Comments on: You are NOT stupid!

By: Andreya

Andreya — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:14:17 +0000

Andreya WOW!! What a great article!!

I especially love how you retrain your daughters to use other words and phrases – excellent!!

Well, I had a problem with Mom or Granny say ‘I’m stupid’ – I really hate it too & wanted them to be more positive but couldn’t come up with a good solution!! Any ideas?

If I had the time and patience I explained, but sometimes I would just ignore it, as I’ve seen similar things to gather more momentum if I interfered.

By: Andreya

Andreya — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:51:35 +0000

Dr Gretchen – Good idea!!

Not sure how to pull it off yet, but I’ll try…
I agree with AmyStephen! It would be a delight to read or hear your musings elsewhere too!!
It is not because the ideas were new, but because you are actually making things happen & that is waay more inspirational than a self-help or a ‘recipe’ book!!

By: gretchen

gretchen — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:27:08 +0000

Dr. Gretchen Lady – when you take time to write, you really show what a great mind you have. You need a talk show – morning coffee thing (I realize you do not do coffee) – but you have real wisdom and you share it in a natural and enjoyable and passionate way. I so enjoy. Thanks for sharing.
PS – we need to find places for you to submit some of these pieces.

By: gretchen

gretchen — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:47:39 +0000

Play it off… I know what you mean about interfering…I would still try to say something but be more casual and humorous about it like “oh, you are not, don’t be silly” or something that is light but straightforward. Get the point across that YOU don’t think she is stupid and maybe she will catch on. It’s hard to let go of the things we say sometimes because most of the time words come out of our mouths before our brain has processed the thought! :-O