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From: mark@umcp-cs.UUCP (Mark Weiser)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Pacifiers
Message-ID: <2770@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 01:52:27 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 01:52:27 1986
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Reply-To: mark@maryland.UUCP (Mark Weiser)
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In article <6286@utzoo.UUCP> snell@utzoo.UUCP (Richard Snell) writes:
>...I will certainly admit that a toddler wandering around with a souse
>stuck in his/her mouth is not a very heart-warming sight... but a
>6 year old chewing on a thumb is even less delightful:-)

These are not the only alternatives.  We did not use pacifers for our
children, but encouraged them to express their feelings.  It never made
sense to me to encourage useless habits--my eight year old has developed
enough of them on her own without me.  If a child is hungry, let them eat,
if not but fussy, try to correct what is upsetting, if nothing is upsetting
then they are just in a bad mood and deserve to be treated as you would
your most beloved friend when he/she is in a bad mood: give them a listen
but don't take it too seriously.  If its a real bad mood it might take a 
long listen--but I've done this for my adult friends in a bad way and I try 
to do no less for my children.
	-mark
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