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- From: altinbay@netcom.com (John Altinbay)
- Subject: Re: Just say no: was Sesame Street having "sas
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.221628.28601@netcom.com>
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- References: <10620@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> <1992Dec22.154635.28911@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:16:28 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <1992Dec22.154635.28911@exu.ericsson.se> exusag@exu.ericsson.se writes:
- >In article 10620@vtserf.cc.vt.edu, dabay@morse.cns.vt.edu (Marian Dabay) writes:
- >> 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
- he probably exaggerates things.
-
- Let's hope so. But I hear too many adults talking about how they
- can't assert themselves because they were taught never to say "no"
- to believe that this doesn't happen with any regularity.
-
- I'm glad that the above posters realize that it would be a harmful thing.
-
-
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- John Altinbay - altinbay@netcom.com
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