The Way of the Peaceful Parent Fred Rogers was a wonderful advocate for children, a role model for children and parents alike. Hes my kind of hero. Growing up in Ireland, we did know about Mister Rogers, but Ill bet theres quite a few of you out there who have fond memories of his shows. This is a very touching speech that he gave as a, what turned out to be successful, bid to the US Senate to keep his show going. “If we in public television can only make it clear that feelings are mentionable and manageable, we will have done a great service for mental health.” Then quoting one of his songs “So what do you do with the mad that you feel? When you feel so mad that you could bite, when the whole wide world seems so wrong and nothing you do seems right. What do you do, do you punch a bag or pound some clay or play dough, do you round up friends for a game of tag to see how fast you can go. It’s great to be able to stop when you plan the thing that’s wrong and be able to do something else instead and think this song. I can stop when I want to and stop when I wish and stop stop stop anytime and what a good feeling to feel like this and know that the feeling is really mine, know that there’s something deep inside that helps us become what we can.”
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:08:02 +0000
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