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Spotted this:

"This Mom Refuses to Teach Her Kids to Share—and Her Explanation Is Going Viral"

(Of course, it's not REALLY like that...)

http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/whats-hot/this-mom-refuses-to-teach-her-kids-to-share%e2%80%94and-her-explanation-is-going-viral/ar-BBAznRe?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

By Marissa Laliberte.

First half:

Learning to share, even when it’s hard, is a basic skill to teach your children, right? One mom thinks otherwise, and the Internet is going crazy over it.

When Alanya Kolberg of Springfield, Missouri, took her son, Carson, to the park, at least six other boys rushed at him, asking him to share his toys. As they grabbed at the Transformer, truck, and Minecraft figure, Kolberg told her overwhelmed son that he could say no, she explains in a Facebook post.

The other boys looked to Kolberg, appalled that her son wouldn’t share. But she told them that if he wanted to share, he would.

Kolberg asks anyone shocked at her response to take a different perspective. 'Whose manners are lacking here?' she writes. 'The person reluctant to give his 3 toys away to 6 strangers, or the 6 strangers demanding to be given something that doesn’t belong to them, even when the owner is obviously uncomfortable?'

But the mom wasn’t punishing other kids for being demanding. Instead, she wanted to teach Carson how to stand up for himself—not just when he’s being bullied, but when he feels in over his head. (Teaching your little one these forgotten manners is also just as important.) 'The goal is to teach our children how to function as adults,' she writes. 'While I do know some adults who clearly never learned how to share as children, I know far more who don’t know how to say no to people, or how to set boundaries, or how to practice self-care. Myself included.'

After all, Carson does share—just not with everyone all the time. In fact, he’d brought the toys so he could surprise another friend with them, Kolberg writes.

Most commenters praised the mom for teaching her child to stand up for himself...

(snip)

And and expert in the second half of the article echoes what Miss Manners said in 1984:

DEAR MISS MANNERS:
Are there exceptions to the rules about sharing toys? We have always tried to teach the children to share with their playmates, but it seems particularly hard on them when it's an extra-special toy because it's new or because it's the favorite animal they go to bed with or when they take something to the playground and don't get much time with it because everyone else wants a turn.

GENTLE READER:
Miss Manners admires you for teaching sharing, but let's not overdo it. You don't want them to grow up to share their husbands and wives, do you?
Guests in the house are permitted to play with available toys. Fragile or sacred toys are simply put out of sight. On the playground, sharing is required on the equipment that is there, but only encouraged for toys individuals have brought with them. An owner may reclaim his property when he likes, but generosity is suggested with the not-always-true inducement of its eventually being reciprocal.

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I like the way she distinguishes between public toys and toys that are private - although of course one can leave them at home.

Walter Duranty would be proud.

https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/858885577428619264

Nork apartment:

http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/04/28/will-ripley-inside-north-korea-apartment-orig.cnn

Politicians should pay for their own portraits.

@Lenona,

Also, kids have to learn the hard way that others will take advantage of them. Be it toys, money, or school supplies. The thing is, you have to be aware of the incident so you can use it as a teaching moment. Otherwise they will commit the same mistakes over and over and over because they are unaware that someone is taking advantage of them.

Something I did noticed that being a thieving scum is an unisex trait. And you can tell right away if said trash kid is used to doing it often. Also, this might sound cliché but it's the better-off kids who seem to do this the most.

But where are the parents? Complete denial and full-on defense of their precious spawn, and even when their kids are caught with the evidence, it all boils down to them scolding their children for making them look bad in front of everyone.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/well/family/lunch-shaming-children-parents-school-bills.html

Even when free lunches are provided (along with the free school, free transportation and free everything else), we're not doing enough to help today's busy busy parents:

One solution is the federal free meal program. But not every struggling family meets the income requirements, and those that do may have language barriers or fears over immigration status, or fail to file the paperwork. An Agriculture Department guidance document suggests that districts reach out to the community for help, for example through “random acts of kindness” funding and school fund-raisers.

Or they could just send their kids to school with lunch.

Look, I don't want anyone to go hungry, but why in Sam Hill should it be the "community" responsibility not only to provide free meals, but to somehow make people fill out the goddamn paperwork to get free meals?

California millennials are hurting.

Hey, Trump, good luck with that!

(With this weenie Congress, any President would need good luck.)

But where are the parents? Complete denial and full-on defense of their precious spawn, and even when their kids are caught with the evidence, it all boils down to them scolding their children for making them look bad in front of everyone.
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As in "how dare you get caught" or "how dare you make me look like a bad parent"?

Not that the latter isn't a somewhat selfish attitude, of course, but at least the parent is putting a LITTLE shame into the kid that way.

Pretty cool guy this kid.

“I told her Islam was not a race and I was only talking about what the two Muslims men as individuals said – I was not making broad claims about Islam or my interpretation of the Koran.”

https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2017/05/01/professor-tells-student-to-stop-reading-bible-n2320681

Oh, and I think one reason modern parents are so often in denial about their kids' mean behavior is that if you have ten children, it's easier to accept the likelihood that at least one of them will grow up to be a jerk or worse and it's Not Because You're a Bad Parent, but you know it's still your job to discipline them as much as you can, while they're still minors. When you have only TWO kids, if one of them keeps treating other people badly, that means that a full 50% of your offspring is growing up to be bad, which feels unbearable - and OTHER adults, unfortunately, will at least be tempted to think of you as a bad parent as a result. So it's easier to go into denial - and accuse other adults of being liars when they complain of the kid's bad behavior. (Of course, if a couple has only one child, the denial will be even worse.)

California's war on the next generation.

Oops. mpetrie beat me to it.

According to this Reason article, companies that made large campaign contributions, and gained access to the White House, during the Obama era, saw their stock out-perform similar companies which didn't engage in these measures. Some scientific evidence that, in a big-government situation, lobbying and contributing to a campaign is a more effective investment than hiring, training, R&D, marketing, or capital spending. I want to look into the methodology they used, though.

I want to look into the methodology they used, though. ~ Cousin Dave at May 1, 2017 2:25 PM

Look into the types of companies too. If the president is pushing wind and solar energy with grants and research money, and those companies are being feted at the White House, investors will see them as a better investment with potential government contracts and grants in their future. And when a president hostile to their industry takes office, investors will flee.

Newsweek's cover story:

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/newsweek/20170428/282024737142617

"I Want YOU to be a Racist"

It's about classic poster art and how white supremacists are trying to co-opt it.

This may not be the case for everyone, BTW, but I had to avoid using the right-hand arrow when I read it - I just clicked, held down the mouse, and moved it to the left instead.

Even Milton Glaser got interviewed.

It's a mix of both, like a sort of gray area of mischief. There's always an apology of sorts and plenty of talk about Jesus.

I have no idea what happens at their homes but the kids tend to be docile for at least two to three days. Then they go back to being the same little devils.

Mmmrmm.. Sand Witches:

https://mobile.twitter.com/matttomic/status/859117370455060481