Feeling like a goody goody

[andie_renee]

I'm in a email chain, a group of parents who have kids that started kindergarten last year, I guess its a yahoo group, I just get the emails. Anyway, the group is pretty active, a few posts go around every week asking the parents things about school and how to handle things with their kids in regards mostly to school

Comments

[pyrakitten]

i think you should say it, in the most polite and friendly way you can, because people who are going to find what you think of as obvious (stated as gently and solicitously as you can manage) as offensive, will find it offensive no matter how it is said. and maybe it needs to be pointed out, that you've found success doing what you find to be the first solution, which maybe they haven't thought of, for whatever reason they haven't thought of it. sometimes, it's true - what is obvious to you isn't obvious to other people, and they shouldn't have to re-invent the wheel...the whole point of human interaction and learning is sharing what you know with those who don't know it yet: thus we all move forward together, yes?

Hrm

[elisandra]

Maybe you could put it in terms like, "I know it may be hard for the kids at first, but maybe you should work on turning off their cartoons more often and spending time engaging with them instead

My response to this email thread (SENT):

[andie_renee]

Hi all

[andie_renee]

Thank you both for your encouragement!