JJsMom
06-15-2005, 08:35 PM
and we started talking about praise, which led me to talk about Crystal's views on Descriptive Praise. Well, I didn't do it justice and she started badgering me about what it meant and I felt totally unsure about what to say. So, she started talking about how kids don't have the ability to have empathy (I don't know how it jumped to that :rolleyes) and I said "well, what about when I get hurt and my 2 y.o ds feels bad and cries?" She said "He doesn't feel bad for you, he is only worried about how it affects him. That's BASIC psychology!" She was really rude about it! :mad So, then she whips out a book and starts quoting from it-"To Train Up a Child"!!! :eek :td I wanted to cover my ears and run! She started reading some and it was so toxic! It was dripping with sarcasm and bitter, angry words. I started packing up my stuff and I said I had to go. :blush I didn't say anything about it! Grrrr...I felt so shocked and upset that I couldn't even say anything. I wanted to say something about GBD, but I was afraid of her attacking me and I wasn't prepared. It was so bad! I went home and called my dh, then my GBD friend! :hug2 I'm not sure what to say to her if she asks me why I left or what I thought of the book. I don't know what to say if she does those things in my house. I feel so sad for her kids and for her. I feel like she is being brainwashed and I wish I would have given her GBD stuff before she started reading this book. Although, she is a Dobson fan, so I don't think it would have helped. :rolleyes