tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post3010872248133099441..comments2023-05-06T04:43:45.233-05:00Comments on K&the3ds: Please impeach meKristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15786263277106788294noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post-11057962322600307682008-12-16T00:14:00.000-06:002008-12-16T00:14:00.000-06:00You rock. (psst - want us to start an email campa...You rock. <BR/><BR/>(psst - want us to start an email campaign to get your bylaws approved? we'll do it...and they'll be sorry. ;)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08585572295277151602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post-64640096708490204942008-12-09T22:45:00.000-06:002008-12-09T22:45:00.000-06:00Lisa: we'll talk come next fall.Lisa: we'll talk come next fall.Bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843150280542615265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post-59531009810013439082008-12-09T22:39:00.000-06:002008-12-09T22:39:00.000-06:00B, I can put you in contact with the people who wi...B, I can put you in contact with the people who will appreciate your gift. you just can't work within the channels. and the (useless) school nurses are a thing of the past with the budget cuts and all.<BR/><BR/>K ... keep up the good fight. and if you need me to come up & stuff the PTA paperwork down the shirts of the people at the state office so you can do what you're there to do, let me know. i'll do it with pleasure.LisaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891381138208838189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post-38657508579821533822008-12-09T12:24:00.000-06:002008-12-09T12:24:00.000-06:00Watch out or you'll be in a a race with the Govern...Watch out or you'll be in a a race with the Governor next. This is how it starts.....Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236233879828469590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post-68331764512888201602008-12-07T08:48:00.000-06:002008-12-07T08:48:00.000-06:00Oh - and Tamar - I just clicked through to your we...Oh - and Tamar - I just clicked through to your website. I have your book "Freeing your child from anxiety" and it has been one of the most helpful parenting books I have read in my life. I have an "anxious" child and really - your book has helped our entire family. Everyone should have this book!!!!Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15786263277106788294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post-69776091573155952292008-12-07T08:46:00.000-06:002008-12-07T08:46:00.000-06:00Thanks Tamar. I actually live in a very affluent n...Thanks Tamar. I actually live in a very affluent neighborhood. (The Governor of the State is right down the street.) I reach out all the time. But most of the families in our neighborhood go to private schools, so it gets complicated. The school district buses our neighborhood to a low-income school, but it is close by - only 2 miles away. So it's not like the poverty is so far away...<BR/><BR/>I've had letters and editorials printed many times in our local papers - two in the last few months. <BR/><BR/>I think people know how to help. I think they just get too busy, or preoccupied in their own lives to actually do it.<BR/><BR/>A knit-a-thon sounds like a great idea. The kids don't really need scarves, but there have got to be some good mitten knitters out there!Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15786263277106788294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post-27373066614937655002008-12-07T07:50:00.000-06:002008-12-07T07:50:00.000-06:00Hi K, I found your blog on a search for helicopter...Hi K, I found your blog on a search for helicopter parent (I write about these issues-- I think we need to stop stoning them and teach them what else to do...) but that is another matter. I wonder if you could reach out to more affluent communities nearby and get a knit-a-thon going. We did this in our community one year when my daughter was in 5th grade-- right after Christmas in January-- maybe it was a MLK Day service project-- but we knit scarves for those in need in Philadelphia. It was a great project-- mittens are harder, but maybe kids could knit scarves and donate mittens-- there is (still) so much affluence and more to the point-energy and good intention- waiting to be focused in a helpful direction. Could you write an editorial about your encounter with your "little sister" and send it to a local paper in a more affluent area-- I just think people need to know how to help.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that the search led to your post, but no helicoptering here : )<BR/>All best,<BR/>Tamar Chansky<BR/>www.freeingyourchild.comTamar Chanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496705870633406201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post-80608522630135341782008-12-06T23:05:00.000-06:002008-12-06T23:05:00.000-06:00That's so funny to me...when I taught in SLPS, the...That's so funny to me...when I taught in SLPS, the school nurse was so vile. I mean, she would talk about little girls' body parts in the teacher workroom and would send kids who'd wet their pants down to the boiler room to dry off. She would announce school wide when somebody had lice. Never saw her with mittens to give out...<BR/><BR/>But I can try, I guess!Bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843150280542615265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post-19002039181754605742008-12-06T23:03:00.000-06:002008-12-06T23:03:00.000-06:00Bridgett - call a school nurse directly at one of ...Bridgett - call a school nurse directly at one of your local elementary schools. They would LOVE the mittens. At our school, kids have to stay inside for recess if they don't have a hat/mittens (lovely Wisconsin windchills and all) Our nurse collects mittens/hats all year long to give out to kids. She always has a shortage. I'm sure St. Louis must have the same problem in some of their schools! I find that the school nurse is often the person who can distribute these sorts of things.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15786263277106788294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post-11187531572098219052008-12-06T22:35:00.000-06:002008-12-06T22:35:00.000-06:00These are all reasons why you shouldn't be impeach...These are all reasons why you shouldn't be impeached, but promoted -- to State PTA. Clearly, they could use your brains, common sense, compassion and wit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454293479844700053.post-90695302855887322402008-12-06T22:27:00.000-06:002008-12-06T22:27:00.000-06:00My goodness. This sounds so vaguely familiar to t...My goodness. This sounds so vaguely familiar to things I've been involved with, drowning in paperwork with umbrella organizations who don't have a single clue what's going on "on the ground."<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the mittens. I want to help you. Every lent, I knit scarves for charity, but then I have the darnedest time giving them to someone (this year I gave them to a homeless shelter run by the pastor across the street, but even she seemed hesitant). I know, nobody needs scarves by Lent (March)...but I save them and give them away the following November-ish. I know, that's 11 months away, which is a lifetime in terms of blogs, but I will remember if you want me to.<BR/><BR/>It always seems to come down to person-to-person contact. Like, if I tried to get them to kids here in the st louis public schools, I'd probably have to fill out forms in triplicate and get screened for child abuse, even though I wouldn't be seeing children. But if I can get them to someone, like I said, on the ground.<BR/><BR/>Sigh. You are doing good work. Bi-monthly or however.Bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843150280542615265noreply@blogger.com