Comments on: The Magnificent Burden http://flagrantdisregard.com/the-magnificent-burden/ Flagrantly hopeful, in spite of it all. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:53:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Allan http://flagrantdisregard.com/the-magnificent-burden/#comment-22443 Allan Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:59:27 +0000 http://flagrantdisregard.com/?p=504#comment-22443 Noisiest? Yup. Indescribably arduous, difficult, rewarding, and wonderful? Yup. As far as saying "no", I think of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veruca_Salt" rel="nofollow">Veruca Salt</a>. The balance to "no" is making a consistent effort to present your kids with an array of other options you feel comfortable saying "yes" to. To my mind, it's a healthy sign that you are conscious of your actions and decisions. However, if you're doing the best you can, then don't get bent out of shape about honest mistakes. As with everything truly significant in life, there is a certain amount of faith involved. ~A Noisiest? Yup.

Indescribably arduous, difficult, rewarding, and wonderful? Yup.

As far as saying “no”, I think of Veruca Salt. The balance to “no” is making a consistent effort to present your kids with an array of other options you feel comfortable saying “yes” to.

To my mind, it’s a healthy sign that you are conscious of your actions and decisions. However, if you’re doing the best you can, then don’t get bent out of shape about honest mistakes. As with everything truly significant in life, there is a certain amount of faith involved.

~A

]]> By: How did you find that? http://flagrantdisregard.com/the-magnificent-burden/#comment-21861 How did you find that? Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:55:32 +0000 http://flagrantdisregard.com/?p=504#comment-21861 [...] His blog entry of yesterday gives me the understanding that my wife and I are not the only one dealing with the ups and downs of rearing our kids. And if you don’t like reading, you can at least look at his purty pictures…. [...] [...] His blog entry of yesterday gives me the understanding that my wife and I are not the only one dealing with the ups and downs of rearing our kids. And if you don’t like reading, you can at least look at his purty pictures…. [...]

]]> By: Peter Norby http://flagrantdisregard.com/the-magnificent-burden/#comment-21810 Peter Norby Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:01:48 +0000 http://flagrantdisregard.com/?p=504#comment-21810 I don't think anything except actually being a parent can present all the challenges and rewards that parenting involves. I don't even know if I'd have stepped up to the plate if somebody had tried to describe it all to me though. It's a tough job, but I think you're qualified :) -/\/ I don’t think anything except actually being a parent can present all the challenges and rewards that parenting involves. I don’t even know if I’d have stepped up to the plate if somebody had tried to describe it all to me though. It’s a tough job, but I think you’re qualified :)

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