Comments on: Is It Just Me – Thank-you, I mean it http://connectedparenting.com/2010/02/is-it-just-me-thank-you-i-mean-it.htm Set Loving Limits and Build Strong Bonds with Your Child for Life Thu, 03 May 2012 05:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Amy http://connectedparenting.com/2010/02/is-it-just-me-thank-you-i-mean-it.htm/comment-page-1#comment-56 Amy Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:44:11 +0000 http://connectedparenting.com/blog/?p=1631#comment-56 This is a great post, and I have to say with some regret that I don't get those heartfelt thanks from my kids very often. Although, I suppose we don't often make those big gestures which elicit that kind of response, or else they wouldn't be so special. I wanted to write in defence of those "reflexive", "cavalier" and "depressing" thank-yous we utter throughout the day. Far from being worthless, I think they and similar courtesies ("you're welcome", "excuse me") are the lubricant of society. Every "thank you" can't come from the bottom of my heart, but the fact that I've chosen to say thank you is significant: it acknowledges the humanity of the person I'm speaking to. Those everyday thank yous are a different thing from the intense ones, but I think they're every bit as important. This is a great post, and I have to say with some regret that I don’t get those heartfelt thanks from my kids very often. Although, I suppose we don’t often make those big gestures which elicit that kind of response, or else they wouldn’t be so special.

I wanted to write in defence of those “reflexive”, “cavalier” and “depressing” thank-yous we utter throughout the day. Far from being worthless, I think they and similar courtesies (“you’re welcome”, “excuse me”) are the lubricant of society. Every “thank you” can’t come from the bottom of my heart, but the fact that I’ve chosen to say thank you is significant: it acknowledges the humanity of the person I’m speaking to. Those everyday thank yous are a different thing from the intense ones, but I think they’re every bit as important.

]]> By: AGrushcow http://connectedparenting.com/2010/02/is-it-just-me-thank-you-i-mean-it.htm/comment-page-1#comment-55 AGrushcow Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:30:03 +0000 http://connectedparenting.com/blog/?p=1631#comment-55 It was! Thanks for bringing it to our attention Marsha! Here's a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQJuyfNyczM It was! Thanks for bringing it to our attention Marsha! Here’s a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQJuyfNyczM

]]> By: Marsha Gallinger http://connectedparenting.com/2010/02/is-it-just-me-thank-you-i-mean-it.htm/comment-page-1#comment-54 Marsha Gallinger Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:19:59 +0000 http://connectedparenting.com/blog/?p=1631#comment-54 That was a great video of the kid opening the gift wasn't it??? I loved it too. That was a great video of the kid opening the gift wasn’t it??? I loved it too.

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