You know, I love your posts on child care. I used to do it, and loved it, and you know, if I had another child right now I would want her to be in the care of someone who thinks like us about it.
Adults aren't really all that different. One of the things I miss the most about my marriage is that lack of emotional and physical intimacy (not sex; I mean, that too, but it's way more than that). I miss someone there to be responsive, to meet my gaze, to touch me and comfort me and pet me. And what I've noticed is that there are times where the precise problem with me, with my temper or my sadness, or my feeling stressed and overwhelmed, is just that I need petted.
I very strongly believe that you do not spoil a child by responding to her.
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Adults aren't really all that different. One of the things I miss the most about my marriage is that lack of emotional and physical intimacy (not sex; I mean, that too, but it's way more than that). I miss someone there to be responsive, to meet my gaze, to touch me and comfort me and pet me. And what I've noticed is that there are times where the precise problem with me, with my temper or my sadness, or my feeling stressed and overwhelmed, is just that I need petted.
I very strongly believe that you do not spoil a child by responding to her.