Pure Parents

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You’ve just got to figure that when she is right she has taken her pills that day! Cheryl

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hi everyone im new to this group and ive been reading responses from Elaine and to Elaine,my suggestion to everyone is why is anyone responding or caring about what she says. the best way to get back at a bully is to ignore them,which is what everyone should be doing and she will go away like we all want her to do….ok? iam going to ignore her,if she responds I will not respond.lets all try this.

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I was thinking exactly the same thing!  Filter her out. Karen

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I would, except that every once in a while she is dead on target and extremely helpful. I just wish she tried to listen more. > I was thinking exactly the same thing!  Filter her out. > Karen

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        Ok, maybe I’ll get a bunch of nasty posting back to this but I’m going to say it too.  I think a lot of what Elaine posts is her opinion and IS, as poster below says "dead on target and extremely helpful".  But I don’t take ANYTHING that is said here as the "word of god" and I hope everyone has this same feeling.           I mean we are all just a bunch of opinions here. And she is entitled to hers, whether she has kids or not, A LOT of the time I agree with her. And WHY she is on this newsgroup is NONE of my business is it? I mean does it matter if she has kids and is a parent, if the advice is some you’d like to take?  There’s plenty of times I HAVE read a parents post and thought "god help that child" and I know I’m NOT the only one on this. Whether or not she is a parent and WHY she is on this newsgroup is irrelevant, I mean I look at it like this, YES experience in parenting is nice and most of the time helps with advice, HOWEVER being a parent and having kids, DOES NOT make you smarter, knowledgeable or "in my book" right.  I know everyone is going to think that I think all my advice is right, I’m not saying it is.  I merely post what I have either gone through, heard works, or MY opinion;  Like I hope the rest of you do as well.         For those of you whom really have a thing against Elaine, go ahead, filter her killfile her, don’t read her stuff.  But  please leave the rest of us alone whom want everyone’s opinion to make OUR decision that much more educated when we make it.  I mean my idea would be to give us your OPPOSING opinion (obviously) and then let US make the choice and educated guess as to which we want to take.  I mean, just like I am WASTING valuable time doing this when it truly is NOT going to value my child in anyway, I could be reading your, Elaine’s and everyone’s post on their opinion.  Instead I’m wasting time writing this and reading "don’t listen to Elaine", see where I’m coming from?         God knows everyone doesn’t feel the way I do, but I was so tired of hearing everyone post "A POST AGAINST ELAINE" "FILTER OUT ELAINE" "DON’T LISTEN TO ELAINE" when I (and I am sure others) want her and other’s opinion on whatever it may be.  We are all here to find out advice, options, experiences, and knowledge of and for children.  So let’s do that and take them for what they are OTHER’S OPINIONS. Ok, I’m done now. Sorry if you don’t agree.  But like said above, IT’S JUST MY HONEST OPINION. > I would, except that every once in a while she is dead on target and > extremely helpful. I just wish she tried to listen more. > I was thinking exactly the same thing!  Filter her out. > Karen > —

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As I’ve said before, I agree that Elaine is not always wrong. But are you sure you really care that much for the opinions (good or bad) of someone who recently suggested that a mother shoot her autistic son? And heck, you could flip a coin and be right some of the time. –Janet Triplets  (10/21/96) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Ok, maybe I’ll get a bunch of nasty posting back to this but I’m going >to say it too.  I think a lot of what Elaine posts is her opinion and >IS, as poster below says "dead on target and extremely helpful".  But I >don’t take ANYTHING that is said here as the "word of god" and I hope >everyone has this same feeling. > I mean we are all just a bunch of opinions here. And she is entitled to >hers, whether she has kids or not, A LOT of the time I agree with her. >And WHY she is on this newsgroup is NONE of my business is it? I mean >does it matter if she has kids and is a parent, if the advice is some >you’d like to take?  There’s plenty of times I HAVE read a parents post >and thought "god help that child" and I know I’m NOT the only one on >this. Whether or not she is a parent and WHY she is on this newsgroup is >irrelevant, I mean I look at it like this, YES experience in parenting >is nice and most of the time helps with advice, HOWEVER being a parent >and having kids, DOES NOT make you smarter, knowledgeable or "in my >book" right.  I know everyone is going to think that I think all my >advice is right, I’m not saying it is.  I merely post what I have either >gone through, heard works, or MY opinion;  Like I hope the rest of you >do as well. > For those of you whom really have a thing against Elaine, go ahead, >filter her killfile her, don’t read her stuff.  But  please leave the >rest of us alone whom want everyone’s opinion to make OUR decision that >much more educated when we make it.  I mean my idea would be to give us >your OPPOSING opinion (obviously) and then let US make the choice and >educated guess as to which we want to take.  I mean, just like I am >WASTING valuable time doing this when it truly is NOT going to value my >child in anyway, I could be reading your, Elaine’s and everyone’s post >on their opinion.  Instead I’m wasting time writing this and reading >"don’t listen to Elaine", see where I’m coming from? > God knows everyone doesn’t feel the way I do, but I was so tired of >hearing everyone post "A POST AGAINST ELAINE" "FILTER OUT ELAINE" "DON’T >LISTEN TO ELAINE" when I (and I am sure others) want her and other’s >opinion on whatever it may be.  We are all here to find out advice, >options, experiences, and knowledge of and for children.  So let’s do >that and take them for what they are OTHER’S OPINIONS. >Ok, I’m done now. Sorry if you don’t agree.  But like said above, IT’S >JUST MY HONEST OPINION. > I would, except that every once in a while she is dead on target and > extremely helpful. I just wish she tried to listen more. > > I was thinking exactly the same thing!  Filter her out. > > Karen > — >– >Jessica Monnig >*Homepage* >http://www.icon-stl.net/~rapier/indexjess.html/ >*Internet Pager* >http://wwp.mirabilis.com/160333 >**Growing old is mandatory; >growing up is optional.** >**My mind not only wanders, >sometimes it leaves completely.**

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