Posted by littleone on December 12, 2004, at 21:13:06
In reply to Mother's Touch Mother's Love, posted by littleone on December 7, 2004, at 20:27:13
Thank you all for your responses. I have tried to reply a few times, but I get too upset. It's all so foriegn to me.
I was at my Aunty's place on the weekend. I had the opportunity to sit back and just watch how she interacts with her kids. And it wasn't just the touching, but also how they talked. H*ll, even just the fact that they did talk. I always thought that *they* were the unusual ones.
I've heard and read about families interacting like you guys describe. But to me it all just sounds like some new pop-psych way to raise your kids. Like in the old days it was very common to give your kids the belt/strap/cane/whatever. These days you'd be hung up to dry if you tried that. I'd always kind of thought the talking/touching thing was the same. That was just how kids were raised back then (by back then, I mean in the 70's/80's. I'm 32. Almost. Ugh.) But you guys describe that sort of stuff happening when you grew up too.
I don't know. Daisy's right. Mother stuff *is* hard. :(
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