oh no! she's.... masturbating
i'm in the middle of combiling a [crappy] newsletter for my office (which is a nonprofit aimed towards school readiness of children aged 0-6)
and i'm just scanning the articles for something that i'd want to read (as i'm not the parent of any children, nor do i want to be the parent of any children any time soon). and i end up stumbling upon this
(for those of you who are lazy and don't want to follow the link.. or in case the link dies in the near future.. here's a snippet.)
I have a concern about our four-year-old daughter. She has recently started masturbating while at home. This is usually done while resting, while watching television or before falling asleep. It seems to have become more and more frequent. When we find her doing this we give her a warning to stop. If she does not we ask her to go to her room. If she still continues we physically take her there. We've explained that this is a personal thing, that others do not want to watch her do this, but we get no where. She continues on. We've discussed this with her pediatrician and his answer is to tell her to stop and put her in time out. Are we doing the right thing? Is this a phase?
i just want to roll my eyes at the woman, and tell her to stop hindering her daughter's sex exploration. to stop making sex seem like this horrible, horrible thing. or her mindset is prolly that, "oh no, my daughter is sinning..." and i wonder if this woman's husband ever grew out of the masturbation faze..
12/18/2001
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Can you imagine living this life?
She was raised by her aunt and uncle because her parents had died. She finished high school. She got her drivers license when she was in her thirties, because her husband couldn't get off of work to take her to her doctor's appointments when she was pregnant. She stayed home and raised her children.
Then when she was in her mid-fifties, her youngest turned eighteen. Her husband retired. She didn't have to be home all the time anymore. So, she got on with her life.
She got a job as a cashier at the grocery store. She started attending college. Once she was half way through, she got a job in an office. She worked hard. She took the bus to school, because they only had one car and her husband wanted it at home. She worked full time and went to school full time. She got up early in the morning to cook dinner for her family so they could eat while she was in class.
In a week, she'll have a bachelor's degree. She's fifty-nine years old. Last night was the graduation reception. She got the 110% award and was recognized for her achievements.
I bitch and moan a lot about Lena. She's not very good at her job. However, I really admire her for actually doing it. She could have very easily let the odds go against her. She was too old. She wasn't smart enough. It was hard to get to school. Her family needed her to cook dinner. She was too poor. She wanted to get on with her life though. She had done what she thought was required of her as a wife and mother and then she "got on with [her] life".
12/07/2001
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