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Child guru says nurseries harm small children

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flashingnose · 12/02/2006 10:15

oh dear

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nulnulcat · 12/02/2006 21:48

sorry but more than one of my friends kids has had an absolute tantrum if my dd has even touched one of there toys

expatinscotland · 12/02/2006 21:48

nope, no council tax w/mobile homes. that's why some people do it all the time!

the only prob is, it's illegal. but not if you leave before the parking wardens go on duty in the morning .

and no, HCC, it's not children of SAHPs who aren't sociable, that's the 'is it selfish to have only one child' thread.

wheresthecoddingnecklace · 12/02/2006 21:48

well you are freindsw with freaks

harpsichordcarrier · 12/02/2006 21:50

nope
SAHPs stay home all day grinning at our babies
we are all bored
and stinking rich
and anti social with no friends
our entire lives revolve around our children
any more??

expatinscotland · 12/02/2006 21:50

I'm not just friends w/freak, I am a freak.

I guess we really are known by the company we keep.

kittyfish · 12/02/2006 21:52

At least you are relatively normal I'm a chinless braying nice-but-dim fgs...

nulnulcat · 12/02/2006 21:54

apperently im a chav so thats why my friends are probably freaks

harpsichordcarrier · 12/02/2006 21:55

speak for yourelf kittyfish
no one has ever called me relatively normal before

expatinscotland · 12/02/2006 21:57

Nah, that can't be, nul. B/c I'm not a chav and I'm a freak who is friends with other freaks. So by logic it goes to follow that being a chav and being a freak aren't mutually exclusive. But wait! I also have friends whom some people would think are chavs. What about asylum seekers? I have some friends who are those, too.

I'm confused now.

nulnulcat · 12/02/2006 22:01

that really confused me!! ok im a chav with freak friends dont know any asylum seekers im afraid

nulnulcat · 12/02/2006 22:02

but after yesterday im confused as to whether im really a chav anymore!

Cristina7 · 12/02/2006 22:02

Look, this is getting bizarre. I'm sure SB wanted people to discuss his coming book vehemently and disagree, not to find common ground, even if common ground is in how different we all are.

nulnulcat · 12/02/2006 22:03

i did disagree i called him a prat not long ago!

lockets · 12/02/2006 22:04

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harpsichordcarrier · 12/02/2006 22:05

well I don't think that's terribly productive, calling him a prat
if you're going to disagree with him, then that's one thing
but calling him a prat... not sure how far that moves the argument further

harpsichordcarrier · 12/02/2006 22:07

hello lockets thank goodness you're hear I haven't agreed with you for ages
yes, my dd1 sometimes has difficulty sharing with other children
because she's two
she's learning, as are all her friends

nulnulcat · 12/02/2006 22:08

i think he is a prat as he obviously lives in a ideal world with 2 parents where someone can afford to stay at home with the children which is not an option for probably the majority of people

Greensleeves · 12/02/2006 22:09

I reckon that's why you insist on lugging that bloody great harpsichord around with you all the time...

you're just worried someone else might steal a tinkle

Oh - ds2 awake - must go and GRIN at him....

Cristina7 · 12/02/2006 22:09

Well, let's turn it around a bit: "All children have different skills and good and bad points and develop at different speeds. By arguing that your child who stays at home is in anyway better than those kids who go to nursery you are in effect saying that wohm are doing their children an injustice."

Which is in essence why such threads get so many replies. We take up whatever we want from research and ignore what we don't like.

lockets · 12/02/2006 22:10

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harpsichordcarrier · 12/02/2006 22:10

nulnulcat have you read the article at all? or any of his books?
he is saying no such thing as you would know if you had read what he had to say

nulnulcat · 12/02/2006 22:10

my dd is 2 and has no problem sharing and cant have learnt it from me not knocking anyone elses kids just saying my dd has learnt a lot of skills at nursery that i havent been able to teach her

mummytosteven · 12/02/2006 22:11

agree with lockets and harpsi. I really don't think it's fair using the alleged inferiorities of other children to justify our particular parental choice.

Cristina7 · 12/02/2006 22:12

Mummytosteven, why not agree with me too? I'm saying the same thing.

lockets · 12/02/2006 22:12

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