http://www.weparent.com/2009/03/say-yes-to-no/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=say-yes-to-no Living apart. Parenting together. Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:46:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.weparent.com/2009/03/say-yes-to-no/comment-page-1/#comment-647 Lisa Maria Carroll Tue, 26 May 2009 05:01:37 +0000 http://www.weparent.com/?p=1039#comment-647 It sounds like Dr. Walsh reiterated what our parents knew and practiced with his 10 suggestions. I, too, was raised by a single mother who parented with love, and not guilt for what she couldn't give us. It caused me to focus and reflect on what I wanted for my life, and put in whatever work was required to get it. It sounds like Dr. Walsh reiterated what our parents knew and practiced with his 10 suggestions. I, too, was raised by a single mother who parented with love, and not guilt for what she couldn’t give us. It caused me to focus and reflect on what I wanted for my life, and put in whatever work was required to get it.

]]> http://www.weparent.com/2009/03/say-yes-to-no/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Lisa Maria Carroll Tue, 26 May 2009 04:55:36 +0000 http://www.weparent.com/?p=1039#comment-646 @Talibah, As single parents, we do tend to overcompensate for the things that we THINK our children don't have or are missing, instead of focusing on what they do have: a loving, nurturing environment. And unfortunately, we often go broke doing it. What kind of legacy is that? @Talibah, As single parents, we do tend to overcompensate for the things that we THINK our children don’t have or are missing, instead of focusing on what they do have: a loving, nurturing environment. And unfortunately, we often go broke doing it. What kind of legacy is that?

]]> http://www.weparent.com/2009/03/say-yes-to-no/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Whitney Yakini Traylor Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:27:18 +0000 http://www.weparent.com/?p=1039#comment-62 That's the trick. How to allow our children opportunities we did not have, without spoiling them. "Just because they ended up on third, doesn't mean they hit a triple." David Walsh That’s the trick. How to allow our children opportunities we did not have, without spoiling them. “Just because they ended up on third, doesn’t mean they hit a triple.” David Walsh

]]> http://www.weparent.com/2009/03/say-yes-to-no/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Talibah Mbonisi Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:01:16 +0000 http://www.weparent.com/?p=1039#comment-57 @ Fanon My child has said as much without saying it directly. I know he knows. I wonder if our being unmarried/divorced parents sometimes makes it easier for us to indulge our kids too much or to go to the other extreme in order to maintain some semblance of order and control in our homes. This post helped me be a little more conscious, too. @ Fanon My child has said as much without saying it directly. I know he knows. I wonder if our being unmarried/divorced parents sometimes makes it easier for us to indulge our kids too much or to go to the other extreme in order to maintain some semblance of order and control in our homes. This post helped me be a little more conscious, too.

]]> http://www.weparent.com/2009/03/say-yes-to-no/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Fanon Wilkins Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:29:33 +0000 http://www.weparent.com/?p=1039#comment-56 Wow what a great post. My kids recently told some of their friends "hey ask my Dad he never says no" and I was floored because my kids were kinda right. I say no, but I am also very generous so I think that this is where they get this idea that I never say no. This piece got me to thinking "hmmmmmm". Wow what a great post. My kids recently told some of their friends “hey ask my Dad he never says no” and I was floored because my kids were kinda right. I say no, but I am also very generous so I think that this is where they get this idea that I never say no. This piece got me to thinking “hmmmmmm”.

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