tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post4629677164011407810..comments2024-03-09T10:15:11.266+13:00Comments on Unravelling: Why Blog? - My Take - ExtraMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-27332363583537347422008-08-17T07:11:00.000+12:002008-08-17T07:11:00.000+12:00This is so interesting to hear. My sister, (who t...This is so interesting to hear. My sister, (who tries too hard to be the opposite of my parents), praises her kids with most things - at least she never criticizes. She doesn't "scold" her kids but explains everything to them, and Nephew 1 is a notorious back-talker and Nephew 2 is a logician. I wonder how her kids are going to turn out.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-66483668136570019072008-08-16T23:06:00.000+12:002008-08-16T23:06:00.000+12:00Meg :-) !I know what you mean about parents doing...Meg :-) !<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about parents doing their best. My mom always said that she didn't want to be like *HER* mom- who always praised everything my mum did as the most brilliant thing EVER (knowing grandma, she really believed it was- and I loved that about her!). I've always wondered how my mom got so burned by all that praise that it turned her 180 degrees... there must have been something. Anyway you're right that not (m)any parents actually set out to mess with their kids' heads.Tauerethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411353775134604182noreply@blogger.com