tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6630355680050775256.post6702811240030938615..comments2024-01-19T22:42:41.602+00:00Comments on Gidday from the UK: 7 Sleeps To Go...Delusions of GrandeurAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09420852941644763293noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6630355680050775256.post-35161384598644765902010-08-01T06:07:57.173+01:002010-08-01T06:07:57.173+01:00Hi, Kym. I, too, have kids (and now a couple of gr...Hi, Kym. I, too, have kids (and now a couple of grandkids!) by association. I have for a long time believed (because that's how it happened w/ me) that the kids will only learn life's more important lessons once they leave home and the parents stop cosseting them. <br /><br />What's more, those of us who aren't afraid of packing our bags and going to far-flung part of the globe (allegedly to <a href="http://seentheelephant.blogspot.com/2010/07/time-to-define-seeing_30.html" rel="nofollow">see the elephant</a>) -- tend to have less tolerance for kids who are loathe to leave home, because it seems so natural to us to want to broaden your horizons. <br /><br />I have to keep reminding myself that not everyone is like that--and that's a good thing. <br /><br />And now that I'm on the other side of the parenting divide, I'm beginning to appreciate how hard it is to let go. You want them to stop calling every minute for advice, but the moment they stop calling, you miss it, and worry...<br /><br />You can't get it right, and somehow the kids have to figure it out (and figure you out) for themselves!ML Awanoharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16238451984653386278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6630355680050775256.post-63639466455413855012010-07-29T08:20:57.160+01:002010-07-29T08:20:57.160+01:00Kathryn you are a woman after my own heart! Simply...Kathryn you are a woman after my own heart! Simply for being a new way of self-expression in the world, Facebook has become the next demon to be lambasted for society's ills...hope it's lambasting leaves it as prolific as rock & roll though. And since the FB phenomenon has only exploded into social consciousness over the last few years, who knows what might be around over the next decade?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420852941644763293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6630355680050775256.post-20245154609608309892010-07-27T22:12:56.336+01:002010-07-27T22:12:56.336+01:00I am so fed up of Facebook being the cause of ever...I am so fed up of Facebook being the cause of everything in the modern world! It's like rock & roll in the 1950s, or MTV in the 1980s, or rave parties in the 90s. <br />Enough already! <br /><br />If young people have inflated ideas of their own worth, there is no one to blame except the people who brought them up. But -- whoops!--we can't do that, can we? Because today's litigious society means that it's always someone else's fault.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07782865072782597686noreply@blogger.com