Re: How Has EDS Changed Your Life? (another long one)

January 22, 2001

In a message dated 01/22/2001 11:15:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,

kdavis@... writes:

> We had a god laugh about it and every now and then we tease each other about

> who is the mutant in the family

Barb- this is classic!!!!!! You had me smiling for a long while---and I

thought only my family talked like this to each other------

Jill S

January 22, 2001

> Barb- this is classic!!!!!! You had me smiling for a long while---and I

> thought only my family talked like this to each other------

Nope - you are not alone in this. When I was very little my mother worried

that the teasing I got from my father would bother me and harm my emotional

development. She told him to quit. Well, about 3 days of no teasing and I

went to mom and asked, " doesn't daddy love me anymore? " She asked my why I

thought that and I said, " because he hasn't been teasing me. " I think

family teasing - as long as it is meant in good spirits - can be a healthy

way to teach kids how to be quick witted and to deal with not-so-nice

teasing from other kids. It's a safe environment to learn to handle the

inevitable teasing and it teaches kids that they don't have to feel hurt by

words.

-Barb

January 23, 2001

Bill, See exercise and joint protection is Sooooooooooooooo important, i.e

can opening scrubbing floors and Connor not having orthotics. Now we know why

I have so many feet problems.

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