[tri-med] Re: teasing

What a great story, Fawna!  You're response to Lara is one I'm going  
to hold onto!

Loren (wife to Kraig, mom to Keren Elyse, T18, 3 years old!  
(9/27/02), and Clarissa Joanne (7/17/05) )
Southeast Michigan
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On Dec 16, 2005, at 4:59 PM, Fawna wrote:

>   Really there was only one occasion where I felt that Lara crossed  
> the
> line of intolerance toward her sister, and it wasn't even really of  
> her own instigating.
> Lara was only about 4 or 5 at the time, and we were on a family  
> vacation, hiking up a
> trail to a visitor's center, when this strange woman asked about  
> Philina's condition.
>
> I always took such opportunities to educate people, but this woman  
> was truly a jerk.
> After I explained Philina's condition to her, she turned to little  
> Lara and said, "Don't you
> think that it's unfair of your parents to keep her and steal all  
> the time and money they
> spend on her instead of you?  Don't you feel deprived?  Wouldn't it  
> be better for you if
> they put her in an institution?"
>
> Lara thought it over for a few minutes, and I was VERY disappointed  
> to hear her
> response of, "Yes!  Why don't we get rid of her?"
>
> After I glared at the woman (if looks could kill), I turned to Lara  
> and said, "And exactly
> what are you missing out on?  Don't we still take you on family  
> vacation?  And to the
> zoo, and Disneyland?  You still got to go to swimming lessons and  
> gymnastics and
> preschool.  Your friends come over to visit, and you go to their  
> houses.  Besides,
> would you really want parents who would just give away one of their  
> kids?  If I'd give
> away one of you, how could you be sure you wouldn't be next?"
>
> She didn't even have to think that time before she said, "Let's  
> keep her!"
>


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