Awww, poor thing on Lizzie! She must be so restless so Elly had to hold Liz while she sat on the chair. Elly and Liz would eventually slept on the chair all night without any problem.
Look at a child the wrong way now (glare at them for misbehaving) and they call the police.
When I was a kid (born 1980) you were expected to behave, or get a spanking, or mouth washed out with soap, etc etc. Also, parents left their kids to cry and go back to sleep.
‘Liz looks like Elly did in her younger days’ - DUH! Lots of girls look like their mamas. An old piece of advice to young men courting young women, is to take a close look at their mothers, because that is what you will be waking up to in 20 years. I have found it to be SO true, at least half the time.
Studies have shown that if you don’t attend to your babies cries (a baby, mind you) they become insecure and loose confidence that you’ll be there for them, so they end up crying MORE.
Old conventions about babies crying to control and manipulate you (I’ve even heard garbage like crying is supposed to help their lungs develops) are things frustrated parents make up to soothe their conscious, without realizing the consequences of later in life.
Actually, the behaviorists and psychologists who have tried to reduce human life to instinct and stimulus and response were the ones who came up with all of this. Then pediatricians who are invested in pathologizing human development sold it to parents. Parents bought it because they were told it was what was best for their kids. Like baby formula, scientific, better than our foolish natural responses.
panacea1477 over 15 years ago
Ugh! STILL having those nights!
Sugie63 over 15 years ago
That’s what we used to do back in the “day”. Now if that happens you’re brought up on child abuse charges.
Northwoodser over 15 years ago
Mom being a mom
Wildmustang1262 over 15 years ago
Awww, poor thing on Lizzie! She must be so restless so Elly had to hold Liz while she sat on the chair. Elly and Liz would eventually slept on the chair all night without any problem.
Allan CB Premium Member over 15 years ago
sugie63 - exactly!
Look at a child the wrong way now (glare at them for misbehaving) and they call the police.
When I was a kid (born 1980) you were expected to behave, or get a spanking, or mouth washed out with soap, etc etc. Also, parents left their kids to cry and go back to sleep.
My how times have changed.
atajayhawk over 15 years ago
Depends on the kid, and on the mother. I had one that wouldn’t and one that would. It’s just not an exact science.
cleokaya over 15 years ago
I was a child in the 50’s and I feared the look in my dad’s face as he pulled his belt through the loops.
Silverpearl over 15 years ago
Probably teething!!
bluetopazcrystal over 15 years ago
Yes Liz did grow up to resemble Elly. Never noticed it before.
andymeijers over 15 years ago
‘Liz looks like Elly did in her younger days’ - DUH! Lots of girls look like their mamas. An old piece of advice to young men courting young women, is to take a close look at their mothers, because that is what you will be waking up to in 20 years. I have found it to be SO true, at least half the time.
bashar327 over 15 years ago
Studies have shown that if you don’t attend to your babies cries (a baby, mind you) they become insecure and loose confidence that you’ll be there for them, so they end up crying MORE. Old conventions about babies crying to control and manipulate you (I’ve even heard garbage like crying is supposed to help their lungs develops) are things frustrated parents make up to soothe their conscious, without realizing the consequences of later in life.
elikelp over 15 years ago
Actually, the behaviorists and psychologists who have tried to reduce human life to instinct and stimulus and response were the ones who came up with all of this. Then pediatricians who are invested in pathologizing human development sold it to parents. Parents bought it because they were told it was what was best for their kids. Like baby formula, scientific, better than our foolish natural responses.