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Post by wenonah4th on Oct 30, 2013 13:55:55 GMT -5
I justify (when I need to) my love of kid lit with two points. One, I have 3 children! Two, I know a lovely lady about my parents' age who has no children and has the most amazing and thorough kid lit collection I've ever seen. All the really good ones.
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Post by booboobrewer on Oct 30, 2013 15:18:15 GMT -5
Neat. What authors?
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msstock87
Sitting For The Braddocks
Here Comes The Bride!
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Post by msstock87 on Oct 30, 2013 17:02:15 GMT -5
That sounds pretty neat!
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Post by wenonah4th on Nov 3, 2013 8:39:01 GMT -5
You name it! I haven't seen her in a while though so I can't recall specifics, really, beyond obvious things the Little House and All-of-a-Kind Family. I do remember giving her *The Phantom Tollbooth* for her 60th birthday!
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supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by supprazz on Nov 3, 2013 10:02:00 GMT -5
I wouldn't feed the troll if I were you. She's pretty much made it clear in her posts that client-sitter relationships are inappropriate though this was in a different time, context, and in a small town. She'll be calling you all out for still reading BSC before you know it.
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Post by wenonah4th on Nov 3, 2013 13:27:23 GMT -5
What troll?
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Post by mistrali on Nov 4, 2013 1:27:28 GMT -5
I wouldn't feed the troll if I were you. She's pretty much made it clear in her posts that client-sitter relationships are inappropriate though this was in a different time, context, and in a small town. She'll be calling you all out for still reading BSC before you know it. Firstly, I'm 21 - decidedly not in the target audience - so it hardly makes sense for me to "call out" people for being too old to read any children's book, BSCverse or otherwise, particularly when my main fandoms are all kids' books (Animorphs, Circle of Magic). Secondly, I should've explained myself more clearly in the post which I assume you're referring to. I wasn't meaning to (nor did I, in fact) say every single client-sitter relationship was inappropriate. Nor do I think Stacey-Char is inappropriate except in that one situation, in the sense that *Charlotte is Stacey's client*, not her sister or almost-sister or what-have-you. That mixing of boundaries is odd to me. It's true that the Johanssens are family friends with Stacey, but the BSC becomes very formal and businesslike in those later books, and Stacey acts at least fifteen, which doesn't quite gel for me with her having a girls' day out with an eight-year-old, small town or not.
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valuemeal2
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California Girl!
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Post by valuemeal2 on Nov 4, 2013 4:22:21 GMT -5
What troll? I'm confused :/
As for the Char-Stacey thing^ I don't find it weird at all. I have many clients with whom I am very close, and I feel like their big sister. The family I nannied for most recently I was with for two full years (from the birth of the younger one and since the older was 3) and I've known the family since the older one was 4 months old (she's 5 now). Even though I'm not their full-time nanny anymore, those girls are as close to me as family. We have play dates and I invite them to my house for my birthday, etc. I'm also very friendly with the parents, and the mom (who is 10 years older than I am) is almost like a big sister to me sometimes! It totally happens in real life. I've been nannying/babysitting since I was 10 (and I'm 28 now) and over the years there have been a handful of favorite kids who are as close to me as siblings (sometimes closer because I frequently can't stand my sister, LOL).
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supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by supprazz on Nov 4, 2013 11:19:37 GMT -5
Yes I believe I read your age in another post, but thanks for saying so anyways. And believe it or not, people could have a personal life of their own and still be down to earth and be a good role model, friend, mentor to those younger than them at other times....what do you think most young teachers and daycare workers do on the weekends? They party! That doesn't make other aspects of their life weird. I've seen that more often than not. I just found it a weird how you described it in the Mystery Money post. I agree with what valuemeal is saying, it's common in small communities as well, it's a shame today's fear factor prevents these kind of interactions that when someone wants to do something good,they're looked down upon and then we wonder why there are so many young ones who are getting in trouble, bullying others, or becoming victims of bullying and suffering for it later on. There's some food for thought.
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Post by sparklymouse on Nov 4, 2013 14:17:23 GMT -5
If you have an issue with something someone posted you should respond to it in that post. What you did makes you look like a troll yourself. Mistrali has IMO been nothing but friendly and polite since she joined.
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Post by wenonah4th on Nov 4, 2013 15:32:15 GMT -5
Let's stop this stuff. This board has, in the five plus years I've belonged, always been a nice group of friends. SO! Back on topic!
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Post by greer on Nov 4, 2013 16:07:12 GMT -5
Thirded.
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Post by wenonah4th on Nov 4, 2013 16:09:15 GMT -5
No one seconded....
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valuemeal2
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California Girl!
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Post by valuemeal2 on Nov 4, 2013 16:11:46 GMT -5
Whenever someone makes a motion IRL and they say "those in favor, say aye" I always think of "nose!" "ear!" from... I want to say it's Mallory's Christmas Wish. Especially since Mary Anne is the one who says "ear" (I think? I believe Abby says "nose") that always just struck me as so random, like here's a glimpse of Mary Anne's secret buried sense of humor she never lets peek out of her "shy and sensitive" personality.
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Post by greer on Nov 4, 2013 16:13:22 GMT -5
Well, you agreed, so I considered it a second.
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