tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091456628312924094.post5240597581200638338..comments2023-10-24T10:35:41.396-05:00Comments on Mean Girls Need Not Apply: Project Hope Week 2 and A Rant About Child RearingNotAMeanGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370093088562363629noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091456628312924094.post-75345432032905640602007-05-10T15:01:00.000-05:002007-05-10T15:01:00.000-05:00What a wonderful thing to teach him to give to oth...What a wonderful thing to teach him to give to others.OhTheJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031731198115388411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091456628312924094.post-36339119013414552242007-05-08T18:28:00.000-05:002007-05-08T18:28:00.000-05:00hey tessa,when Brattling was about ten years old, ...hey tessa,<BR/>when Brattling was about ten years old, I did the same thing when he asked for a new video game system for Christmas. Not wanting to have more than one in the house, I told him we would consider getting it for him if he would consider giving his old one to a charity for other kids who don't have one. The next day, he boxed it up, along with some games and together we took it to the charity drive. You should have seen the look on the faces of the ladies when he took it up to them and told them he wanted to give his old game system and games to kids that didn't have one.<BR/>Keep doing what your doing and C's suggestions are excellent ones. They do work! Good luck and don't worry...Shecky will catch on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091456628312924094.post-50340717340499230882007-05-08T11:12:00.000-05:002007-05-08T11:12:00.000-05:00Thanks for the suggestions C. :) He IS going to ...Thanks for the suggestions C. :) He IS going to help sort through the toys with me and he knows that. Its nice to have validation on that being a good idea. Poor kid. All night, that night, he kept getting up and telling me not to give such and such a toy away because he JUST started playing with it again that day. He's traumatized lol. <BR/><BR/>Taking him with me to drop the items off was something I hadn't considered. I'll have to talk to the shelter folks and see if he could maybe give some of the toys directly to some kids to make it have some context for him. Thanks!NotAMeanGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02370093088562363629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091456628312924094.post-52011091113105161732007-05-08T10:24:00.000-05:002007-05-08T10:24:00.000-05:00You can make this more real by involving him in th...You can make this more real by involving him in the process. Have him help you sort through the toys and talk about what kind of kid might like what. Then take him with you when you drop them off. Have the staff/volunteers at the shelter/police station/Goodwill talk to him about the kids who will get the toys.<BR/><BR/>At his age he doesn't have any context for what you are asking of him. It just looks like things are being taken away, not that they are going to someone. It might help if you could close that loop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com