tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post3046473713069236256..comments2023-10-31T04:56:00.798-05:00Comments on It Must Be the Vapors…: TRAINING WHEELSYodoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-63847059193433428802009-10-13T08:00:21.601-05:002009-10-13T08:00:21.601-05:00Lilwave, Whew! I was afraid I had been found conde...Lilwave, Whew! I was afraid I had been found condescending along with all of our other ways of misunderstanding each other. I guess that means my superiority is still my secret. ;pYodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-39406603078802792962009-10-12T13:30:42.058-05:002009-10-12T13:30:42.058-05:00Teaching children to live in fear is not providing...Teaching children to live in fear is not providing survival skills but rather passing on a curse as far as I'm concerned. I have always tried to remind my boys to not live in fear but also not to be blind of the dangers, both physical and spiritual. This is sometimes hard as a parent. Especially when, like my eldest, has no physical fear and loves adrenaline. LOL!!<br /><br />No, you never crossed my mind when I responded to Pisces. I was thinking of work. I am one of the rebellious non-certified folk amongst the certified and degrees. They always think they know more at first until my 20+ years experience overshadows their latest textbook.Lilwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180488374061262082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-46458823432170895202009-10-12T10:57:37.965-05:002009-10-12T10:57:37.965-05:00Mike, spot on
Pisces,
That "crash and burn&q...Mike, spot on<br /><br />Pisces,<br />That "crash and burn" was called "turning on and dropping out" in my case in my day (1972). I actually imagined I wasn't like that upon graduation ('64) because, unlike my fellow engineering students, I didn't throw my text books on their bonfire. Another case of being fooled by one's own symbols.<br /><br />Lilwave,<br />Of course you're right, cutting apron strings is as necessary as umbilical cords.<br /><br />The part of survival training is probably a more contentious discussion than religion. I can only say at this point, one must be extremely careful with it, children can see right through what adults have learned to fear and the more they fear the less they'll experience and be free to see as it is. It's like adding your baggage to theirs. Okay, I'll shut up for now, you started it.<br /><br />BTW Would I be too much of what you know so exactly Pisces is talking about to presume I am that first hand?Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-73863602305779641552009-10-12T09:46:12.268-05:002009-10-12T09:46:12.268-05:00"training wheels removed from life so experie..."training wheels removed from life so experience may be tested against the wisdom of their early education with no requirement that it even be applied"<br /><br />Isn't this the whole purpose of being a parent? A parent should give the child enough survival skills so when on their own their experiences don't destroy them.<br />Survival skills being taught differ depending on the life they are heading into. The key is in what the parents feel is needed for survival. I can see that kids would return to where they find safety and nurturing.<br /><br />Pisces..I know exactly what you are talking about first hand.Lilwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180488374061262082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-90566415694425868922009-10-11T01:57:33.464-05:002009-10-11T01:57:33.464-05:00Too may graduates seem to think that once they pas...Too may graduates seem to think that once they pass from the hallowed corridors of education their skills are complete - many of that ilk seem to believe that there is nothing a less educated person can teach them - I love to watch them crash and burn :)Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-14274293766733065532009-10-10T17:37:33.046-05:002009-10-10T17:37:33.046-05:00Life is an endless series of scaffoldings, every o...Life is an endless series of scaffoldings, every one of which is discarded in its turn.Mike Goldmanhttp://www.facebook.com/mahakalnoreply@blogger.com