Comments on: Granola Is Not The Road To Redemption http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/04/granola-is-not-the-road-to-redemption/ Parenting, Politics and News for the Perfectly Challenged Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:42:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: MC Milker http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/04/granola-is-not-the-road-to-redemption/#comment-8370 MC Milker Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:15:54 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/04/granola-is-not-the-road-to-redemption/#comment-8370 Now that organic foods have entered the mainstream, organic crunchy doesn't necessarily mean parenting crunchy! A crunchy parent, one might say, is one who takes the time to learn and practice alternative parenting strategies espoused by Waldorf, Montessori, Reggio Emilio or other noted natural parenting experts. The key to crunchy parenting is continuous improvement - learning and creating community with like-minded parents. The pre-school my son attends is a parent participation, emergent curriculum school with a parenting ed program. Though many of the Moms who attend are not into organic foods, in many ways, they are truly crunchy in their parenting...perhaps Snickers and natural parenting can co-exist in a "not quite crunchy" lifestyle :-) Now that organic foods have entered the mainstream, organic crunchy doesn’t necessarily mean parenting crunchy!

A crunchy parent, one might say, is one who takes the time to learn and practice alternative parenting strategies espoused by Waldorf, Montessori, Reggio Emilio or other noted natural parenting experts.

The key to crunchy parenting is continuous improvement - learning and creating community with like-minded parents. The pre-school my son attends is a parent participation, emergent curriculum school with a parenting ed program. Though many of the Moms who attend are not into organic foods, in many ways, they are truly crunchy in their parenting…perhaps Snickers and natural parenting can co-exist in a “not quite crunchy” lifestyle :-)

]]> By: Jennifer Cummins http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/04/granola-is-not-the-road-to-redemption/#comment-6003 Jennifer Cummins Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:16:16 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/04/granola-is-not-the-road-to-redemption/#comment-6003 Ah, yes. And it is exactly this kind of mother who gets an attorney, who politely informs the store, via letter, that they are liable for the injuries to the minor, based on their extreme negligence and breach of duty of due care to business invitees, to provide shopping carts with child restraints and enough employees to watch unattended minors in carts, as well. Then, if an incident form was filled out, and you were listed as a witness, you would be informed also, as a bystander, that you were liable for damages by providing care without a medical license. Both parties, thus informed, would have to turn the letters over to their respective insurance carriers, to fight it out over whose coverage would prevail, and if the bystander was covered under ANY portion of any type of her own personal liability policies. Claim adjusters, such as I, (in a former life), usually dealt with people like this on a daily basis, directly, denying their claims for lack of liability or on some other basis. Claimant HM would then seek attorney representation (which is a secret hope among many claim adjusters who deal with these types of claimants). After she is represented, said claim adjuster, would calmly, most politely, tell her, since she would call, wondering why her bills weren't being paid and nothing was happening on her claim, that CA could no longer talk to her since she choose to ask for attorney representation. And, that, is the final relief. Well, actually not, since the minor child has until age of majority plus two years to file suit against the store for alleged damages. Such is life. Ah, yes. And it is exactly this kind of mother who gets an attorney, who politely informs the store, via letter, that they are liable for the injuries to the minor, based on their extreme negligence and breach of duty of due care to business invitees, to provide shopping carts with child restraints and enough employees to watch unattended minors in carts, as well. Then, if an incident form was filled out, and you were listed as a witness, you would be informed also, as a bystander, that you were liable for damages by providing care without a medical license. Both parties, thus informed, would have to turn the letters over to their respective insurance carriers, to fight it out over whose coverage would prevail, and if the bystander was covered under ANY portion of any type of her own personal liability policies. Claim adjusters, such as I, (in a former life), usually dealt with people like this on a daily basis, directly, denying their claims for lack of liability or on some other basis. Claimant HM would then seek attorney representation (which is a secret hope among many claim adjusters who deal with these types of claimants). After she is represented, said claim adjuster, would calmly, most politely, tell her, since she would call, wondering why her bills weren’t being paid and nothing was happening on her claim, that CA could no longer talk to her since she choose to ask for attorney representation. And, that, is the final relief. Well, actually not, since the minor child has until age of majority plus two years to file suit against the store for alleged damages. Such is life.

]]> By: Jessica Carlson http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/04/granola-is-not-the-road-to-redemption/#comment-5659 Jessica Carlson Sun, 05 Nov 2006 13:18:25 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/04/granola-is-not-the-road-to-redemption/#comment-5659 How totally un-crunchy of her. That's odd, that she was all about healthy food, yet so seemingly detached from her kids. (OTOH, maybe her kids had celiac disease and she was only there to get wheat free foods.) Anyway, sounds like a real gem. I wonder if I shouldn't give her the benefit of the doubt though and think that she was so GD embarrassed, she couldn't even find the words to say thank you and just imploded in humiliation. I've been there when I've been caught being a really shitty parent and didn't realize it until it was too late or maybe she was just a real fucking bitch. The latter is usually the types I run into too hence why I have very few mommy friends. How totally un-crunchy of her. That’s odd, that she was all about healthy food, yet so seemingly detached from her kids. (OTOH, maybe her kids had celiac disease and she was only there to get wheat free foods.)

Anyway, sounds like a real gem. I wonder if I shouldn’t give her the benefit of the doubt though and think that she was so GD embarrassed, she couldn’t even find the words to say thank you and just imploded in humiliation. I’ve been there when I’ve been caught being a really shitty parent and didn’t realize it until it was too late or maybe she was just a real fucking bitch. The latter is usually the types I run into too hence why I have very few mommy friends.

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