Comments on: Room to Grow and Double Standards http://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/room-to-grow-and-double-standards/ choosing positivity Fri, 20 May 2011 23:58:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mama Zen http://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/room-to-grow-and-double-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-10814 Mama Zen Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:52:07 +0000 http://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4711#comment-10814 Is it because parenting is regarded as so personal? Or the standards so much more subjective? I don't know. Is it because parenting is regarded as so personal? Or the standards so much more subjective? I don’t know.

]]> By: Talon http://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/room-to-grow-and-double-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-10802 Talon Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:25:55 +0000 http://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4711#comment-10802 I expect there is a learning curve - a growth period - with every position we assume in our adult life. But my patience is more limited with adults than with puppies and children. And some plants, no matter how well tended, loved, nurtured, just don't grow right... As always, Belinda, you give me much to ponder. I expect there is a learning curve – a growth period – with every position we assume in our adult life. But my patience is more limited with adults than with puppies and children. And some plants, no matter how well tended, loved, nurtured, just don’t grow right…

As always, Belinda, you give me much to ponder.

]]> By: Meg http://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/room-to-grow-and-double-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-10790 Meg Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:40:16 +0000 http://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4711#comment-10790 Good point about the relative difference in room to grow. Parenting doesn't come with a manual or a degree or any training whatsoever--just hopefully common sense and trial and error. The only real way to learn is on the job. This does not mean that other public servants cannot learn on the job, but there is no doubt they are considered to have more of a notion about what to do than the average new parent. This can get really messed up! Good point about the relative difference in room to grow. Parenting doesn’t come with a manual or a degree or any training whatsoever–just hopefully common sense and trial and error. The only real way to learn is on the job. This does not mean that other public servants cannot learn on the job, but there is no doubt they are considered to have more of a notion about what to do than the average new parent. This can get really messed up!

]]> By: TheKitchenWitch http://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/room-to-grow-and-double-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-10789 TheKitchenWitch Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:02:28 +0000 http://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4711#comment-10789 We are so unfair to teachers in this country that it makes my blood boil. As a former teacher myself, this post really touched me. We are so unfair to teachers in this country that it makes my blood boil. As a former teacher myself, this post really touched me.

]]> By: ayala http://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/room-to-grow-and-double-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-10788 ayala Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:40:28 +0000 http://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4711#comment-10788 I think we need to give room to grow to anyone that's trying to do good in any situation. I think we need to think of ourselves in their shoes....then things may seem different. I think we need to give room to grow to anyone that’s trying to do good in any situation. I think we need to think of ourselves in their shoes….then things may seem different.

]]> By: Colleen http://thehalfwaypoint.net/2011/03/room-to-grow-and-double-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-10786 Colleen Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:08:15 +0000 http://thehalfwaypoint.net/?p=4711#comment-10786 Good point Belinda. Good point Belinda.

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