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| 51.1 | let your fingers do the walking | FSTVAX::BEAN | Attila the Hun was a LIBERAL! | Tue May 01 1990 11:09 | 13 |
| in another note in the conference, someone suggested that ATT has a
calling card that can be issued which will allow the bearer to call
from anywhere, at anytime, to JUST ONE NUMBER. maybe, if you talked to
the boy's father, the father could obtain one for your son. if the
father provides the card, your son gets TWO messages:
1. 'son, i value hearing from you, when YOU want to call, so much that
i am paying the bill.'
2. your son knows that HE can pick the time to call, from any phone,
and YOU won't be stuck with the charges....
i am getting one of these cards for my kids....
tony
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| 51.2 | Yea | POCUS::NORDELL | | Tue May 01 1990 11:55 | 10 |
| The calling card is a great suggestion and sounds like just the
thing for this situation. If you and your "ex" are on good terms
you might suggest to your "ex" that he call more frequently and/or
send articles of interest (track, etc.) to your son so that he gets
the idea that his Dad is interested in his activities. If your
son has a track schedule, send a copy to your "ex" and ask him to
highlight the dates and call when he knows there is a meet. He
can show he is there for the bad news as well as the good news.
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| 51.3 | | FSHQA1::AWASKOM | | Tue May 01 1990 13:08 | 10 |
| Thanks for the thought on the calling card. Dad has already supplied
one - and the kid won't use it!
Interesting point. My ex recently moved, and while I have his phone,
I don't have his address! Tells you a lot about the level of
communication between us - I usually talk to his wife when we have
to talk as parents. (Wonder if my son has the address - I believe they
were in the new house this past vacation week.)
Alison
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| 51.4 | Update | FSHQA2::AWASKOM | | Fri May 04 1990 08:43 | 12 |
| Update on this, and some good news.
Last night my son broke the school record. I managed to get to the last
event of the meet, so I found out about it from his friends on the side-
lines. This meant I hadn't had to 'pry it out' of him. When he got home
from the meet I congratulated him again, then threw out 'You know, your Dad
would probably like to share this too'. He went straight to the phone, no
hassles, no problems.
Many thanks to all for the help.
Alison
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| 51.5 | Congrats | CSC32::K_JACKSON | Better living through alchemy! | Fri May 04 1990 13:23 | 13 |
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Allison,
Congrat's to your son!! Give him a big pat on the back from us.
I'm also glad to see that he called his dad to let him know. Maybe he'll
start doing more calling when he gets the praise from Dad. You know us
humans, we love those compliments and pats on the back.
Again, congrats to your son and YOU!!! After all, he is a product of
yours and the ex!!!!!!
Kenn
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