Monday, January 15, 2007
child rearing
I began watching Super Nanny occasionally last season and I'm enjoying it more and more as time goes on. It's entertaining in a way, even though part of what's amusing is watching other people behave terribly. It's heartwarming because everyone always ends up growing together, being nicer to each other, feeling and acting like a family. Tonight was probably the worst beginning yet - a single mother of four young children one of whom had leukemia a few years earlier, a 2-year-old baby, and two boys who beat up on each other something fierce. The father died less than a year earlier and almost certainly everyone was still very angry, not to mention sad. At the end, they were playing together, enjoying each other, and they even planted a tree in the backyard in the father's honor. They truly were embarking on a new beginning. From a boy who ripped up Jo's rules and swore at her, to that. Peace and smiles.
Labels: children, reflections
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