Oh, you are so in for it, Harvey Karp. First you told my parents to tie me up, and now this.
I know where you work, so look out -- I might move there soon...
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Dear Maddie,
If you could only remember how happy you were being tied up, turned sideways, and shushed in your ear, you would remember that Harvey is a genius and perhaps even a saint among men. I, for one, am a devotee, or at least my parents tell me so.
Word. If that man says I need to learn to grunt at my baby, I will learn. He saved our 4th trimester butts. (I actually have tried the grunts and such since reading the article, but I can't do it without laughing. Of course, laughing at a tantrum is better than crying or screaming, so we are making progress ...)
I would not try this at home. One does not teach civility by mimicking incivility nor raise an adult by acting like a toddler. Nor does a Neanderthal respond to 'No ice cream. How about a cookie?' with "I want chocolate cookies in both of my hands." This sort of hokum has been around in various forms at least since the early 1980's. Maybe for some kinds of toddlers but her Gram predicts that this strategy will not be reliable for MMH. Her parents may correct me, if I am wrong.
Obviously Dr. Karp can think of no other way of ensuring himself about beging on a "both mentally and physically" high level then blaming someone else to be on a "down ... a child’s level"
...he should read Jesper Juul...
Your "down-level" Claudia with "high-level" Paul...
4 comments:
Dear Maddie,
If you could only remember how happy you were being tied up, turned sideways, and shushed in your ear, you would remember that Harvey is a genius and perhaps even a saint among men. I, for one, am a devotee, or at least my parents tell me so.
Your friend,
Isaac
Word. If that man says I need to learn to grunt at my baby, I will learn. He saved our 4th trimester butts. (I actually have tried the grunts and such since reading the article, but I can't do it without laughing. Of course, laughing at a tantrum is better than crying or screaming, so we are making progress ...)
I would not try this at home. One does not teach civility by mimicking incivility nor raise an adult by acting like a toddler. Nor does a Neanderthal respond to 'No ice cream. How about a cookie?' with "I want chocolate cookies in both of my hands." This sort of hokum has been around in various forms at least since the early 1980's. Maybe for some kinds of toddlers but her Gram predicts that this strategy will not be reliable for MMH. Her parents may correct me, if I am wrong.
Obviously Dr. Karp can think of no other way of ensuring himself about beging on a "both mentally and physically" high level then blaming someone else to be on a "down ... a child’s level"
...he should read Jesper Juul...
Your "down-level" Claudia with "high-level" Paul...
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