tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227616579829607218.post6091904611842362008..comments2023-11-07T04:30:27.093-08:00Comments on Full Spectrum Mama: ToolsFull Spectrum Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460737436704927666noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227616579829607218.post-62292819478707563572012-05-17T08:41:25.991-07:002012-05-17T08:41:25.991-07:00love you and your fantastic way of writing about a...love you and your fantastic way of writing about all these extraordinarily emotional things.sis.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15800923763411388572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227616579829607218.post-12523918626739001092012-05-08T10:00:24.903-07:002012-05-08T10:00:24.903-07:00Touche, anonymous...or mayhap I should say...non-t...Touche, anonymous...or mayhap I should say...non-touche? Regular massage might preclude the need for the mombulance! ;)Full Spectrum Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460737436704927666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227616579829607218.post-65502886573517626332012-05-08T09:07:17.878-07:002012-05-08T09:07:17.878-07:00But you think a massage is too high falutin'But you think a massage is too high falutin'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227616579829607218.post-45648925472816508562012-05-02T12:35:21.330-07:002012-05-02T12:35:21.330-07:00Here is some wisdom about the tools of listening, ...Here is some wisdom about the tools of listening, compassion and forgiveness from a beloved reader:<br /><br />"I forgot to tell you that in reading your blog I recalled a painful conversation with a gentle little first grader who often got into trouble. One day as I walked down the hall he took me aside and said, "I sometimes do things I don't want to do." The moment was heartbreaking. I hugged him and asked him to come to me when such feelings came again.<br /><br />Later that year the mother of one of the students went to a trustee and said the boy had gotten mad at her daughter and threatened to kill her.<br /><br />The businessman was so moved by these words, without telling me he brought it up in a Board Meeting which culminated in the Board--not a one of whom was an educator--forced me to expel the boy. <br /><br />In the subsequent weeks he had not harmed or threatened a single student."<br /><br />...Or should I say the lack thereof? Thank you, teacher.Full Spectrum Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460737436704927666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227616579829607218.post-63951450773640521392012-05-01T11:44:12.129-07:002012-05-01T11:44:12.129-07:00That is a super touching story.
There is something...That is a super touching story.<br />There is something so incredibly healing for everyone in that context. <br />LOVE!Full Spectrum Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460737436704927666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227616579829607218.post-79330125407021419882012-04-30T20:14:52.471-07:002012-04-30T20:14:52.471-07:00Love it all! Such wonderful, creative, loving solu...Love it all! Such wonderful, creative, loving solutions. You're amazing.<br /><br />I'm a true believer in the importance of apologizing when we, as parents, make mistakes. How else will our children learn how to do it? As children and as adults?<br /><br />I learned this when he was bugging me for months after I weaned him, and it just pushed my buttons. Continued nursing had been a conflict between Papa D and me, and I hadn't really wanted to stop. But what was done was done - I couldn't get the hard-won milk back.<br /><br />One night at bedtime, I said to my two-year-old, "I have something important to say to you. I want to apologize. I made a decision to stop nursing without discussing it with you, and I'm sorry about that. You're old enough that I could have talked to you about it." After that, both of us were at peace with the situation. He didn't seem as angry, and I didn't feel as guilty.<br /><br />Since then, I'm always ready to apologize when I think I've made a mistake. Setting a good example!Elysiahttp://fillingcalix.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com