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- From: exusag@exu.ericsson.se (Serena Gilbert,cs,x0364)
- Subject: Re: Just say no: was Sesame Street having "sas
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.154635.28911@exu.ericsson.se>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:46:35 GMT
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- In article 10620@vtserf.cc.vt.edu, dabay@morse.cns.vt.edu (Marian Dabay) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec18.193031.10992@tms390.micro.ti.com> nsmith@tms390.micro.ti.com (Neal Smith) writes:
- >
- > >As for the kids, most of the smaller ones that appear on that show tend
- > >to come accross as shy, needing prompting from the adults or muppet
- > >characters. Sassy? What sassy? Where sassy? I have to ask myself what
- > >the educator meant who said this. Depending on the adult, some consider
- > >jokes, playing, or even asking questions about what's going on to be
- > >sassy (i.e., bad behavior); others are more reasonable/lax, and don't
- > >consider it sassy unless it's very rude or disruptive. This confusion in
- > >definition may be what the problem is here.
- >
- > This reminded me of a conversation I had with a boy at the mall a few
- > months ago. My husband and 3 year old son, Thomas, were getting their
- > hair cut. There was a little boy (maybe 5-6) there waiting for his
- > mother. Thomas was talking to me and I asked him a question
- > (can't remember now what), and Thomas answered "No" in a very matter-
- > of-fact voice. He wasn't being nasty or "sassy", just expressing
- > disagreement. Well, this little boy got real upset and said "He
- > said a nasty word!! Aren't you going to punish him??". When I asked
- > him what word, he said that "no" is a nasty word that his mother never
- > allows him to say!!! I was shocked!!! Has anyone else ever heard of
- > this? I could understand it if Thomas had said, in a very nasty tone,
- > "NOOO" (like he does sometimes), to something I told him to do, but
- > evidently, this little guy was NEVER allowed to say no to his mother.
- > What do you all think, isn't it important to let kids know they can have
- > opinions that don't always conform to others? Isn't it important to
- > let them express themselves and convey what they think? Are they any
- > of you out there that agree with not allowing a child to say "no"?
- >
- > Marian Dabay
- >
-
-
- My oldest son also thinks no is a bad word. Every time I say no he tells me
- that I can't say that 'cause it's a bad word (thought to him it's okay to tell
- me no).
-
- I really don't think that the child is never allowed to say no to his mother, but
- being 5-6, he probably exaggerates things. The following often happens at my house:
-
- me: "Aaron, pick up your toys"
- Aaron: "No"
- dad: "You don't tell you mother no, when she tells you to do something!"
-
- Now if someone else says no, he tells them that they can't say no. If he was
- to be asked why he probably say, "'Cause my dad says you can't say no."
-
- -Serena
-
- (Aaron-5, Ethan-3, Raymond-2)
-
-