Comments on: Lessons in Acting, Parenting and Life http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/lessons-in-acting-parenting-and-life/ elevating child care Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:32:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Aunt Annie's Childcare http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/lessons-in-acting-parenting-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-12913 Aunt Annie's Childcare Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:22:25 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=141#comment-12913 Wonderful post, Janet. And what an insightful acting teacher. I am eternally grateful to my parents for allowing me to develop an imagination and not filling my life with 'amusements'. Yes, as a performer too I do still like applause- but I am also happy to imagine for the sake of imagining, and do for the sake of doing. Wonderful post, Janet. And what an insightful acting teacher.

I am eternally grateful to my parents for allowing me to develop an imagination and not filling my life with ‘amusements’. Yes, as a performer too I do still like applause- but I am also happy to imagine for the sake of imagining, and do for the sake of doing.

]]> By: janet http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/lessons-in-acting-parenting-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-5389 janet Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:18:10 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=141#comment-5389 Yes, you HAVE! :-) Yes, you HAVE! :-)

]]> By: Nicole http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/lessons-in-acting-parenting-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-5388 Nicole Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:06:30 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=141#comment-5388 Thanks for being so open about your own life experiences. Your words are both encouraging and inspiring, and it's comforting to me that you can express things I feel and believe but struggle to say. This way of raising or working with children seems so obvious and right to me, but so foreign to others around me that I sometimes wonder if I'm from another planet. Maybe I am - but at least I have found people from the same planet at last! Thanks for being so open about your own life experiences. Your words are both encouraging and inspiring, and it’s comforting to me that you can express things I feel and believe but struggle to say. This way of raising or working with children seems so obvious and right to me, but so foreign to others around me that I sometimes wonder if I’m from another planet. Maybe I am – but at least I have found people from the same planet at last!

]]> By: janet http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/lessons-in-acting-parenting-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-2883 janet Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:48:04 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=141#comment-2883 Thanks, Barbara, you make an excellent point about there being some acting involved in good parenting. I notice that most when I have to say, "No" with total conviction when it would be so much easier to say, "Yes"! Thanks, Barbara, you make an excellent point about there being some acting involved in good parenting. I notice that most when I have to say, “No” with total conviction when it would be so much easier to say, “Yes”!

]]> By: janet http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/lessons-in-acting-parenting-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-2882 janet Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:40:44 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=141#comment-2882 Roseann, Thanks so much for the encouragement...and I agree about RIE transcending! Roseann, Thanks so much for the encouragement…and I agree about RIE transcending!

]]> By: Roseann Murphy http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/lessons-in-acting-parenting-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-2881 Roseann Murphy Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:41:34 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=141#comment-2881 Janet, The articles only get better. Each morning I wake up and take a quick look to see if you have posted anything new. If not, I read the older posts. This particular one is inspirational not only to parents, but to people of every walk of life and age. I especially liked the statement: "We grow in self-confidence when we stay in tune with our capabilities, when we overcome struggle and adversity to finally accomplish a goal, and when we survive failure. And, after all, aren’t self-reliance and self-confidence one and the same?" It is so important to remember these words not only for my children, but for myself as well...I am going to pass this on to all my adult friends who have grown children...RIE truly transcends all age levels..... I am so grateful for this early morning gift! Janet, The articles only get better. Each morning I wake up and take a quick look to see if you have posted anything new. If not, I read the older posts. This particular one is inspirational not only to parents, but to people of every walk of life and age.
I especially liked the statement:
“We grow in self-confidence when we stay in tune with our capabilities, when we overcome struggle and adversity to finally accomplish a goal, and when we survive failure. And, after all, aren’t self-reliance and self-confidence one and the same?”

It is so important to remember these words not only for my children, but for myself as well…I am going to pass this on to all my adult friends who have grown children…RIE truly transcends all age levels…..
I am so grateful for this early morning gift!

]]> By: Barbara http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/lessons-in-acting-parenting-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-2879 Barbara Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:53:59 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=141#comment-2879 Acting is a very good skill for a parent to have or develop, Janet. (Your personal story is quite compelling!) What 'acting' for our children means to me is - subduing our own inner desires for the sake of the child. This is very much 'maturation'. Thinking over reflexive behavior. Ah, well, you really said it better. Nice job. Acting is a very good skill for a parent to have or develop, Janet. (Your personal story is quite compelling!) What ‘acting’ for our children means to me is – subduing our own inner desires for the sake of the child. This is very much ‘maturation’. Thinking over reflexive behavior. Ah, well, you really said it better. Nice job.

]]> By: janet http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/lessons-in-acting-parenting-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-217 janet Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:56:55 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=141#comment-217 And it sounds like you should have children. And it sounds like you should have children.

]]> By: janet http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/lessons-in-acting-parenting-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-214 janet Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:13:53 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=141#comment-214 Thank you, and I wholeheartedly agree! Thank you, and I wholeheartedly agree!

]]> By: Def http://www.janetlansbury.com/2009/09/lessons-in-acting-parenting-and-life/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Def Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:18:42 +0000 http://www.janetlansbury.com/?p=141#comment-213 Thanks, Janet. I'm thinking about having children and wondering whether I really want to, or want to do it to somehow assure myself that I am a legitimate American adult. I appreciate your candor about your own self-doubts, your ongoing efforts to regrow your sometimes hidden or trampled intrinsic motivation. Too few adults admit we struggle to find that in ourselves. And I think it's important for parents to look for their own, if they want to foster it in their children. Thanks, Janet. I’m thinking about having children and wondering whether I really want to, or want to do it to somehow assure myself that I am a legitimate American adult.

I appreciate your candor about your own self-doubts, your ongoing efforts to regrow your sometimes hidden or trampled intrinsic motivation. Too few adults admit we struggle to find that in ourselves. And I think it’s important for parents to look for their own, if they want to foster it in their children.

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