tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4435297673105726185.post2108153752878008569..comments2023-06-01T10:22:52.332-04:00Comments on Homegrown Minds: Being DifferentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4435297673105726185.post-12602449240030204192012-05-05T16:48:33.413-04:002012-05-05T16:48:33.413-04:00Misty- Thank you for your comment. I'm sorry ...Misty- Thank you for your comment. I'm sorry to hear that you have felt the same way. Maybe someday people will realize that giving advice to parents who aren't asking for it is not needed.Cyber Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13617795256170148473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4435297673105726185.post-25760894709762288002012-05-05T16:44:13.071-04:002012-05-05T16:44:13.071-04:00How sad. I am sorry & I too get it. I feel a...How sad. I am sorry & I too get it. I feel as if all the times I prepared for a ‘fight’ and pleasantly found a sympathetic open-minded individual gives me a false sense of general acceptance. I am never well prepared for disapproval & I feel so blind-sided by thoughtless options re: my child & our way of life. Recently, I was scoffed at by a parent who asked me what grade my child was in. I explained she was home schooled and I had lost track of what grade she would be assigned in a state school. The woman laughed, “Well, you must not be very good at teaching her if you don’t even know what grade she is in…” The woman pretended to be joking but it was obvious she wasn’t….Misty Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17918007486522250097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4435297673105726185.post-79154662039460086872012-04-27T10:46:51.382-04:002012-04-27T10:46:51.382-04:00Tracy- Sometimes I wish we lived in a larger commu...Tracy- Sometimes I wish we lived in a larger community so I had more options for medical care. I just want competent care without judgments on my life. Is that too much to ask? :-)<br /><br />Annie- I have always been grateful for your open-minded attitude when we chat. :-)Cyber Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13617795256170148473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4435297673105726185.post-24686634588996865932012-04-27T09:03:35.621-04:002012-04-27T09:03:35.621-04:00Good grief! I am sorry for this. Well, feel free t...Good grief! I am sorry for this. Well, feel free to talk with me anytime. Even if we didn't agree or have the exact same response, I would leave room for two different perspectives. Geez!Anniehttp://www.learnateveryturn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4435297673105726185.post-67976411169675402492012-04-27T08:26:18.138-04:002012-04-27T08:26:18.138-04:00I TOTALLY get it! And especially within the medica...I TOTALLY get it! And especially within the medical and dental communities...when did people turn into sheeple? When did they relinquish their role as their child's strongest advocate and just blindly submit to whatever they're told? <br /><br />It's not that I don't trust doctors--or anyone else highly trained in their fields--they have my utmost respect and appreciation. But the relationship is one that goes both ways.<br /><br />I think that one of the greatest gifts I can give to my girls is to watch their mother research issues of concern, then ask informed questions at appointments and never relinquish my role as primary decision maker and doctor's partner in my own care (and that of my children). I try to give them a model of respect and dignity with plenty of room for humour and relationship-building. And for the most part, it's worked out really well for us.<br /><br />We've finally reached a point where we really love our care providers, but it hasn't always been an easy path! Being in a large city, we've occasionally enjoyed the freedom of just not returning to offices where we didn't connect as equals and felt like parts being tinkered with on a conveyor belt. Not so easy for those in smaller communities, I know.<br /><br />And as for the homeschooling questions...tiresome doesn't begin to describe it, but we just keep doing our thing. We've even had one doctor sigh and say how much she wished she could follow our path for her daughter :-)Tracynoreply@blogger.com