Re(3): (3): Operation:Stormwatch Posted on February 5, 2022 at 01:12:32 AM by Just sayin
I'd say Judge parenting advisors by how their own kids turn out. And never take marital advice from divorcees because they don't know how to choose or stay married.
It amazes me how expert parents think they are when their oldest child's only in middle school. Thats where it just starts to get hard.
I never pass myself off as an expert at anything but I have been paid all my life to learn from experts and trained to take what I learn and tell it to others--even illustrate it with photos or video, or add soundbites.
I think a good second career for TV reporters is to learn the fine points of producing minimovies. Pick a topic, research it, and sell your work to school online publishers.
The only thing wrong with that I heard in KC is that pgm producers tend not to like news photographers because they don't know lighting or how to tripod a camera for a steady shot. Moviemaking is more abbut cinematography than photojournalism. But in less than a year, I learned how to master photojournalism with just my radio research and voice skills. I had great teachers...stations chief photographers at two stations, both of whom knew how to teach and themselves won regional and national awards. When ya do investigative news series work, ya tend to get the best partners assigned to your projects.
As to parenting, well I did come from a family of teachers who are never bashful about mentoring their nephews and neices. A lot of grown kids will tell you that their own parents taught them how NOT to parent. Even AA contributes when they talk about their own upbringing. As do those who lost their families before they sobered up.
What some people don't learn at AA tho, is how not to be judgmental and not to gossip.
Drunks tend to do both. There's one in HERE. People learn the hard way not to say too much or confide too much because drunks crave getting friends, even at the expense of others in the group. Storytellers just can't keep confidences because they love the attention.
Women in AA usually have women-only meetings once a week or more where they cry and vent about why they're screwed up; they aren't about to relive all that in front of men, most of whom also have social issues. Good sponsors are quick to remind their people to cast off guilts and not judge people by their mistakes. Not everybody gets that, tho.
I have reminded people o occasion that all of us were raised by a woman and we tended to develop our attitudes at home. That causes lots of people to pause. Replies: There have been no replies.
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