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Re: fantasy gaming vs real challenges (was Re: Expensive Games)
I think that's a pretty big assumption that folks who play games don't *also* do the sort of things you're talking about. It's not either/or. Tuck
By KT <Tuck@...> · #35 ·
Re: fantasy gaming vs real challenges (was Re: Expensive G...
We expected Marty to be in the hospital a time or two in his youth. He was a brave baby. But he's a cautious and skillful older kid. He stepped on a nail and got a tetanus shot. In all his skating
By SandraDodd@... · #60 ·
Re: fantasy gaming vs real challenges (was Re: Expensive Ga...
ecsamhill@... writes: That's a topic about the size of the universe, I think. Different people are more or less affected by others' opinions or expressions. Some are SO dependent on others'
By SandraDodd@... · #58 ·
Re: (unknown)
. And is he old enough to have his own lower shelf in the kitchen that you can stock with whatever he'll eat? (Plus a few of your own selections, of course!) It's all about control at that age; take
By ElissaJC@... · #34 ·
Re: fantasy gaming vs real challenges (was Re: Expensive Ga...
> Maybe it's only an acknowledgement and an exercise in the very REAL desire for power kids have. If they can have the feeling of power without needing to bully other humans or steal stereos to get
By SandraDodd@... · #57 ·
Re: (unknown)
Good *days*? I have good *mornings* that degenerate into yelling, disrespect, and (the recent favorite) the Disgruntled Glare. Yesterday was such a day. Had I been dh, ds10 would have been grounded
By Karen Matlock <kbmatlock@...> · #32 ·
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This is a question I decided to send to this list in addition to another list: OK, Here is my question (Please be gentle with your answers! LOL) Once the above (the above was a statement regarding
By ElissaJC@... · #31 ·
Re: fantasy gaming vs real challenges (was Re: Expensive Ga...
My oldest (17 tomorrow) has her first behind-the-wheel driving lesson on Thursday morning at 10 am. I can only WISH she'd been playing Nintendo for years!!!!! I learned to drive in a simulator -- it
By PSoroosh@... · #50 ·
Re: fantasy gaming vs real challenges (was Re: Expensive Games)
I started volunteering at an animal shelter four years ago. A few women with good intentions got in way over their heads with a no kill shelter. Before they knew it they had forty five dogs and dozens
By ddzimlew@... · #30 ·
Re: (unknown)
SandraDodd@... writes: Ah - memories..... As soon as we got to the grocery store we'd go to the bags of dry beans and split peas and stuff like that. They'd pick out a "baby." They cuddle and play
By PSoroosh@... · #48 ·
Re: fantasy gaming vs real challenges (was Re: Expensive Gam...
vegan4planet@... writes: Well - it is always nice to have someone around willing to voice thoughts that might be worth considering even if they are unpopular among unschoolers. As long as you
By PSoroosh@... · #47 ·
Re: fantasy gaming vs real challenges (was Re: Expensive Ga...
PSoroosh@... writes: OH! I've had that thought in my mind a lot lately, now that Kirby is fifteen and talking about driver's ed. I have no doubt that he'll be a really good driver, because he's
By SandraDodd@... · #46 ·
Re: Toddler Eating
Otterspur@... writes: Grated cheese goes over well here. I still, even though the youngest is ten, grate about a third again more cheese than I need, because it will be eaten as soon as it leave
By SandraDodd@... · #45 ·
Re: 4yo reading questions
> The cool thing is that you don't NEED to know. You don't have to grade him compared to another 25 kids, and you don't even have to report to his parents every six or nine weeks! There might be lulls
By SandraDodd@... · #44 ·
toddler diet [previously called (unknown)]
I If a baby's on the low end of the scale, don't forget the scale belongs to the AMA and has to do with statistics, rather than with the health or realities of individual humans. There can't be an
By SandraDodd@... · #43 ·
Re: (unknown)
Have you tried the happy-face method? (Pancakes in artsy shapes, with Mickey-Mouse ears; open-faced cheese sandwiches with design with different colored cheeses?) Have you gone to the store hunting
By SandraDodd@... · #42 ·
the elusive exchange rate of non-monetary values
vegan4planet@... writes: Makana, It's okay if things get stirred up. I think poking people where they're comfortable is a productive use of a list. We don't all have to be encouraging of
By SandraDodd@... · #41 ·
Re: fantasy gaming vs real challenges (was Re: Expensive Ga...
crma@... writes: And, if you've ever watched the kids in the game store, each with the tape measure out, it even IS partly physical -- there is manual dexterity involved as well as hand-eye
By PSoroosh@... · #39 ·
Re: fantasy gaming vs real challenges
In a message dated 11/27/01 1:04:01 AM, SandraDodd@... writes: << -=-This is way out there, but I feel like people can never get enough of (be satisfied by) something that isn't really satisfying.
By sharonve@... · #38 ·
Toddler Eating
What follows is my opinion, which is all I feel qualified to give :^) It may not be right for your world, but it works in mine, so I thought I'd share. Elissa writes: try He Congratulations! You have
By Otterspur@... · #37 ·