tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post5520059256189541342..comments2023-10-07T03:03:56.285-07:00Comments on BrocanteHome: Little Things Long RememberedAlison Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12883092950196612309noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-14104232201378099362010-02-19T06:20:42.701-08:002010-02-19T06:20:42.701-08:00Just bought a copy! Thanks so much for the recomm...Just bought a copy! Thanks so much for the recommendation. Childhood is so important. Little details are so often passed by in trying to shape them into little adults. It seems that everything I gravitate towards is something that has to do with preserving childhood -- my pottery business, my collections of vintage children's clothes and books, my obsessive viewing on ebay of vintage dress patterns for children...I just can't get enough. I hope to learn some great things from this book -- they will grow up so fast and I am NOT looking forward to it.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15694078926573075655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-37274858661369447372010-02-18T06:24:58.328-08:002010-02-18T06:24:58.328-08:00Oh Alison, how I would love to just come to your h...Oh Alison, how I would love to just come to your house for a few days and just follow you around! I consider you my online "friend" and wish I could ring you for a good chat and mutual venting! Invite me! I'd make the trip across the pond! I would love to experience your life for a little while. Your blogs always make me smile and feel a little better about the day.sbgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-19391199666811274252010-02-17T05:47:59.371-08:002010-02-17T05:47:59.371-08:00Hello Alison,
I am delighted that you like and ref...Hello Alison,<br />I am delighted that you like and refer to my book for ideas...seems you have a million of your own.<br />All good wishes,<br />Susan Newman<br />www.susannewmanphd.comsnewmanphdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06571568687995114197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-84072523373724404852010-02-17T05:47:47.483-08:002010-02-17T05:47:47.483-08:00I bought this book years ago when my girls were li...I bought this book years ago when my girls were little. I loved it. I'll have to dust it off for my little granddaughter not quite two.Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-82556283808077458542010-02-17T04:56:00.000-08:002010-02-17T04:56:00.000-08:00I think the advice excerpted from the book is wond...I think the advice excerpted from the book is wonderful..my babies are grown and I have no grandbabies..sure do wish I'd had such advice when mine were little. I might have employed a different tactic rather than nagging and raising my voice. "I need some dyno power'..ingenious!!Dinahsoarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03877872564454797447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-31388670373321664872010-02-17T03:31:19.580-08:002010-02-17T03:31:19.580-08:00So sweet--this is the kind of book that can easily...So sweet--this is the kind of book that can easily make me cry!Hausfrauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163376146526795302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-82107850929245637552010-02-16T18:31:09.284-08:002010-02-16T18:31:09.284-08:00Oh, I was never so happy to ecscape to your world ...Oh, I was never so happy to ecscape to your world as after coming from my 15 year old son's room.We argued about everything it seems...grades,disrepect,whatever...and my heart hurts.I know I am saying and doing the right things,most of the time...but I just don't understand how it is that he's the one having teenage "growing pains" and I'm the one hurting, while, bless him...he's secure in the knowledge that nobody's mother was ever as ignorant as his.<br />I am sorry to say that this evening,at least,misery does love company.Thank you for being a normal mom and for making me feel like I am, too...Gwendolen Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02972270181563073540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-23817268748418882912010-02-16T09:51:29.186-08:002010-02-16T09:51:29.186-08:00Oh I hear you Alison! I feel guilty I am being suc...Oh I hear you Alison! I feel guilty I am being such a grumpy cow today(raging hormones)but that book does sound lovely,childhood is so fleeting,I know this,and I really was looking forward to half term (mainly because its a week of not running around like a maniac first thing every morning) but somedays I just fail miserably in the parenting department!xxGenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11961963832536289057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-81204807580789476682010-02-16T09:48:45.922-08:002010-02-16T09:48:45.922-08:00what a lovely report on a wonderful
book. will bu...what a lovely report on a wonderful<br />book. will buy one ASAP.<br /><br />this is absolutely the funnest, liveliest<br />blog i have encountered.<br /><br />thank you!myletterstoemilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555607498974287844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-17971498435780386062010-02-16T08:53:44.159-08:002010-02-16T08:53:44.159-08:00Alison, that book sounds fantastic...it's bein...Alison, that book sounds fantastic...it's being added to my long list as soon as I finish commenting. And you made me howl with laughter remembering all the things I told my children. I can distinctly remember telling one that I'd remove his arms and shove them up his nose if he didn't quit whatever. thing. it. was. But boiling heads? Nope, never thought of that one! Now do enjoy the remainder of this vacation week...Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-62492672710599514292010-02-16T07:53:23.872-08:002010-02-16T07:53:23.872-08:00Jenifir I love the idea of benign neglect: makes m...Jenifir I love the idea of benign neglect: makes me feel less guilty that others practise it too!<br /><br />As for the teaching them that not all subjects are not of interest to every one...I'd never thought of it like that, and I suspect it might be a valuable lesson...<br /><br />Thank you.xAlison Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12883092950196612309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656175568786605239.post-10096939937692345552010-02-16T07:00:41.340-08:002010-02-16T07:00:41.340-08:00I like to practise what my Mum called beneign negl...I like to practise what my Mum called beneign neglect when being swarmed by boys and their games: doing my household duties within refereeing distance but letting them get up to their own conversations and then limiting how much Bioincles, etc. talk when we share a meal or snack and instead direct them to discussing things with more universal appeal. It allows me to do what I need to do while they play and then when we have conversations they learn that not all subjects of conversation are of interest to everyone. The "Little Things Long Remembered" sounds like it recommends things that you already are doing; it is so helpful to have written encouragement and support of your (our) parenting syle. I hope you enjoy the school break (ours is in March).Jenifirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06307720101656463930noreply@blogger.com