tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post8357621940598894701..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Stress and the Wisdom of ChildrenJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-88928753687849941022009-03-10T07:54:00.000-04:002009-03-10T07:54:00.000-04:00Sandra, let's hope we're never in a crisis togethe...Sandra, let's hope we're never in a crisis together! :)<BR/><BR/>Judy, what a great phrase--"what we miss about ourselves." I have to think about that one.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-34790071562674749952009-03-09T22:20:00.000-04:002009-03-09T22:20:00.000-04:00I'm intrigued about your comment that you give you...I'm intrigued about your comment that you give your characters way more stressors than you could handle and they are stronger than you. Probably you're stronger than them but don't recognize it.<BR/>But when I write young-adult novels with girls at the center, they are always tomboys who can ride any horse any time--things I never could do in all my seventy years! Maybe we put in fiction the judyalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13767466505891813090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-13406102175262030332009-03-09T20:19:00.000-04:002009-03-09T20:19:00.000-04:00How do I respond to stress? Exactly the way you do...How do I respond to stress? Exactly the way you do, Julia. I freak out. I go nuts. I wail that the world is coming to an end. <BR/><BR/>And, like you, I give my heroines and heroes much stronger emotional constitutions than I possess. I have to. Who on earth would want to read about somebody who acts the way I do under pressure? :-)Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-20853421659382524162009-03-09T16:25:00.000-04:002009-03-09T16:25:00.000-04:00Mary, this is an interesting question of psycholog...Mary, this is an interesting question of psychology--although I think many authors will contend that their characters have virtues they themselves do not possess. And that is very good advice!<BR/><BR/>Meredith, I do the same, and because I let my family go in early while I get the snacks, I have to stand there balancing the popcorn, drinks and candy while I try to find my darn ticket. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-35188637335056010072009-03-09T11:24:00.000-04:002009-03-09T11:24:00.000-04:00The other day, my husband lost his temper and my f...The other day, my husband lost his temper and my five-year-old son said "daddy, you need to calm down." So funny, but yet so right.<BR/><BR/>I don't lose important papers, but I always manage to misplace/lose my movie ticket in between purchasing it and getting to the ticket taker. I blame it on too many pockets...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-74317685606723626152009-03-09T09:11:00.000-04:002009-03-09T09:11:00.000-04:00Thanks for your lovely post. Such wonderful wisdo...Thanks for your lovely post. Such wonderful wisdom from the young (very often without them realizing it). My 2 1/2 year old great-nephew has recently started riding an imaginary horse: walking sorta bow-legged, while announcing: giddy-up, giddy-up. Then, when he's ready to "dismount" (i.e., walk normally again), he pronounces: giddy-down, giddy-down. A great reminder that we Mary Elaine Kiener, RN, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11490955816533817524noreply@blogger.com