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in reply to a message by erb816
lol yeah, my thought was "they beat her at home if she eats without permission"
But I never did like the name Harriet at all, so maybe I'm biased against people who'd name a daughter Harriet. It reminds me of the word "harried."
- mirfak
But I never did like the name Harriet at all, so maybe I'm biased against people who'd name a daughter Harriet. It reminds me of the word "harried."
- mirfak
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Probably so.
It's not a typical kid reaction.
It's not a typical kid reaction.
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Y'all have just made a pretty big jump/assumption here with almost zero context though ?
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It's from my experience. My brothers and dad work with at-risk children, many of whom are abused. Asking permission to eat is actually a warning sign.
I wouldn't jump to the assumption that the kid was an ass-kisser, that's what I'm getting at. I'd just tell the child "Yes." You just don't know why someone is doing something and to immediately jump to "ass kisser" "brown-noser," etc is wrong.
I wouldn't jump to the assumption that the kid was an ass-kisser, that's what I'm getting at. I'd just tell the child "Yes." You just don't know why someone is doing something and to immediately jump to "ass kisser" "brown-noser," etc is wrong.
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Perhaps I should have made this clear in my initial post, but it wasn't just that she asked permission to eat. That was just one example of her behavior. My son was full of stories that entire year about her ass-kissing personality. She once ran tattling on him about a minor incident--he had hit her on the head with his lunchbox by accident and she insisted he had done it on purpose-- and got him sent to the principal's office. Kids, just like adults, can just have unpleasant personalities. Although in the case of kids, sometimes the personality traits are outgrown. I think I myself had somewhat of an unpleasant personality as a child -- I could be very bossy and I was the ringleader in the teasing of a neighborhood child. And I did just tell the child "Yes."
I suppose that CPS should have been banging down the door of Harriet's house accusing her parents of abuse when in reality they most likely were bringing her up to think of herself as a little princess.
I suppose that CPS should have been banging down the door of Harriet's house accusing her parents of abuse when in reality they most likely were bringing her up to think of herself as a little princess.
This message was edited 10/19/2016, 7:42 AM
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No, I am not assuming I'm right. It just came to mind as an alternative to queenv's assumption.
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