tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131539524908444224.post2252116620227346273..comments2023-03-24T04:21:33.880-07:00Comments on An American Between Worlds: Your Children Are My ChildrenCoreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17977681678171950587noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131539524908444224.post-87237662945033345552008-04-29T22:26:00.000-07:002008-04-29T22:26:00.000-07:00Gosh, Sarah, if anyone is doing what she can for t...Gosh, Sarah, if anyone is doing what she can for the children of our world, you are definitely right up there at the top! <BR/>I totally know what you mean: What DOES it really mean to be compassionate toward other children? How much can we give, how much should we give. I think in the end it is simply doing good by the children of the world as much as we can. <BR/>And compassion toward our own children... I totally remember that whole list of questions in my mind about co-sleeping and crying it out our not. Gosh, it was heart-wrenching! All I can say is that I was most satisfied with my decisions when I followed my instincts. There were times when after a little soul searching it wasn't really a decision anymore, I just knew what I had to do.<BR/>We are all excited to hear how things go with you... I'm trying to keep up with your blog, so exciting!Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977681678171950587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131539524908444224.post-48948921199699624432008-04-27T15:57:00.000-07:002008-04-27T15:57:00.000-07:00"Could we learn to feel a similar sense of respons..."Could we learn to feel a similar sense of responsibility and love for the children in our neighborhood, our children's school buddies, the children of our family friends as we do our own children?"<BR/><BR/>This is a particularly interesting challenge to me, as in the past six months I have given birth to my first child and also started a new job that involves working with first-third graders and teens. This is the first time that I have had regular contact with kids from either of those age groups, and I'm finding it hard to care equally about all of them. Yet I feel it's important that I pay enough attention to them as possible--that's how I can show compassion to children other than my own right now.<BR/><BR/>It's also interesting for me to reflect on what "being compassionate" entails for my infant son. Co-sleeping? Not letting him "cry it out"? Simply holding him close when I'd rather be doing something "productive"? Encouraging him to eat and sleep on a schedule so that his life has a predictable pattern, or rather letting him do what he needs when he indicates he needs it? Hmmmm.Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.com