https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:27:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186954 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:43:30 +0000 Andrea 186954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: haha cool. He was my high school teacher. I didn't like him though. LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186943 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:32:13 +0000 loveisstrange 186943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love it and completely agree with him. Kids now are so coddled You have to know your own shortcomings so you can work on them. :/ I'm a realist and I would prefer my kids to be too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186940 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:30:19 +0000 Adira 186940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Just had to add that I loved that article you posted as well! So true! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186939 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:27:51 +0000 Shimmer 186939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love it! I never understood why kids were being discouraged from trying harder/doing better with a particular task. I remember growing up and our sports teams actually lost instead of everyone getting a trophy because "no one is better than anyone else". It definitely prepares you for the real world's disappointments, and kids need that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186933 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:23:03 +0000 Adira 186933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love this article! It's sooooo true! I think it's really important to make sure kids know the reality of the world. No matter how special they are to their family, they're really not that special to the rest of the world, and it's better to know and understand that early on, I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186909 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:12:07 +0000 Navy_Mommy 186909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love it...</p> <p>"even if you're 1 in a million...there's nearly 7,000 like you" - that made me chuckle...sounds like one of those sayings that are added to funny pictures and circulates around Facebook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186891 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:58:47 +0000 mrsjyw 186891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOVE this article! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186890 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:58:06 +0000 Alivoo01 186890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What a great article! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186874 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:51:36 +0000 littlebug 186874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's genius. When I first read it, I emailed it to my husband and said "We should make our kids read this once a year." Being taught that "everyone wins" is a disservice to our children. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186851 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:33:39 +0000 mrbee 186851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: Along those lines, I just came across this article recently which hit on similar themes!</p> <p><a href="http://www.psreader.com/issue/40/hypocrites-almanac/to-hell-and-back/" rel="nofollow">http://www.psreader.com/issue/40/hypocrites-almanac/to-hell-and-back/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186845 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:30:48 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 186845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I've heard snippets ... I'll read the whole thing when I have more time. But what I've heard/read rings very true! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186844 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:30:04 +0000 hilsy85 186844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also read this/the David McCullough speech they refer to! Apparently there was a big outcry against it, but I think it was actually very true and very uplifting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-you-arent-special#post-186839 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:28:56 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 186839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/12/opinion/granderson-not-special/index.html?hpt=hp_c1" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/12/opinion/granderson-not-special/index.html?hpt=hp_c1</a></p> <p>Love this article! </p>