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iliveforbhm 
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 Posted: Feb 06 2014 at 11:35am |
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A good person who values life and empathetic but also logically rationalize situations both short and long term and factor in outcomes in a positive manner. That's what a good person is and a great person goes beyond that has grit to make society and and everyone around him into better people and inspires people to become great people to spread that positive aura around them.
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ms_wonderland
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Posted: Feb 06 2014 at 11:35am |
 PurplePhase wrote:
trudawg wrote:
Furthermore, I got my ass beat when I was kid and I didn't like the way it made me feel about myself. I vowed to never beat my kids, and I never have (of course they've been popped a time or two), but I try to raise them with positive reinforcement instead of negative reinforcement.
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I love this.
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Me too...glad this was said!
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Posted: Feb 06 2014 at 11:38am |
Derri wrote:
For me, Before you can be a 'good' parent you have to be a 'good' person, and in my opinion, this society doesn't teach you how to do that.
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True.
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Posted: Feb 06 2014 at 11:41am |
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you don't have to be a parent to have an opinion on parenting...we all had parents growing up. We lived it...experience is obviously another level but clearly there are enough sh*tty parents that it doesn't always say much. |
Yeah I don't buy that you need to be a parent to have an opinion either. Your beliefs prior to having children play a huge role. He said so himself, he decided that beatings were not his thing based on his experience, so he approached raising his child from that perspective.
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Posted: Feb 06 2014 at 11:45am |
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BHM parents, did someone teach you or did you teach yourself along the way? Would you have preferred if someone (either mom, grandma, dad, etc) guided you in raising you kids? Do you think someone trying to guide you is "over stepping or being disrespectful? |
I'm sorry, but I thought the question was directed towards parents 
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Posted: Feb 06 2014 at 11:49am |
trudawg wrote:
blaquefoxx wrote:
BHM parents, did someone teach you or did you teach yourself along the way? Would you have preferred if someone (either mom, grandma, dad, etc) guided you in raising you kids? Do you think someone trying to guide you is "over stepping or being disrespectful? |
I'm sorry, but I thought the question was directed towards parents
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The OP can comment on her intent. But there were clearly multiple questions in the OP. Even if there weren't that doesn't stop others from commenting, regardless of your opinion in the value of said comments.
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Posted: Feb 06 2014 at 11:51am |
i think you can be a good parent but not a good person…
i guess a 'good person' is subjective though
but yea I've seen it.
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Posted: Feb 06 2014 at 12:03pm |
Thanks...nucca got me re-reading my own ish to make sure I was clear
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Posted: Feb 06 2014 at 12:15pm |
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DMV folks, there's a parenting show on NpR. There is an author of a book called "all joy and no fun the paradox of modern parenthood".
I want to get her book.
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Posted: Feb 06 2014 at 12:22pm |
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Spankings didn't help me one bit. I wasn't a terrible child, just wanted attention. If someone would have explained why instead of beat me. It would have helped me immensely.
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