11-17-2008, 06:40 PM
For those with less than a fifth grade education (which seems to be the lot of you) I will point out the glaringly obvious.
I was commenting on a video of a toddler whose actions were being acknowledged by hundreds of cheering adults. In this society, it seems there is a huge emphasis on building up a child's self-esteem by piling on praise. This may condition the child to be unable to function without it. It was in this context that I posted the (true) anecdote about the five-year old boy who could not take a crap without somebody clapping for him.
Now, while you all continue to search each other's fur for fleas, I am going to go make dinner for my terribly well-adjusted child and her incredibly sexy sexagenerian father.
I was commenting on a video of a toddler whose actions were being acknowledged by hundreds of cheering adults. In this society, it seems there is a huge emphasis on building up a child's self-esteem by piling on praise. This may condition the child to be unable to function without it. It was in this context that I posted the (true) anecdote about the five-year old boy who could not take a crap without somebody clapping for him.
Now, while you all continue to search each other's fur for fleas, I am going to go make dinner for my terribly well-adjusted child and her incredibly sexy sexagenerian father.
Ooops, I crapped my pants