Comments on: Parenting http://blog.logtar.com/2006/04/04/parenting/ A road without obstacles leads nowhere. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:58:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: skynfly http://blog.logtar.com/2006/04/04/parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-86620 skynfly Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:35:48 +0000 http://blog.logtar.com/?p=689#comment-86620 Contact me if you want to be a parent for couple of months or one year to a high school student.... I recently became an International Exchange Coordinator for a great non-profit organization---the EF foundation--Foundation for Foreign Study. My volunteer job is to find host families for our bright, curious, eager, young world-travelers from all over the world. Any family can be a host family, singles, couples, couples with kids, gay/lesbian family etc. --as long as you can provide a room, meals and love. In exchange, you open up yourself to a whole different culture and you helped a kid to experience what is called “American life”. Contact me if you want to be a parent for couple of months or one year to a high school student….

I recently became an International Exchange Coordinator for a great non-profit organization—the EF foundation–Foundation for Foreign Study. My volunteer job is to find host families for our bright, curious, eager, young world-travelers from all over the world.

Any family can be a host family, singles, couples, couples with kids, gay/lesbian family etc. –as long as you can provide a room, meals and love. In exchange, you open up yourself to a whole different culture and you helped a kid to experience what is called “American life”.

]]> By: April http://blog.logtar.com/2006/04/04/parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-86466 April Wed, 05 Apr 2006 06:54:43 +0000 http://blog.logtar.com/?p=689#comment-86466 The time-out is what we do with Shaq when he gets out of line, and he's 13! I'll admit though, his little butt will get spanked if he does something REALLY awful. The ass-whoopin' is really not painful per se, but it is more about embarassment. Some times my little brother is extremely rude, but in the end, discipline is what that boy craves. Let me tell you -- I could not agree more to what you are saying. Children are always trying to flex the boundaries between childhood and adulthood. The only part I would disagree with you on slightly is the thing about having adult conversations around children. I think that depending on what the situation is, as they get older, children should be allowed permission to certain adult conversations. For the most part, I always stayed quiet until I got a little older and my family let me join conversations if I was mature enough and understood a concept enough to participate in an adult chat. I don't know if you knew this or not, but Kris and I will be taking care of my little brother the entire summer! Yeah, it's going to be a pain-in-the-butt, but it's also going to be rewarding and a great learning experience for Kris. As for me . . . I already know how to deal with the boy, ha! The time-out is what we do with Shaq when he gets out of line, and he’s 13! I’ll admit though, his little butt will get spanked if he does something REALLY awful. The ass-whoopin’ is really not painful per se, but it is more about embarassment. Some times my little brother is extremely rude, but in the end, discipline is what that boy craves. Let me tell you — I could not agree more to what you are saying. Children are always trying to flex the boundaries between childhood and adulthood.

The only part I would disagree with you on slightly is the thing about having adult conversations around children. I think that depending on what the situation is, as they get older, children should be allowed permission to certain adult conversations. For the most part, I always stayed quiet until I got a little older and my family let me join conversations if I was mature enough and understood a concept enough to participate in an adult chat.

I don’t know if you knew this or not, but Kris and I will be taking care of my little brother the entire summer! Yeah, it’s going to be a pain-in-the-butt, but it’s also going to be rewarding and a great learning experience for Kris. As for me . . . I already know how to deal with the boy, ha!

]]> By: Becky http://blog.logtar.com/2006/04/04/parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-86407 Becky Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:36:40 +0000 http://blog.logtar.com/?p=689#comment-86407 Some parents I know need to read this. I often wonder if I would feel differently if I had kids of my own, but I doubt it. One of my pet peeves is when my friends will allow their children to butt into our conversation and interrupt. Some parents I know need to read this. I often wonder if I would feel differently if I had kids of my own, but I doubt it. One of my pet peeves is when my friends will allow their children to butt into our conversation and interrupt.

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