http://www.nonsoccermom.com/2010/02/24/to-raise-a-man/ I spit on your stereotypes. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.nonsoccermom.com/2010/02/24/to-raise-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-3362 Maggie Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:06:35 +0000 http://www.nonsoccermom.com/?p=2011#comment-3362 OK now you will think I'm stalking you because I'm commenting on old posts, but my husband and I just talked about this in re: our 7 year old son a few days ago. We told him to come in because it was dark and time for dinner the other day and you would have thought we'd stabbed him in the eye with something sharp. I don't really consider him particularly sensitive (at least he has no problem telling my husband or I that he doesn't like us when we make him do things like come in when it's dark), but there are times when I wonder if he's managing to hold his shit together at school and he only gets super emotional at home when he's tired etc? I hope so because even though I don't want to stifle him (blah blah life force or whatever crap here), I also don't want him to be the kid who cries all the time at school or with his friends. His teacher hasn't reported anything, but I still wonder. This child raising thing doesn't seem to get easier, I just trade one set of concerns for another. OK now you will think I’m stalking you because I’m commenting on old posts, but my husband and I just talked about this in re: our 7 year old son a few days ago. We told him to come in because it was dark and time for dinner the other day and you would have thought we’d stabbed him in the eye with something sharp. I don’t really consider him particularly sensitive (at least he has no problem telling my husband or I that he doesn’t like us when we make him do things like come in when it’s dark), but there are times when I wonder if he’s managing to hold his shit together at school and he only gets super emotional at home when he’s tired etc? I hope so because even though I don’t want to stifle him (blah blah life force or whatever crap here), I also don’t want him to be the kid who cries all the time at school or with his friends. His teacher hasn’t reported anything, but I still wonder. This child raising thing doesn’t seem to get easier, I just trade one set of concerns for another.

]]> http://www.nonsoccermom.com/2010/02/24/to-raise-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-3327 Kristine Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:26:26 +0000 http://www.nonsoccermom.com/?p=2011#comment-3327 I have no idea. As I'm not there yet - but my nephew was and still is pretty emotional. They put him in Tae Kwon Do and it worked wonders - he's still emotional, but he has a little more self control about it. (The "fighting" part didn't really stick because he doesn't practice it, but the self control portion has.) I have no idea. As I’m not there yet – but my nephew was and still is pretty emotional. They put him in Tae Kwon Do and it worked wonders – he’s still emotional, but he has a little more self control about it. (The “fighting” part didn’t really stick because he doesn’t practice it, but the self control portion has.)

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