tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614037743017905260.post6928154609298147488..comments2013-02-11T17:07:37.123-07:00Comments on Pass the Chocolate: Being a Kid.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614037743017905260.post-43559678353875325962012-07-03T16:32:22.865-06:002012-07-03T16:32:22.865-06:00Thanks, Annette and Stephanie! I really enjoy read...Thanks, Annette and Stephanie! I really enjoy reading both of your perspectives about this. It's true--being a kid, and being told what to do, is necessary. Annette, I think it's so cool that you recognize how difficult that can be with your kids.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614037743017905260.post-13730787331289692212012-07-03T08:22:21.707-06:002012-07-03T08:22:21.707-06:00I think I really enjoyed being a child, insofar as...I think I really enjoyed being a child, insofar as I was treated as such. When I became a teenager and people started expecting me to make my own choices, I HATED that. I often wished I was younger so I wouldn't have so much responsibility. But I think that was because I felt so out of control, both of life and of myself. I felt that if people stopped taking care of me I would be just be left with the consequences of that lack of control. I think one of the most important things we can teach our children is that they always have a choice.<br />Annette, you're such a good mom!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602424959336750942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614037743017905260.post-77683364256698226882012-07-02T06:52:07.076-06:002012-07-02T06:52:07.076-06:00I've often thought of how hard it is to be a k...I've often thought of how hard it is to be a kid while raising my own. I try to give my kids a lot of control over their lives because I remember having to be subject to adults' choices so much in my life. It's just a fact of life--adults tell you what to do almost all of the time when you're a small child. Sometimes I wish it didn't have to be that way, but it does since kids can't take care of themselves. But I try to at least discuss things with Samuel as we're doing them, so he can feel included in the decision-making. And I let him carry out almost all of his ideas. I hate when he has an idea that just can't be done, but we usually find a way to make it happen somehow. His most recent one is building a candy cannon--I wonder how we'll manage that one! Nellie's more easy-going, but I have to remind myself to give her choices about what we do each day too.<br /><br />P.S. Yes, you were an ADORABLE child, Em!Annette Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08203545007134523554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614037743017905260.post-29488520359089699832012-07-01T18:35:12.946-06:002012-07-01T18:35:12.946-06:00Wow. That's a really interesting way to look a...Wow. That's a really interesting way to look at it! I never thought of that, but it's so true!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777243283548102053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614037743017905260.post-59050721600746051242012-07-01T16:02:47.684-06:002012-07-01T16:02:47.684-06:00I definitely don't think it's easy to be a...I definitely don't think it's easy to be a kid, even if you have a good situation. For adults who think childhood is great because you have no worries and you don't have to stress about bills and taking care of yourself, I wonder if they think they would enjoy jail? What if it were a minimum security jail where they were treated fairly well by the guards and other inmates? I don't think many people would choose that, but it's basically what they're thinking is so great about childhood! In our society, we punish people by making them endure the circumstances of childhood. It's so much nicer to be able to make our own choices.<br /><br />I wish you could visit yourself as a child! You were SO cute!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038597347405251733noreply@blogger.com