rh@mit-eddie.UUCP (Randy Haskins) (08/23/83)
I was just thinking the other day that I couldn't recall an instance of ever hearing (or of) a woman stutter or stammer. Has anyone out there heard (of) such a thing???? -- Randwulf (Randy Haskins); Path= genrad!mit-eddie!rh or... rh@mit-ee (via mit-mc)
guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) (08/24/83)
John Glenn's wife had a stammer, and didn't like all the publicity and interviews that went with being an astronaut's wife because of it.
barbaral@tekig1.UUCP (08/24/83)
Yes, I've know women who stutter/stammer.
hakanson@orstcs.UUCP (08/27/83)
#R:mit-eddi:-64500:orstcs:15700003:000:259
orstcs!hakanson Aug 25 11:09:00 1983
According to my speech-pathologist spouse, the incidence of stuttering
is much higher in men than in women. Not only that, but males usually
stutter worse than females. Something like 1 in 5 stutterers is a
female.
Marion {hp-pcd,teklabs}!orstcs!hakansonjimd@hp-kirk.UUCP (08/28/83)
#R:mit-eddi:-64500:hp-kirk:16500010:000:125 hp-kirk!jimd Aug 26 14:00:00 1983 A friend of mine is a young woman who is a firefighter in our town. She stammers a bit, but I never thought it was unusual.
arndt@smurf.DEC (03/21/84)
Comments Please:
Has anyone read THE FAMILY BED:AN AGE OLD CONCEPT IN CHILD REARING,
by Tine Thevenin, 1977.
It is available from:
Tine Thevenin
P.O.Box 16004
Minneapolis, MN
55416 @ $5.00 or so
". . . advocates co-family sleeping, (either children with their parents
or with other siblings) as a way to solve bed and night time problems with
young children, create a closer bond within the family, and give children
a greater sense of security."
"I have read THE FAMILY BED with interest and pleasure. You have made out
an irresistible case, and I shall say so in a future edition of my book
TOUCHING." Ashley Montagu
"The fact that co-family sleeping occurs regularly in many human groups, as
it does among ours even though the social code is opposed to this practice,
is highly significant, and points to a stubborn human characteristic which
is worth following up." Margaret Mead
We have a family bed in our house (three kids) and it's great. ( Actually it's
two beds pushed together.)
Now of course it is for little kids. The idea is that the natural transition
children make from dependence to independence is helped by building a base of
security for them that extends into the night hours as well. The book deals
with all the questions that usually arise.
Anyone else out there sleep together as a family?
Regards,
Ken Arndtsaquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) (03/22/84)
While we are on this topic, I would like to propose an extension of it:
What is "appropriate" sexual behaviour in front of children? How do people
draw the line except for basically only doing in front of their children what
they are confortable doing in front of them?
Are erections a no-no? and so on..
Sophie Quigley
...!{decvax,allegra}!watmath!saquigleyperelgut@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut) (03/22/84)
Reply to smurf!arndt Family Bed info
If family beds lead to obnoxious critters like you, I vote for separate
sleeping. Maybe even by state (province in Canada). But that may be
overreacting.
--
Stephen Perelgut
Computer Systems Research Group University of Toronto
Usenet: {linus, ihnp4, allegra, decvax, floyd}!utcsrgv!perelgut
CSNET: perelgut@Torontobobgian@psuvax.UUCP (Bob Giansiracusa) (03/22/84)
Why should erections be a no-no? My little boy gets them all the time. Why should I hide mine? Maybe some people think we are weird, but my wife and I have always walked around the house almost nude (except when it is cold or hot and I'm smelly and sweaty), and the kids do the same (except for diapers). Not that we make a big deal of it, just that I'm too lazy to get dressed lots of times. Of course we "shape up" to social expectations when we have company, etc. Regarding relatives and friends, it seems that our degree of closeness and openness with them is inversely related to the minimum amount of clothing we feel required to wear in their presence. Minimal for our family, underwear only for my wife's parents, full clothing except shoes for my parents, etc. (I NEVER NEVER NEVER wear a suit and tie for ANYBODY.) Other kinds of sex: kissing, hugging, cuddling -- sure, we do that in front of and with our kids all the time. That's what life is all about. Intercourse: can't say. The opportunity just hasn't arisen yet. (We love each other dearly, just don't seem to get around to screwing too often.) - Bob
saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) (03/26/84)
Let us give Ken Arndt a break, please. Even though there was plenty of ground
for us to insult him for the tone of his previous articles, his new article
seems to suggest that he might have moved from an insulting stage to a more
constructive . If this is a permanent change, then all for the better. Why
dwell on stupidities long after they are finished?
Sophie Quigley
...!{decvax,allegra}!watmath!saquigley