<p>So sorry, disney. Been there. Thank goodness she’s OK.</p>
<p>So glad to hear she’s ok disneygal! Sorry about the accident/car/scare, but glad to hear she’s ok.</p>
<p>Hugs to you and your D, disneygals! Poor sweetie.</p>
<p>I’ve been a pediatrician in a small farming town in Wisconsin and in a hippie paradise in Oregon. I’ve seen lots of parenting styles… yikes is all I have to say. And that any parenting philosophy, as long as it’s got love, instilling confidence and teaching good boundaries as cornerstones, results in kids that are juuuuuust fine.</p>
<p>weatherga thanks for sharing that. We feel exactly the same way - just blessed and happy to have our girl no matter what. I’ve enjoyed just about every minute so far of being her mom, even more so because I was afraid we’d never have her. Even though she’s going away to college - I at least feel I’ve left nothing undone and that we’re close. </p>
<p>My own parenting style grew out of my experience as a 70’s kid with very career involved parents. I was, I suppose, neglected quite a bit, and also yelled at a lot etc. I was very conscious that I wanted to have kids, having sort of already parented myself for practice - but I wanted to do the parenting thing differently than my parents did. Seems to have worked out. I really learned more from Terry Brazelton than from Sears though… Parenting in the early 90’s in Oregon (is similar to Berkeley I bet).</p>
<p>Also - my peer parenting group was a “parenting after infertility” group of mom’s. We were a pretty grateful bunch of parents, but tried to shield ourselves from the “normal” parenting groups where people often complained about the nuisances etc. I give my daughter the credit for her good outcome, though, since if she tended towards bratty spoildness, not sure I could have stopped her. I’ve got a VERY out of control puppy at the moment… <em>shakes head</em></p>
<p>I also want to say this is way way in the past now… and I’ve “healed” from that really difficult time and all the sensitivities that went with it. It’s a bit fun though, to hear how other parents around the same time did the early parenting though. We all managed wonderfully from what I see here.</p>
<p>Hello all! Just checking in. We are all alive and ok. My D is attending college this fall, my youngest will be a Jr and we are on the verge of smaller mortgage payments. Lol</p>
<p>The main crisis is over. But a long recovery is in front of this family and specifically my D. There are some other changes but not set in stone so I don’t want to say yet.</p>
<p>My D was voted best dressed and most metropolitan for her class and her and her best friend were voted cutest best friends, so will be in the yearbook. Cool. Ready for graduation on May 26th and she leaves for Hong Kong on the 29th!</p>
<p>Oh, no, disneygals! I’m glad she’s okay. Hope she had a quiet tonight and tomorrow planned and that any resulting insurance stuff is as painless as insurance can be.</p>
<p>mspearl! <em>hugs tightly</em> welcome back!</p>
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Congratulations for all the good news! Yearbook votes are really fun.</p>
<p>Yea mspearl!!!</p>
<p>So glad to hear the good news!</p>
<p>Oh, mspearl! I am so glad to hear from you. Come back and smile with us again! I promise not to pry. We have all missed you so much.</p>
<p>Hugs to mspearl!</p>
<p>Oh, I love T.Berry Brazelton! I used to watch his show with my colicky baby and let his voice soothe me. Not the baby, who couldn’t be soothed, but poor stressed out me.</p>
<p>I can’t stand to tell you what my daughter was voted by her class. Argh.</p>
<p>congrats to your D mspearl!</p>
<p>So glad to hear the immediate crisis is passed…and just glad to hear from you!</p>
<p>(((hugs)))</p>
<p>LOL jaylynn!</p>
<p>Hi Mspearl! </p>
<p>Jaylynn…it can’t be worse than my D’s “teacher’s pet” She hated it and avoided the yearbook photo so many times, they gave up and will list her “award” without a photo!</p>
<p>Wow, disneygals - so glad she’s ok!!!</p>
<p>Congrats to Debbie’s D. Is this MBA from A&M?</p>
<p>Glad to see Disneygal’s D came out of car without a scratch.</p>
<p>Kathieh1’s D going to the wrong school? Sounds like she belongs with rebels at berkeley.</p>
<p>Glad your D is OK, disney! I advise plenty of motrin and heat - she may be sore tomorrow.</p>
<p>jaylynn, now I’m dying to know what the award was.</p>
<p>Disneygal, glad your girl is okay! </p>
<p>So nice hearing a hint of a smile in MsPearl’s “voice!” Glad things are looking up.</p>
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<p>I do too, and was working in morning show TV when he visited our station, I got to chat with him in the green room about my baby circa 1996 or so! He was great.</p>
<p>We still give Touchpoints to all the new mommies. We loved Brazelton. He kept us sane, in the same way Spock did my mom. She had already raised her bothers and sisters (oldest of 9) but was so very nervous to have one of her own after adopting.</p>
<p>She and her boyfriend were voted “Most Likely to Get Married.” Please. Someone take a pencil and stick it in my eye.</p>
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<p>Oh jaylynn :)</p>
<p>Glad to hear mspearl.</p>