RE: [OT] Any Child psychologist spouses out there ?

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

...and if that fails then electrodes on the testicles usually works on
Demon
Spawn.

Phil


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Fuller [mailto:neil@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 27 August 2004 19:39
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Any Child psychologist spouses out there ?
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> Hi Dean
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> I'm no psychologist (I'm a sparks turned HVAC controls
> engineer) but we do, like many, have two kids.
>
> They are still fairly young (4 and 6), we have made extensive
> use of two books by Dr Christopher Green - Toddler Taming and
> Beyond Toddlerdom.
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> Not sure how old yours are but these books may be appropriate.
>
> Dr Chris Green takes a very practical approach to rearing
> monsters, oops, sorry, children ;-) and includes many
> anecdotes from his own experience.
>
> My favourite relates when his young son (3 or 4 years)
> insisted on getting in to mum and dads bed during the night.
> A flash of inspiration saw Chris Green tying a rope around
> the banisters and the door knob. Leaving enough slack to
> allow the youngster to open the door a bit, he thought that
> this would bring a bit of comfort in knowing that the lad
> wasn't locked in but there wasn't quite enough of a gap to
> allow him to get out and pester Mum and Dad.
>
> Well, during the night Mum and Dad heard him get up and find
> the door tied shut. There followed some time of screaming and
> howling. Eventually Dad got up to send the young lad back to
> bed only to find that he had stuck his head through the gap
> but couldn't pull it back in again because of his ears!!!!!
>
> The point of the story is that, as a parent, you will do many
> things that, at the time, seem like a good thing to do.
> Something goes wrong and you end up blaming yourself for
> doing "terrible things" to your children. The truth is that
> they never remember little things like getting their head
> trapped for half an hour but will remember the ice-cream at
> the seaside!!
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> So, it depends on the age of your nippers but if they are sub
> 9-10, I can thoroughly recommend the above books
>
> HTH
>
> Regards
>
> Neil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 5:55 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Any Child psychologist spouses out there ?
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> > Apologies for being so so way off topic - but I need a bit of
help.
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> > If there's any of the above mentioned on the list, I'd be
> really grateful
> if
> > someone could mail me offlist.
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> > Alternatively, if anyone knows anything about the subject
> then I'd be
> > gratefulf for advice.
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