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- From: dpaxton@ut-emx.uucp (Debi Paxton)
- Newsgroups: alt.polyamory,soc.singles,alt.pagan,misc.kids
- Subject: Re: raising children
- Message-ID: <83998@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 22:15:54 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.231317.809@sequent.com> <1992Nov18.152152.14225@spdcc.com> <1992Nov19.000618.19319@radian.uucp>
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- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas
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- In article <1992Nov19.000618.19319@radian.uucp> markbr%radian@natinst.com (markbr) writes:
- >
- >I want there to be a *requirement* for a marriage license that you have
- >taken an approved course (like the defensive driving courses) on parenting,
- >and one on relationships.
- >
-
- Courses on parenting are a help, but not nearly enough. Our parenting style,
- and our ways of relating, are pretty deeply ingrained and tend to either
- replicate or be the opposite of what our parents did. Learning to act
- differently is a long, bloody process.
-
- My negativity may be due to having just hosted my parents for a week-long
- visit.
-
-
- --
- "Never imitate consciously, but do not worry about being an imitator;
- take pains instead to admire what is good."
-
- Debi Paxton dpaxton@emx.utexas.edu
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