Comments on: “You’re Not The Boss Of Me” https://gratefulscribe.com/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/ The Grateful Scribe Sat, 12 Mar 2016 16:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Mary DeRosa https://gratefulscribe.com/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/#comment-32 Sat, 12 Mar 2016 16:45:11 +0000 http://maryderosahughes.com/?p=146#comment-32 In reply to stephanie raffelock.

I’m with you, Stephanie! There are some places that kid noise is a joyful addition to the environment, but a bookstore? Um, yeah, not so much. 😉

]]> By: Mary DeRosa https://gratefulscribe.com/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/#comment-31 Sat, 12 Mar 2016 15:18:27 +0000 http://maryderosahughes.com/?p=146#comment-31 In reply to Jen Schaeffer.

Aw, come on Jen…your Josh is a good guy! Lol! And your son is a doll, so yeah…you did just fine with one kid! 🙂

]]> By: Mark https://gratefulscribe.com/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/#comment-30 Sat, 12 Mar 2016 14:28:56 +0000 http://maryderosahughes.com/?p=146#comment-30 Had to share the laugh…but just to err on the safe side, here is what looks to be a quite usable list of good parenting skills. It analyzes the “because” regarding bad behavior in terms of what can be done to actually help prevent or cure.

https://www.facebook.com/ViboyoMusic/photos/pcb.1272088696140134/1272087426140261/?type=3&theater

]]> By: stephanie raffelock https://gratefulscribe.com/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/#comment-29 Sat, 12 Mar 2016 05:00:04 +0000 http://maryderosahughes.com/?p=146#comment-29 There are two places that I love to be with kids, and one place I do not. I love to be with kids in a bowling alley, where it’s so loud and chaotic that they can run, scream, shriek and bounce around and they fit right in. I love to be with kids on a beach because their noisiness against the ocean’s backdrop is a charming part of the cacophony. The one place I do not like to be with kids is in a book store. I want quiet. I want to get lost in the stacks and I don’t want your noise little man…and, I might point out, you will be at least 45 before you can ever call yourself the boss of me and by then I’ll be dead. So for now, take it outside kid. 😉

]]> By: Jen Schaeffer https://gratefulscribe.com/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/#comment-28 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:43:42 +0000 http://maryderosahughes.com/?p=146#comment-28 Joshs are usually pains in the butts. I should know…I married one!!! (Your story is another reason I will never have more that one kid!!!)

]]> By: Mary DeRosa https://gratefulscribe.com/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/#comment-27 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:29:15 +0000 http://maryderosahughes.com/?p=146#comment-27 In reply to Mark.

Thanks for the Seinfeldian wisdom, Mark! I will do my best not to emulate his technique…lol!

]]> By: Mark https://gratefulscribe.com/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/#comment-26 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:46:17 +0000 http://maryderosahughes.com/?p=146#comment-26 Seinfeld had a certain sort of NYC way for dealing with a sort of similar (fictional) situation on his show. Not that I can recommend it in real life, but…there it is.

Warning: Not considered a good parenting skill. https://youtu.be/zb5CAutu6wA

]]> By: Mary DeRosa https://gratefulscribe.com/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/#comment-25 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:58:23 +0000 http://maryderosahughes.com/?p=146#comment-25 In reply to Nikki Blakely-Simmons.

Thank you so much for the kind words, Nikki! And I appreciate you, too, sharing your gift with the world. Your “Nikki’s Nuggets” FB posts keep me going more often than you realize!

]]> By: Nikki Blakely-Simmons https://gratefulscribe.com/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/#comment-24 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:43:08 +0000 http://maryderosahughes.com/?p=146#comment-24 Wow. Beautifully written and I loved your creative expression and how you used your personal experience to share very powerful message. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world. ~NBS

]]> By: Mary DeRosa https://gratefulscribe.com/youre-not-the-boss-of-me/#comment-23 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:05:21 +0000 http://maryderosahughes.com/?p=146#comment-23 In reply to Susan.

Well said, Susan! You never really know what’s going on with a child that’s acting out, so you can’t be judgmental (which I didn’t mean to come across as). And I agree that holding in frustration or other difficult emotions is never a good thing, whether you’re five or fifty-five. As for the bookstore…it would take an entire squadron of Joshes to make me stop going there! 🙂

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