RE: re. shoes...and more

["Bell, Beth (M. Elizabeth)" <Beth Bell astrazeneca com>]

Hmmmm,
How about short hair cuts for everyone?  There was a chronic, aggressive
hair-puller in Irene's preschool, so we kept her hair short while he was
enrolled.  Irene really didn't care about her hair length, but she DID care
about the pain. 

BETH

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Whittier [mailto:nwhittie email smith edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 11:46 AM
To: nonsexist-parenting cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: re. shoes...and more

>.....to stop him from pulling her hair.  This could easily fall into
gendered
>stuff, and certainly some people would think that their behavior stems
>from gender.  But I am reassured when Eva sees our baby friend Emmet,
>and immediately crawls over to him, climbs on his back, and pulls his
>hair.