Comments for Parental Wisdom® by Tina Nocera

Comment on Winners in the Mom lottery by Terry Wilson

Terry Wilson — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:56:07 +0000

Congratulations from a very proud aunt!
Aunt Terry

Comment on Winners in the Mom lottery by jack marcellus

jack marcellus — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:09:24 +0000

Tina,

Great work! Happy Mother’s Day to you and congratulations for all of the work you do to help others.

Best,

Jack

Comment on Cookies, not kids should be pictured on milk cartons by Karen Van Cott

Karen Van Cott — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:10:11 +0000

I’m following this cass pretty closely as they are now searching a building in Soho for Eton’s remains. Also, in the the last three days I’ve heard of three missing children. Thank you for this update.
Karen

Comment on We need to listen before we can empathize by Christine

Christine — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:08:35 +0000

I think we also need to be careful about putting the focus on women alone. It has to be a family decision, I believe. This includes the father, and extended family in some situations. I know that in our individualist-centered society perhaps this idea sounds ludicrous but from what I’ve seen it seems to work really well for many other societies. On the other hand, if she is a single mother then perhaps her financial situation will be dictating the choice for her. My point being, for a woman to make this decision independently because its right for her only addresses a part of the equation.

I would say we’re making progress in this area when we start to look at the needs of our children within their family context.

Comment on We need to listen before we can empathize by Karen Van Cott

Karen Van Cott — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:38:33 +0000

There is no right or wrong for what women choose to do, as far as being a stay at home Mom or going out to work. Our women are more educated some wish to go out into the field and practice what they studied. Other’s choose to wait until after their children are in school. I do think the woman must choose for themselves and that is what makes it right. When it’s right, it flows better for the children and the parents.

Hillary Rosen’s comment about Ann Romney being a stay at home Mom was taken out of context but we also have to remember some women do have choices, if they don’t want to go to work it means they will have less and it will take longer to get the things they want to have sooner.

Comment on We need to listen before we can empathize by Deb Willsea

Deb Willsea — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:11:50 +0000

HI Tina,

I love reading your posts, I would love to talk by phone sometime we set for a phone conference – as a follow up to meeting here in Rochester at the Strong Museum Play conference several years ago.

Deb Willsea 585-330-4656

Comment on Parenting in America by Andria

Andria — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:34:29 +0000

I LOVE this post! Too many times I see weary moms bribing and cajoling their children into eating their meals or leaving the playground, etc. An acquaintance of mine lets her children “graze” from one meal to the next and then can’t figure out why they won’t sit down and eat the family dinner. She justifies it to company by saying “well, you can’t force a child to sit and eat their meals”. My son threw a giant temper tantrum while leaving a playground only once. The next two times he asked to go, I said No and explained why…because of that awful tantrum he threw. I haven’t had any issues leaving playgrounds since. My daughter had a meltdown in the grocery store and I left a carriage full of food in the aisle to remove her from the store – it never happened again. I’d love to see parents take control again with more firm “No” answers and mean them.

Comment on Parenting in America by Doreen L Sitar

Doreen L Sitar — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:01:32 +0000

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I Love this…as I Love all of your articles… I sometimes wish we could go way back…maybe not quite as severe as ‘Leave it to Beaver’…..but almost!!!
I am so concerned about the next generations…. I spoke to someone the other day…who said she works in a school system and parents call in daily, if there child misses a grade (not only by 1 point…but even 4 or 5 points) and they will argue or speak to someone that has a connection to get that grade changed…
same thing to get them on that team or into some class… How will kids function when in college or out into the real world…They are not learning to cope (as I’ve heard from so many adults recently) which is another reason for some of the tragic events we hear about!…so parents are hurting them instead of helping!
Keep your words flowing…hope enough people will start hearing them!!!

Comment on Parenting in America by Doreen L Sitar

Doreen L Sitar — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:00:25 +0000

Dear Tina
I Love this…as I Love all of your articles… I sometimes wish we could go way back…maybe not quite as severe as ‘Leave it to Beaver’…..but almost!!!
I am so concerned about the next generations…. I spoke to someone the other day…who said she works in a school system and parents call in daily, if there child misses a grade (not only by 1 point…but even 4 or 5 points) and they will argue or speak to someone that has a connection to get that grade changed…
same thing to get them on that team or into some class… How will kids function when in college or out into the real world…They are not learning to cope (as I’ve heard from so many adults recently) which is another reason for some of the tragic events we hear about!…so parents are hurting them instead of helping!
Keep your words flowing…hope enough people will start hearing them!!!

Comment on Auntie Mame and the Family Reunion by Velesa

Velesa — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:13:07 +0000

appreciation…

I’m really impressed with your writing skills as well as with the layout on your blog. Is this a paid theme or did you modify it yourself? Either way keep up the excellent quality writing, it is rare to see a great blog like this one nowadays…….BT…