tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041919351515897855.post8913982508289179062..comments2023-11-02T08:33:25.379-04:00Comments on Embrace The Suck: Gratitude - Day 22Merry MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462036349233154101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041919351515897855.post-29737371743314965792009-11-24T17:51:08.655-05:002009-11-24T17:51:08.655-05:00Having re read the quote and jdc's comment I&#...Having re read the quote and jdc's comment I'm agreeing with jdc.<br />Not all kids get good parenting and when they don't they suffer for it whether as children or hidden deep inside until adult life.<br />Keeps me in work though!<br />xxFire Byrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477692359400671374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041919351515897855.post-29432827612949165222009-11-23T09:23:08.761-05:002009-11-23T09:23:08.761-05:00When I first read Mr. Eisensteins quote I was elat...When I first read Mr. Eisensteins quote I was elated. It made so much sense. Then I began to think more about 'everybody' who makes it trough childhood, say what? So, I've read the statement many times and am bound to say I disagree.<br />Gratitude is a learned response to a particular stimulus. Babies don't feel gratitude, they feel relief. The are wet, they cry, they get changed, they are relieved. Same goes for hunger. Or being turned over. Or being kootchie-kooed. Eventually, gratitude becomes apparent under loving circumstances. <br />I've met several kids in the last few months who display no gratitude at all for what they have. They are bitter, manipulative, angry. The treatment they have had (endured) throughout young their lives didn't call for gratitude. It called for relief from whatever phyical, emotional, spiritual, or psychological abuse was heaped upon them. The closest some of these kids get to gratitude is suspicious. They 'know' everybody has an angle, and will exploit them. A 13 month old child who has been shaken to such a degree to have two brain bleeds - unable to see - unable to sit up on his own - unable to communicate knows relief, gratitude is an emotion he may some day be able to master. jdcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com