Comments on: Nurturing Individuality http://gemini-girl.com/2008/08/20/nurturing-individuality/ Trying to raise myself while raising twins. Wed, 09 May 2012 08:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mike from the Newborn Identity http://gemini-girl.com/2008/08/20/nurturing-individuality/#comment-1482 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:41:27 +0000 http://geminigirl64.wordpress.com/?p=458#comment-1482 I totally agree…develop who the kid is and not who YOU want them to be. With that said Maddie going to be a rock star. Because, you know, she’s going to want to be one. J/k…I’ll support her no matter who she wants to be!

]]> By: KJandthekids http://gemini-girl.com/2008/08/20/nurturing-individuality/#comment-1475 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:30:19 +0000 http://geminigirl64.wordpress.com/?p=458#comment-1475 Good for you ! I love your aunt.
It’s much easier to do this with girls. For a girl to play softball and soccer it’s COOL, it’s moving forward. For boys though it’s the making of a wimp and not a good thing.

I’m also proud of you for finding something positive about your mom :)

]]> By: heather... http://gemini-girl.com/2008/08/20/nurturing-individuality/#comment-1474 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:40:06 +0000 http://geminigirl64.wordpress.com/?p=458#comment-1474 You totally hit the nail on the head here. Everyone has different talents and interests – I was more into team sports and music and my brother was into art and running. My parents encouraged us to be the best we could be at our chosen interests. I think that’s the key – as long as our children CHOOSE, we can’t go wrong.

]]> By: Sugar & Ice http://gemini-girl.com/2008/08/20/nurturing-individuality/#comment-1473 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:35:50 +0000 http://geminigirl64.wordpress.com/?p=458#comment-1473 While I do love watching the Olympic gymnastics, diving, swimming, and a few track and field event, I was never much of an athlete myself either. I was also more artsy. I do wish my mom had put me in dance earlier or even gymnastics when I was a tot so I would have had more confidence in athletics. I plan to put LG and the twins in dance, gymnastics, soccer, music, swimming, etc until they’re old enough to figure out what their own preferences are.

]]> By: Rachel http://gemini-girl.com/2008/08/20/nurturing-individuality/#comment-1472 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:48:25 +0000 http://geminigirl64.wordpress.com/?p=458#comment-1472 The olympics have made me reflect on my childhood as well. I LOVED sports. I was always glued to the tv when gymnastics was on and was the only girl in my grade to play soccer at recess with the boys. I was good but my parents (who both worked) were too busy to notice or care. Lack of money and time meant I could not join any athletic teams. To this day I still resent that they did not nurture that side of me. Who knows, maybe I could have been in the olympics. I take this lesson and apply it to my daughter because I never want her to wonder what she could have accomplished.

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