Comments on: Do Kids Hear the Message or Just the Roar? http://www.projectgifted.com/blog/do-kids-hear-the-message-or-just-the-roar/ Revolutionizing Education - Transforming Mankind Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:49:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MelissaGreczy http://www.projectgifted.com/blog/do-kids-hear-the-message-or-just-the-roar/#comment-2387 MelissaGreczy Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:15:31 +0000 http://blog.projectgifted.com/?p=4229#comment-2387 Hey Cristina! My girls are much older than yours - 7 and 9 and the more I treat them with respect and like they have a mind of their own, the better they respond. When I try to become the dictator or force anything from the place of "I am the adult - you are the child - I know more, better, etc" then they close down and become defensive. I agree with your comment that parents shouldn't follow my advise or anyone else's blindly - this blog is about discussion and providing resources and ideas. I hope that people take away what they like, leave what they don't or modify it to fit their own family. And thanks for your tip :) My girls and I have an agreement -- because we have such a blessed and amazing life, we get to travel and see the world and have great adventures and many of these trips are work related ones that I take them on with me - so in return, whenever I have a work phone call, they are respectful of that time because they know that my work is what makes this lifestyle possible. Skype is a blessing for me because it allows me to work from anywhere - even airports and now on planes too (actually, I was disappointed when airplanes came out with internet on flights, because I now feel like I have to work on the flights :( instead of just enjoying the down time as I used to). And the funny thing was that call at the Dubai airport was with Todd Herman, the guy I did the Interview "2 Bedtime Questions" with... and I was lucky that it was him because he is really great at working with kids and changing their attitude and mindset, and he gave me a great idea on family goal setting that helped pass the rest of the time at the airport :) So, thanks for taking time to share your post with us and thanks for being part of our community!! Melissa Hey Cristina! My girls are much older than yours - 7 and 9 and the more I treat them with respect and like they have a mind of their own, the better they respond. When I try to become the dictator or force anything from the place of "I am the adult - you are the child - I know more, better, etc" then they close down and become defensive.

I agree with your comment that parents shouldn't follow my advise or anyone else's blindly - this blog is about discussion and providing resources and ideas. I hope that people take away what they like, leave what they don't or modify it to fit their own family.

And thanks for your tip :) My girls and I have an agreement -- because we have such a blessed and amazing life, we get to travel and see the world and have great adventures and many of these trips are work related ones that I take them on with me - so in return, whenever I have a work phone call, they are respectful of that time because they know that my work is what makes this lifestyle possible. Skype is a blessing for me because it allows me to work from anywhere - even airports and now on planes too (actually, I was disappointed when airplanes came out with internet on flights, because I now feel like I have to work on the flights :( instead of just enjoying the down time as I used to). And the funny thing was that call at the Dubai airport was with Todd Herman, the guy I did the Interview "2 Bedtime Questions" with... and I was lucky that it was him because he is really great at working with kids and changing their attitude and mindset, and he gave me a great idea on family goal setting that helped pass the rest of the time at the airport :)

So, thanks for taking time to share your post with us and thanks for being part of our community!!

Melissa

]]> By: MelissaGreczy http://www.projectgifted.com/blog/do-kids-hear-the-message-or-just-the-roar/#comment-2386 MelissaGreczy Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:53:10 +0000 http://blog.projectgifted.com/?p=4229#comment-2386 Thank you, this blog is really important to me so it makes me happy to hear that others are enjoying it and finding the articles worth reading. Thanks for your tips and I really do agree about kids friendly airlines. We fly Emirates a lot and they do a great job of taking care of the kids, bringing them presents and activities and they make great kids meals (I confess - when the girls sleep through the meals - I eat them!) LOL thanks for your comments and for being part of the GiftED Community! Take care, Melissa Thank you, this blog is really important to me so it makes me happy to hear that others are enjoying it and finding the articles worth reading. Thanks for your tips and I really do agree about kids friendly airlines. We fly Emirates a lot and they do a great job of taking care of the kids, bringing them presents and activities and they make great kids meals (I confess - when the girls sleep through the meals - I eat them!) LOL thanks for your comments and for being part of the GiftED Community! Take care,
Melissa

]]> By: Resham Shah http://www.projectgifted.com/blog/do-kids-hear-the-message-or-just-the-roar/#comment-2356 Resham Shah Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:34:33 +0000 http://blog.projectgifted.com/?p=4229#comment-2356 Hi Melissa, First let me tell you how much I enjoy reading PG.Lot of time you share my experiences.I am a single mom with a PG son who has mind of his own but very respectful.One of the advantages of being a single parent is you have very strong bond with your kid.Or so do I think.We travel quite some times through the year.I go through similar situation as yours.In our case we love to read,we carry books and airplane games as well try to choose a child friendly airline,(ie.if at that time it fits in our budget:))First remove it from your mind that it is a tough and long flight/wait.Keep them as well yourself hydrated,obviously resulting frequent trips to the bathroom,the kind of a great mom you are I am sure you do follow these thumb rules,still I thought it could help. Hi Melissa,

First let me tell you how much I enjoy reading PG.Lot of time you share my experiences.I am a single mom with a PG son who has mind of his own but very respectful.One of the advantages of being a single parent is you have very strong bond with your kid.Or so do I think.We travel quite some times through the year.I go through similar situation as yours.In our case we love to read,we carry books and airplane games as well try to choose a child friendly airline,(ie.if at that time it fits in our budget:))First remove it from your mind that it is a tough and long flight/wait.Keep them as well yourself hydrated,obviously resulting frequent trips to the bathroom,the kind of a great mom you are I am sure you do follow these thumb rules,still I thought it could help.

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