User Comments - merannbartle

Posted on: Story Time

I never thought that Chinese kids would be listening to the same stories that I tell my children.

Now to work on telling them the story in chinese :)

Posted on: Umbrella Opportunism

just downloaded it and it's still talking about veggies........

Posted on: A Joke about Noodles

I also like this joke; I told all the people I work with!  Some think it's silly but it's a cute joke that I can tell to everyone without offending anyone.

Posted on: Don't Spank the Kid

The jury is out on the benefits of spanking.

My sister in law doesn't believe in spanking and her children spit at old ladies, run their scooters into people in wheelchairs and urinate in public places. They are also very rude to their mother and adults a like.

ALL children need discipline, whether a light spank or time out/punishment.

I may have been a tough Mom but at least my children are well behaved.

Posted on: They're Twins!

As a mum of twins I had to post to answer the question why I would dress my identical twins the same.  I wanted people to notice them! Every parent loves their child and wants other people to love them to.  Doubly so when theres twins involved. Most people have a fascination with twins; it's like being seen with someone famous. 

As they got older they chose their own clothes and assumed their own very different personalities.

I was intrigued to hear about the "which one is older?" question asked in China; when the girls were little Chinese people would come up to the girls and the first question after "are they twins?" would be "which is oldest?" something that I rarely got from westerners when they talked about the twins :)