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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: greenspirit who wrote (45578)7/14/1999 7:52:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
I don't think I missed your points. But (E?) noted that children change one's outlook on life, and I was picking up on that. I find, as do many parents I talk with, that before I was a parent I was sure I knew things as certainties, but after parenthood I am lucky if I am sure I think I know things as probabilities. I raise that with you because of your level of certainty that everybody should be able to control their responses completely. Most parents find out that no matter how much they believe in controlling their responses, at times it just doesn't happen. Children can make even the most mild-mannered people snap at times. Mine made clear to me that there are definite limits to the ability to self control.

If in all the years of parenthood you never come out with a reaction that you then or later realize you should have controlled, you are a person I would like to meet to decide whether you qualify for sainthood or institutionalization. (Those would be the only two options!)
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