Comments on: One Thing You Should Never Say to a Child

By: nell

nell — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 03:01:25 +0000

In reply to Evelyne. Ooohh! I love "Let's try that later!" I will be using that in the future-thanks!

By: Evelyne

Evelyne — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 02:26:49 +0000

I like to say “let’s try that later” or just flat out ‘No.’ 🙂

By: nell

nell — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 06:07:24 +0000

In reply to Harriette. Thanks for sharing Harriette! Sounds like you had a pretty good mom ;)

By: nell

nell — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 06:06:08 +0000

In reply to Lee. Thank you so much for sharing Lee! I love the comment about Kant being a German philosopher. I am going to use that at some point in the future :)

By: Harriette

Harriette — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:25:37 +0000

In reply to Lee. I am so glad you spoke up about the little boy who had his confidence stolen away before it had a chance to develop, and that you have made such an entertaining forum for sharing your observations and experimentations about life! I am reminded of how pleased my Mother was for us kids as our abilities developed. She not only told us frequently that we could do anything we applied ourselves to, she often marvelled that we had surpassed her abilities in some areas. As a result, I have had pretty good success in lots of areas.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:35:08 +0000

I read your post while my kids were just playing at the playground. The older boys went down the fireman’s pole with my little girl chasing them. When she got to the pole she stopped and called “Mom, can I do this?” I was quite far away and started toward her saying “Wait for me to help.” Instead of telling her she couldn’t. Then she called back “No, Mom, I’ve got this. I will get them on the slide!” And off she went, confident and happy.
🙂
I remember reading about a horseback riding instructor who would say to her timid students who said “I can’t” — “Kant is a German philosopher.”
~Lee