HTTP/2 301 server: nginx date: Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:05:45 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 location: https://tenrec.wordpress.com/comments/feed/ x-hacker: Want root? Visit join.a8c.com/hacker and mention this header. host-header: WordPress.com link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" vary: accept, content-type, cookie last-modified: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:30:59 GMT etag: "10b7a39670b502c5e9332fff33ba4e8d" x-redirect-by: WordPress x-ac: 4.bom _dca MISS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=MISS;dur=465.0 HTTP/2 200 server: nginx date: Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:05:45 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 vary: Accept-Encoding x-hacker: Want root? Visit join.a8c.com/hacker and mention this header. host-header: WordPress.com link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" vary: accept, content-type, cookie last-modified: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:30:59 GMT etag: W/"10b7a39670b502c5e9332fff33ba4e8d" content-encoding: gzip x-ac: 3.bom _dca MISS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=MISS;dur=408.0 https://tenrec.wordpress.com The Secret Garden Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.com/ https://tenrec.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/part-2-random-granddaughters-checkered-pre-school-career/#comment-48 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:49:55 +0000 https://tenrec.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-48 A slightly more serious answer. Because my relationship with my father had been so bad, when my wife (unexpectedly) became pregnant from our honeymoon, I was terrified of having a son. My wife’s labor was quite rapid, little more than an hour. I was very relieved at my daughter’s birth 1) that the labor went smoothly and quickly (easy for me to say) and 2) that my child was a daughter and not a son. With my uncertain parenting skills, I felt that I had at least a bit of a chance at being a decent father to a daughter.

But who knows? If I had been the father of a son, perhaps I would have risen to the occasion and done all right as a dad.

]]> https://tenrec.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/part-2-random-granddaughters-checkered-pre-school-career/#comment-47 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:41:32 +0000 https://tenrec.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-47 That’s why having only one child worked out well for us. If we’ve had two, it would have a major league disaster. [Wipes brow.] Whew! That was a close call..

]]> https://tenrec.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/part-2-random-granddaughters-checkered-pre-school-career/#comment-45 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:08:44 +0000 https://tenrec.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-45 I think it’s also true that regardless of gender, different children respond to different forms of correction, and doing the same thing for every kid is about as effective as parents parenting two siblings in exactly the same way. People are individuals, and what shames one child will egg another on to repeat the behavior.

]]> https://tenrec.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/part-2-random-granddaughters-checkered-pre-school-career/#comment-37 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:15:46 +0000 https://tenrec.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-37 Oh, of course it is. And if she’s able to appreciate maleness (having you for a grandfather should help) as well as femaleness, no matter who she partners with she will have a nicer life. I don’t know how being properly respectful of females somehow turned into being disrespectful of males, but it does seem to have.

]]> https://tenrec.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/part-1-prequel-to-rg-is-rejected-by-harvard/#comment-36 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:11:59 +0000 https://tenrec.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-36 I read it backward. So I know where the story goes already. I like that.

]]> https://tenrec.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/part-1-prequel-to-rg-is-rejected-by-harvard/#comment-28 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:02:46 +0000 https://tenrec.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-28 Looking forward to Part Two.

]]> https://tenrec.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/blood-brothers-and-sisters-and-pets/#comment-27 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:01:57 +0000 https://tenrec.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-27 *sound of purring*

]]> https://tenrec.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/blood-brothers-and-sisters-and-pets/#comment-26 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:26:51 +0000 https://tenrec.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-26 I imagine our new feline addition (a one-eyed tip-eared tuxedo tabby female) will be more than happy to help with this as well…

]]> https://tenrec.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/blood-brothers-and-sisters-and-pets/#comment-25 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:18:49 +0000 https://tenrec.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-25 Oh SWELL!! Now I have this bloody thumb print on my new 21″ flatscreen monitor!

]]> https://tenrec.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/blood-brothers-and-sisters-and-pets/#comment-24 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:39:44 +0000 https://tenrec.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-24 fluffy:

LOL. Ouch!

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