tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post7046477084756468805..comments2024-03-29T08:31:54.659+00:00Comments on Penniless Parenting: Kids and Teens Keeping Up with the Joneses?Penniless Parentinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-36517812824981119972015-08-29T18:38:24.708+00:002015-08-29T18:38:24.708+00:00I just read this, although it's an older post,...I just read this, although it's an older post, and I wanted to say how much I respect and admire your viewpoint. It's very, very painful as a child not to fit in to your peer group. It can result in profound psychological impairment and the inability to rely on your own judgement. That may sound extreme, but in my case, the non-fitting-in led to some pretty prolonged and severe bullying, Jan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399683086307277394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-87956416228919635452013-08-21T16:24:19.209+00:002013-08-21T16:24:19.209+00:00I think conformity is highly overrated and parents...I think conformity is highly overrated and parents do their children no favors intellectually or socially by rushing to protect them from the momentary stares or comments of their peers. I can sympathize with your experiences as a pre-teen with such a non-conformist mother. But I would wager that there were girls in your 6th grade classroom who envied or admired your ability to be different and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-64569225708102448802013-08-13T11:06:16.207+00:002013-08-13T11:06:16.207+00:00I don't recall who was paying for this oh-so-n...I don't recall who was paying for this oh-so-necessary hairstyle, but in my family if we wanted to waste money on something that frivolous, we paid for it ourselves. Youtube has an endless amount of free how-to videos, many by professional stylists. If she absolutely has to spend money on a professional stylist to gain her friends acceptance, that is a very bad sign. Hopefully it was just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com