tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post8974548985667234553..comments2023-10-25T11:53:50.989-04:00Comments on Pretty Babies: What Would You Do?Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10315843187811122669noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-21805182284749882952010-05-19T00:56:13.486-04:002010-05-19T00:56:13.486-04:00This is such a tough one but I think you handled i...This is such a tough one but I think you handled it really well, and I'm going to have the same conversation with my sons when they're old enough. I have wondered and wondered what to do about the whole bullying thing and I think this response is perfect, and I really like the 'use your words once' rule. I don't want my kids to be pushovers! (I also don't want them to be Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14441577239755293815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-977888529896565302010-05-18T14:44:11.384-04:002010-05-18T14:44:11.384-04:00As always, Amy, I love the conversations you spark...As always, Amy, I love the conversations you spark here! <br /><br />We haven't come across this issue yet, but as we hurtle through the 2's I know it's coming soon. I really, really like Julie's philosophy - use your words once and then do what you have to do. I'm sure my daycare director would cringe to hear me say that, but I agree 1,000,000%.<br /><br />PS - I disagree Honighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901300803002980740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-76265006492621772222010-05-18T09:29:45.944-04:002010-05-18T09:29:45.944-04:00Nothing I can add - I dread this day on the playgr...Nothing I can add - I dread this day on the playground for Abby. She is really mellow and I don't know what she would do.Rob Monroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213481414668281312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-57307544300467024522010-05-17T22:29:44.445-04:002010-05-17T22:29:44.445-04:00Thanks for all the comments, I'm feeling a lot...Thanks for all the comments, I'm feeling a lot better about what I told the girls!<br /><br />Anon - my kids LOOOOVVEEE babies, and I can't imagine them ever hurting a small child. But I probably should be explicit, just in case. Good thought.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10315843187811122669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-64740245004510313412010-05-17T19:40:08.403-04:002010-05-17T19:40:08.403-04:00I can't believe, given BJ's history, that ...I can't believe, given BJ's history, that your kids aren't already in karate, in one form or another...Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222834723113460808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-74684856794885890512010-05-17T17:51:37.558-04:002010-05-17T17:51:37.558-04:00(I just asked Katie what she would do if a toddler...<i>(I just asked Katie what she would do if a toddler bit her. She said, "I'd tell him 'NO! BAD!' and I'd tell you!" Then I asked, "What if he did it again?" She said, "I would push him down and go tell you to tell his mom! Where is she, anyway?" Out of the mouths of babes..." </i>Julie McIntoshhttp://www.facebook.com/juliemcintoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-87919054971708490452010-05-17T17:37:35.373-04:002010-05-17T17:37:35.373-04:00Anon, this is why I tell my daughter to use words ...Anon, this is why I tell my daughter to use words ONCE. My daughter is seven. The kid who kept kicking her is four. He's old enough to know what the words "Don't do that" or "STOP!" mean. She's to tell them to stop once, then defend herself. <br /><br />IMO, If a child is old enough to be away from their mother's eye and they're old enough to give a Julie McIntoshhttp://www.facebook.com/juliemcintoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-43147755880280722472010-05-17T17:18:33.126-04:002010-05-17T17:18:33.126-04:00I agree with you Amy but I think there should also...I agree with you Amy but I think there should also be a talk about the age of the child? I mean what if if it is a 1 year old at a friend's house that bites a 5 year old, we wouldn't really want that 5 year old biting back right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-1959184998223675542010-05-17T17:13:39.213-04:002010-05-17T17:13:39.213-04:00We've always taught our kids the exact same th...We've always taught our kids the exact same thing!!Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196321464315542709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-1418915694333213292010-05-17T16:33:37.041-04:002010-05-17T16:33:37.041-04:00I would do the same thing you did. But, then again...I would do the same thing you did. But, then again, my boys were raised with a cousin who was a bully, and at a very young age I trained them to not get beaten, battered and bruised by him without fighting back. I told them basically what you told your girls "If this kid hits you, pushes you, punches you or hurts you - I want you to HIT HIM BACK. I don't care if you have to pick up the Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07276990546763827584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-19336345962567614892010-05-17T16:32:43.944-04:002010-05-17T16:32:43.944-04:00GOOD FOR YOU, AMY! First of all, I am very sorry ...GOOD FOR YOU, AMY! First of all, I am very sorry that her son has autism. That must be very challenging. That must be frustrating. It's also not YOUR child's problem. Nor is it MY child's problem. If her son cannot understand that his actions can hurt people and that he MUST NOT do these things, and if she cannot impart this on her son due to his autism, then SHE must supervise Julie McIntoshhttp://www.facebook.com/juliemcintoshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3100658157604879121.post-11883015358699445222010-05-17T16:29:40.060-04:002010-05-17T16:29:40.060-04:00I think that is perfect!! Any person, boy or girl,...I think that is perfect!! Any person, boy or girl, should know how to defend themselves. If they are being physically hurt then they need to do anything they can to get away. There is no excuse for anybody to put their hands on another person. If they are an adult doing this to another adult then they go to jail. But with kids, everyone gets just gets kicked out of school - even for self defense.Ambernoreply@blogger.com