is wrong is more effective than coming down hard on him, and he quickly corrects it. Perhaps other approaches are more effective with other kids.
        For some kids, that *is* coming down hard.

        Teaching empathy shines.
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        • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
          Originally Posted by barbling View Post

          For some kids, that *is* coming down hard.

          Teaching empathy shines.
          I guess that would be true. Not just kids, either. Some adults' eyes glaze over the moment they hear any kind of description that goes even slightly beneath surface appearances. A method of communication that works with one person might be a total dud with another person. Just describing it works with my son. Maybe it is because he is very mechanically oriented and always interested in cause and effect not just in machines but in people's behavior as well. The truth be told, some kids seem totally baffled by him.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by barbling View Post

      The secret for a beautiful family?

      Don't allow any hurtful sibling rivalry.

      Praise your kids when they deserve it.

      Come down on your kids hugely when they're twits. You're their parent, not their friend.

      Have dates with your spouse.

      That's a good start.
      Wise words. All I can add is to choose your spouse well. I think everything flows from there. And that's been my experience.
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      • Profile picture of the author barbling
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        Wise words. All I can add is to choose your spouse well. I think everything flows from there. And that's been my experience.
        Yep. 'Twill be 21 years this year for me!
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      • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        Wise words. All I can add is to choose your spouse well. I think everything flows from there. And that's been my experience.
        It makes sense, but what percentage of people knowingly marry the wrong person for marriage? I would guess that with a lot of failed marriages, the partners had imagined that they had chosen the right person as a spouse.

        (I wouldn't exist if my grandmother and her husband -- my playboy grandfather -- has chosen the right person for marriage, LOL. RIP to both of them).
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