tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488433810039574602.post6897737709696099868..comments2023-10-28T02:50:16.786-07:00Comments on Jewish Single Mom By Choice: Core ValuesDochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05261212450148255826noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488433810039574602.post-16227190019199871832014-02-28T20:51:46.031-08:002014-02-28T20:51:46.031-08:00If I can stick to the very special occasions rule,...If I can stick to the very special occasions rule, I think it will be ok. I have always thought that with children, the more you say "Absolutely NO, NO exception," the more they will try to sneak behind your back to get it.<br />I had a colleague in graduate school, an Ultra-Orthodox man with six children, and they did not have a television in the house. He would brag that his children were sheltered from the evils of the programs from the outside world. At there house once, and their four year old is singing the Barney song and I asked, "How does she know Barney if you never allow them to watch TV?" Turns out that whenever she went on play dates to other houses, she spent the entire time watching television, drawn to it because it was so despised in her own home.Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261212450148255826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488433810039574602.post-29800376687923198682014-02-28T12:28:34.303-08:002014-02-28T12:28:34.303-08:00The best way to convey such vales to a child is to...The best way to convey such vales to a child is to start with oneself, also with makeup. As a child I was told that it belongs to a grown-up world and looks inappropriate in a little girl. I know that times have changed, but allowing it at one end and fighting at another seems to be inconsistent to me.Martahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721438989648980181noreply@blogger.com