tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852422397272068136.post8876703433665270459..comments2023-12-26T17:10:25.915-06:00Comments on Muddling through Mayhem: Responses to commentsmarythemomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08205319256573120866noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852422397272068136.post-47344916214268894012011-04-12T10:56:31.625-05:002011-04-12T10:56:31.625-05:00Miz K - I don't know that Kitty does totally &...Miz K - I don't know that Kitty does totally "get" the difference between fantasy and reality. She still has "magical thinking" and I think she wants everything to just magically be perfect where "everyone's a pony that eats rainbows and poops butterflies." That and I think sometimes she enjoys focusing on what she can't have so that she can justify feeling miserable or saying that everyone is being mean to her.<br /><br />Adelaide - School may have been long-term in the past, but we got our son half way through 7th grade and he's a junior in high school now. School is most definitely almost over for him and we need to focus on getting him the job skills he needs for the rest of his life, and less on the parts of an atom or diagramming sentences. Not that those things aren't important, but now we need to prioritize and be realistic.<br /><br />Mary in TXmarythemomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08205319256573120866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852422397272068136.post-88603358586408988102011-04-12T00:11:01.599-05:002011-04-12T00:11:01.599-05:00What a wonderful Greek party for your daughter, Mi...What a wonderful Greek party for your daughter, Miz Kizzle!<br /><br />The bullet points work very well, except for where the quotes are.<br /><br />Mary: it was interesting to see your words on the short-term [school] and the long-term [your approach]. It's different from Lawrence B Smith and his <i>Oil on Water</i> which for some years was my guide in regards to school and attachment. He tended to think that school was for the long-term and the extended world (points 1, 3 and 6 of Oil and Water). Teach me to listen to parents and experiences too!<br /><br />And that focus on the short-term might well play around with the nornmality/sense of reality, because it is in itself an abnormal environment.Adelaide Duponthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490123934889071074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852422397272068136.post-13783226769915808782011-04-11T10:45:58.572-05:002011-04-11T10:45:58.572-05:00My daughter just turned seventeen. Thankfully, she...My daughter just turned seventeen. Thankfully, she didn't fall victim to the Super Sweet Sixteen dreadfulness. Her sixteenth birthday fell during a school trip to Greece and she celebrated at the Acropolis with her classmates. No fancy gowns or stretch limos, thank God.<br />The over-the-top teen parties seems are a marketing ploy to sell expensive products and services to guilty and competitive parents who fall for the old, "But everybody else is doing it" whine.<br />"Everybody else" are teen celebs and characters in films. I doubt any of Kitty's friends IRL have super expensive Sweet Sixteen bashes. Can she understand the difference between Hollywood fantasy and reality?Miz Kizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650747741395559803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852422397272068136.post-28570378845225618462011-04-10T19:38:27.416-05:002011-04-10T19:38:27.416-05:00Thanks Sarah, I'll definitely mention this to ...Thanks Sarah, I'll definitely mention this to our pdoc. I've started reading your blog (in my spare time *grin*) and I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.<br /><br />Marymarythemomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08205319256573120866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852422397272068136.post-54396365483744890322011-04-10T08:40:25.002-05:002011-04-10T08:40:25.002-05:00My son's psychiatrist SWEARS that prozac is &q...My son's psychiatrist SWEARS that prozac is "activating" for most children, and should not be taken at bedtime because it keeps kids awake. We found the opposite to be true-- he takes it at bedtime, sleeps through the night, and there was a HUGE improvement in his depression and anxiety-- so if she takes it in the morning that might be a simple thing to try.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912402504550789439noreply@blogger.com