Hi Coleen.  I love kids very much, and I guess it is because they are so 
loving and honest.  They don't care if you're black, white, blind Etc.  They 
just love you.  They may ask questions about what is that stick you're have, 
or whatever, but I always let them ask away, and if necessary, I tell their 
parents to let them ask.  How else are they expected to learn if they don't 
ask?  I try to talk to kids whenever I can.

I congratulate you and your husband on adopting a special needs child. 
Adopted children are sometimes closer to their parents than biological 
children, because somebody wanted them and sought them out.

And you're right, we shouldn't think children are being disrespectful just 
because they are imitating their parents.  We all did that.  We all mimicked 
our parents to a degree, because they were the people who we primarily 
learned from good or bad.

Of course you need to be firm with them at times, but you also have to let 
them be kids when it's appropriate.
Harvey
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From: "COLLEEN ROTH" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: Children!!!


> Hi Steve and Howard,
> It is a normal developmental thing for kids to imitate those around them. 
> When they think something is normal they just want to try it.
> If you had scolded your child the child would have thought that there was 
> something wrong with using a cane and having her other hand covering her 
> eye.
> Did you ever notice that kids like to play with canes like they are 
> mopping or running the sweeper.
> That's why we buy children things like play stoves, refrigerators, doll 
> houses, etc.
> People should be very happy that children want to imitate them and that 
> children feel that the activity is normal and worth imitating.
> The world of imagination and curiosity of a child is so heartwarming.
> Colleen Roth