On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:46:18 -0800, Ranee Mueller
> wrote:

>In article > , Dog3
><dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:
>
>> Was that 4 kids under the age of 5? Gawd!
>
> We're going to be there in less than 6 weeks. It's really not bad if
>you have trained your kids to be disciplined. In fact, it's quite nice.
[snip]

I can't imagine having that many kids, but that's my own failing, not
a comment on you or anyone else. I love kids, but I get too impatient
with them. That's one of the reasons I don't have any yet. I have 8
nieces and one nephew, and half a dozen children belonging to my
friends, and I love to play the crazy aunt and spoil them rotten
(well, not rotten, because I usually clear everything with mom & dad
first, but you get the idea).

>I think part of the nightmarish problem people see with families with
>multiple children is that the parents have been too lazy to do their
>jobs in guiding and disciplining their kids.
[snip]

I think that's a really good point. One of my best friends is about a
month away from having number 3 (and number 1 is about 2 1/2 years old
now). Her kids are very energetic, but also pretty well behaved. A
lot of people mistake energy for unmanageability. She hosted a New
Year's Eve party this year, and the house was full of kids. She said
she liked having everyone else's kids there because she wanted all of
her friends who don't have kids to realize just how well-behaved hers
really are.

It sounds like you're doing a great job with your collection.


-Sapphire.

In article >, Sapphire
> wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:46:18 -0800, Ranee Mueller
> > wrote:
>
> > We're going to be there in less than 6 weeks. It's really not bad if
> >you have trained your kids to be disciplined. In fact, it's quite nice.
> [snip]
>
> I can't imagine having that many kids, but that's my own failing, not
> a comment on you or anyone else.

I wouldn't necessarily paint it as a failing, anyway.

> I love kids, but I get too impatient with them. That's one of the
> reasons I don't have any yet. I have 8 nieces and one nephew, and
> half a dozen children belonging to my friends, and I love to play the
> crazy aunt and spoil them rotten (well, not rotten, because I usually
> clear everything with mom & dad first, but you get the idea).

Don't get me wrong, I get impatient, and sometimes I have to tell
myself "he's 5 years old" over and over again. However, I still don't
really like most other people's kids. We have friends who have
disciplined their kids really well, and they are a joy to be around, but
most of the time we see out of control kids who are doing the
controlling in the family, and we don't like to be around adults like
that, let alone kids who haven't had much in the way of society's
restrictions either.

Regards,
Ranee

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