http://www.veen.com/amy/2006/12/16/thank-god-for-sign-language/ Raising a girl in this crazy world... Thu, 17 May 2012 00:46:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.veen.com/amy/2006/12/16/thank-god-for-sign-language/#comment-5163 Girl’s Life - » Proud mothers of the world: consider yourself warned Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:45:44 +0000 http://www.veen.com/amy/2006/12/16/thank-god-for-sign-language/#comment-5163 [...] I write one little post about my peaceful life filled with baby sign language and quiet communication with my toddler and the People for the Distribution of Fairness in Parenting (find a local chapter near you!) send me a big gift basket filled with humble pie. Of course there is no such group. But I assure you, if there were they would have been knocking at my door. “Excuse me, Ma’am? We hear your daughter is pretty mellow and generally doesn’t whine? Well now, we can’t be having too much of that. That’s just not fair for the rest of us, lady.” (These groups like to call people lady and ma’am. Don’t ask me. When people start organizing, they get all proper.) [...] […] I write one little post about my peaceful life filled with baby sign language and quiet communication with my toddler and the People for the Distribution of Fairness in Parenting (find a local chapter near you!) send me a big gift basket filled with humble pie. Of course there is no such group. But I assure you, if there were they would have been knocking at my door. “Excuse me, Ma’am? We hear your daughter is pretty mellow and generally doesn’t whine? Well now, we can’t be having too much of that. That’s just not fair for the rest of us, lady.” (These groups like to call people lady and ma’am. Don’t ask me. When people start organizing, they get all proper.) […]

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