tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post2274718751370836782..comments2023-07-18T04:52:07.493-07:00Comments on It Takes Wisdom To Know The Difference: Radio, Talking and "The Talk"Mama Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-32335587199019731222014-04-19T09:17:43.315-07:002014-04-19T09:17:43.315-07:00I was sheltered as a kid, and pretty much didn'...I was sheltered as a kid, and pretty much didn't run into any of that stuff until I was already out on my own. From what I'm hearing, it won't be the same for my kids--big public high school--so I know I need to be proactive...just trying to feel my way through the 'how' part. I have a good friend who is trying desperately to protect her girls from everything by keeping them out of the social loop entirely, and I have a horrible feeling that her approach will blow up in her face sooner or later. Mama Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-27828561015232130822014-04-19T08:49:09.389-07:002014-04-19T08:49:09.389-07:00I would much rather that they talk to their parent...I would much rather that they talk to their parents and me about drugs and racism and ways of making sense of the world, then trying to navigate it alone. I just wish the 15-year-old would bring up sex to talk about as I'm sure his friends are sexually active, and there's just so much to make sense of there to develop positive sexuality. I want to know that if he's at a party where there's alcohol poisoning or if a friend gets pregnant or STD, or any of those such things, that they know how to not make the situation worse and that they have adults to turn to. I also want him to know how to not only not engage in inappropriate sexual contact but how to take a stand against it - so many teen acquaintance rapes happen in the context of parties and alcohol with lots of other people knowing what's going on. We need to know that our kids won't let that happen anywhere near them, that they'll stand up against what's wrong. I simply didn't have any awareness of such things when I was first thrust into them, and I wish there'd been somebody to talk them through with me.NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-12738583944643554002014-04-19T07:14:34.435-07:002014-04-19T07:14:34.435-07:00Glad for the backup, my friend. Seems like so much...Glad for the backup, my friend. Seems like so much of parenting is case-by-case judgment calls!Mama Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42766080526493454.post-51966862313612904022014-04-18T21:42:19.276-07:002014-04-18T21:42:19.276-07:00I completely concur.
I love how media (in our cas...I completely concur.<br /><br />I love how media (in our case, usually movies) opens up such interesting conversations with my godsons. NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.com