Comments on: Family portrait http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/ Fearlessly dispensing political, legal and economic analysis (and some whimsy) since 2002 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:50:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jen http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243327 jen Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:44:10 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243327 Niall, Agreed. When I underestimate children I can miss out on being delighted. I think that children have a stunning clarity of purpose in their expression spoken and written. So do some adults, but it hits closer to the bone from kids. I've just come back from three days with a class of 8-12 year olds in a remote community. Raw energy and willingness to engage in spades. How do these bright willing kids become passive welfare recipients with slack muscles and lots of neck fat? Niall, Agreed. When I underestimate children I can miss out on being delighted. I think that children have a stunning clarity of purpose in their expression spoken and written. So do some adults, but it hits closer to the bone from kids. I’ve just come back from three days with a class of 8-12 year olds in a remote community. Raw energy and willingness to engage in spades. How do these bright willing kids become passive welfare recipients with slack muscles and lots of neck fat?

]]> By: Niall http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243318 Niall Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:06:37 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243318 I wasn't quite sure what to make of this post, Ken. My kids didn't write like this, but I still have all of their Father's Day cards. Especially the ones they gave me after the first marriage broke up. We do tend to dismiss the machinations of the younger mind too readily I feel. It's good for the spirit to stop and consider once in a while. Even if they do drive you spare most of the time ;) I wasn’t quite sure what to make of this post, Ken. My kids didn’t write like this, but I still have all of their Father’s Day cards. Especially the ones they gave me after the first marriage broke up. We do tend to dismiss the machinations of the younger mind too readily I feel. It’s good for the spirit to stop and consider once in a while. Even if they do drive you spare most of the time ;)

]]> By: Ken Parish http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243302 Ken Parish Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:33:23 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243302 FX Hmmm. Not my experience so far, but I live in hope. FX

Hmmm. Not my experience so far, but I live in hope.

]]> By: Francis Xavier Holden http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243298 Francis Xavier Holden Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:20:18 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243298 jen - "university research shows" (and my experience) that around 17.5 - 18 years of age teenage grrls, suddenly one morning, turn into delightful human beings. jen – “university research shows” (and my experience) that around 17.5 – 18 years of age teenage grrls, suddenly one morning, turn into delightful human beings.

]]> By: jen http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243294 jen Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:15:03 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243294 ..... and when she is good she is very very good. Next minute it's a backhander to everything you hold dear and sacred. But she enjoys writing and thankyou for being an appreciatve audience. ….. and when she is good she is very very good. Next minute it’s a backhander to everything you hold dear and sacred. But she enjoys writing and thankyou for being an appreciatve audience.

]]> By: saint http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243286 saint Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:34:28 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/02/27/family-portrait/#comment-243286 Take this as a compliment: I got teary reading this. Take this as a compliment: I got teary reading this.

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