tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post6791680145993193008..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: The Wisdom of CNNCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-63828182532972377642010-04-21T16:10:15.509-07:002010-04-21T16:10:15.509-07:00Thanks for bringing it back to the heart of the is...Thanks for bringing it back to the heart of the issue! I admit that every time I see an article about kids on planes I wonder how it could be arranged better, but really I think it comes down to parents helping their children learn to behave and other people realizing that they are just that, children.<br />Also brings to mind an article I read recently stating that to get married and purposely not have children was selfish - more selfish than to not get married. And that it would ultimately harm the marriage to deny the gift of children that God intended. And I look at a friend of mine - married just out of high school - who never wanted children and now is separated from her husband who always wanted children. I look at her life and it truly does have "selfish" written all over it. I feel really sad for her husband too.Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030109870736499425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-71050457224883065462010-04-16T11:39:07.440-07:002010-04-16T11:39:07.440-07:00O my. You have hit on one or two of my hot button...O my. You have hit on one or two of my hot buttons. I could not agree with you more!! I take my children with me everywhere I go. Dr. office. Bank. Grocery store. Restaurants. I am constantly being told how well behaved my children are. Children out of control in public is not usually the child's fault. It's training. A child who sits at the dinner table at home, eats his food, politely engages in conversation will do the same thing in a restaurant.<br /><br />Ok. I'll stop there before I really get going on my soapbox.Stephanie Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976709475515458563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-74706655300341347972010-04-15T11:12:43.031-07:002010-04-15T11:12:43.031-07:00This post is awesome.
So much of CNN's nonsen...This post is awesome.<br /><br />So much of CNN's nonsense could be filed under the need for basic kindness toward others, the old "do unto as others..." concept. I'm not going to say I haven't been peeved on a plane because of a crying baby (on one occasion an infant screamed endlessly across the aisle from me on a ten-hour flight from Milan to Chicago), but that didn't mean the child shouldn't have been on the flight. It's frustrating but not worth chucking all babies from planes. But then again, that's basic human kindness. And thoughtfulness. And graciousness. Geez, do these things not exist any longer? Apparently, not at CNN.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964373798194372154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-15070936044536235182010-04-15T10:22:40.117-07:002010-04-15T10:22:40.117-07:00Thank you for reminding me why I no longer watch t...Thank you for reminding me why I no longer watch the news or news programming.<br /><br />Amen to everything you said.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621801352117962891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-44552631627641835252010-04-15T09:50:30.724-07:002010-04-15T09:50:30.724-07:00My husband's niceness was one of the things th...My husband's niceness was one of the things that drew me to him.<br /><br />I've thought the the bent away from discipline of children goes a long way towards society's dislike of children. Human life is valuable in and of itself, but I have been in close quarters with thoroughly undisciplined kids whose parents got defensive if the authorities asked them to corral them, so I can understand some irritation. But with babies it is not a matter of discipline -- as you said, they have bad days and don't have the coping mechanisms adults have. I have even heard things like that about the disabled, particularly those that might be a little hard to look at -- I read something once about someone in a restaurant getting grossed out by the handicapped person near them (I don't remember the nature of the handicap) and saying they shouldn't be allowed in restaurants. And I thought, do you hear yourself? Do you realize what you are saying? To have such a disregard for another life is just appalling.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-29085702675663279372010-04-15T02:13:58.173-07:002010-04-15T02:13:58.173-07:00To this:
"Children are blessings. Marriage is...To this:<br />"Children are blessings. Marriage is a blessing. And both are worth honoring with our thoughts, our words and our deeds."<br /><br />I can only say AMEN!Lillie Ammannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851121176224654240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-90695378388166155222010-04-14T14:40:45.969-07:002010-04-14T14:40:45.969-07:00I agree that life is precious and sacred and there...I agree that life is precious and sacred and therefore I support the idea of trying to make health care available to as many people as possible at affordable rates. But it's impossible. It's impossible to know where to draw the line. When to tell someone your life is no longer worth fighting for because it costs too much.<br /><br />but I yes I think any idea that suggests babies shouldn't be allowed on airplanes is ridiculous.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02515314638093018928noreply@blogger.com