Comments on: 2 (lame, but legit) reasons to sponsor older boys if the commitment of sponsorship scares you. http://twentytwowords.com/2009/11/23/2-lame-but-legit-reasons-to-sponsor-older-boys-if-the-commitment-of-sponsorship-scares-you/ Experiments in getting to the point. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:29:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Chris http://twentytwowords.com/2009/11/23/2-lame-but-legit-reasons-to-sponsor-older-boys-if-the-commitment-of-sponsorship-scares-you/#comment-48801 Chris Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:52:46 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5395#comment-48801 I think he meant that older kids tend to act like it doesn't matter to them as much. Yet it does matter, which is why I think he wrote this post, to make us see that, and it worked. I think he meant that older kids tend to act like it doesn’t matter to them as much. Yet it does matter, which is why I think he wrote this post, to make us see that, and it worked.

]]> By: Chris http://twentytwowords.com/2009/11/23/2-lame-but-legit-reasons-to-sponsor-older-boys-if-the-commitment-of-sponsorship-scares-you/#comment-48800 Chris Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:50:40 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5395#comment-48800 And if they are older, perhaps they have suffered longer under the conditions that cause them to need sponsorship, so maybe they will need someone to love and pray for them even more. And if they are older, perhaps they have suffered longer under the conditions that cause them to need sponsorship, so maybe they will need someone to love and pray for them even more.

]]> By: Valerie http://twentytwowords.com/2009/11/23/2-lame-but-legit-reasons-to-sponsor-older-boys-if-the-commitment-of-sponsorship-scares-you/#comment-48796 Valerie Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:57:41 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5395#comment-48796 I don't know if you meant that to be sarcastic or not, but your post struck a wrong chord in me. I have 3 sons of my own who still at 13, 16 and 18 desperately crave love and attention and ground rules even when the hormones are raging. They try to prove they are tough and tell me over and over that they don't need anyone, but that is really their insecurities saying, "don't let go, I'm afraid.' I know circumstances have a huge impact in making kids who they are and influencing the ways in which they react differently, but LOVE can do all things, at any age. I was always bothered how when out in public, everyone clamors to the infants and little babies, but once they are 5 or so no one pays them any attention. It's like they are no longer important. I don’t know if you meant that to be sarcastic or not, but your post struck a wrong chord in me. I have 3 sons of my own who still at 13, 16 and 18 desperately crave love and attention and ground rules even when the hormones are raging. They try to prove they are tough and tell me over and over that they don’t need anyone, but that is really their insecurities saying, “don’t let go, I’m afraid.’ I know circumstances have a huge impact in making kids who they are and influencing the ways in which they react differently, but LOVE can do all things, at any age.

I was always bothered how when out in public, everyone clamors to the infants and little babies, but once they are 5 or so no one pays them any attention. It’s like they are no longer important.

]]> By: Saskia http://twentytwowords.com/2009/11/23/2-lame-but-legit-reasons-to-sponsor-older-boys-if-the-commitment-of-sponsorship-scares-you/#comment-48793 Saskia Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:17:53 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5395#comment-48793 I would say it's extremely important to sponsor older kids. It's just like with adoption: a lot of people want the cute babies, or the toddlers they can still mold into their families. The older kids - the ones that need so much guidance - end up in foster care homes and institutions. Since when do we judge someone's worth on their level of cuteness? I would say it’s extremely important to sponsor older kids. It’s just like with adoption: a lot of people want the cute babies, or the toddlers they can still mold into their families. The older kids – the ones that need so much guidance – end up in foster care homes and institutions. Since when do we judge someone’s worth on their level of cuteness?

]]> By: Al http://twentytwowords.com/2009/11/23/2-lame-but-legit-reasons-to-sponsor-older-boys-if-the-commitment-of-sponsorship-scares-you/#comment-48776 Al Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:48:38 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5395#comment-48776 ah, thx. ah, thx.

]]> By: Joel http://twentytwowords.com/2009/11/23/2-lame-but-legit-reasons-to-sponsor-older-boys-if-the-commitment-of-sponsorship-scares-you/#comment-48773 Joel Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:16:21 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5395#comment-48773 I think we're talking <a href="http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/default.htm" rel="nofollow">Compassion</a>. I think we’re talking Compassion.

]]> By: carissa http://twentytwowords.com/2009/11/23/2-lame-but-legit-reasons-to-sponsor-older-boys-if-the-commitment-of-sponsorship-scares-you/#comment-48771 carissa Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:43:15 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5395#comment-48771 how is something "lame but legit"? for me that gets a #. anyway, i'm encouraged to write to my sponsor child more now, even though she's older. how is something “lame but legit”? for me that gets a #.

anyway, i’m encouraged to write to my sponsor child more now, even though she’s older.

]]> By: Al http://twentytwowords.com/2009/11/23/2-lame-but-legit-reasons-to-sponsor-older-boys-if-the-commitment-of-sponsorship-scares-you/#comment-48770 Al Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:39:09 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5395#comment-48770 What kind of sponsorship? What kind of sponsorship?

]]> By: Elizabeth Esther http://twentytwowords.com/2009/11/23/2-lame-but-legit-reasons-to-sponsor-older-boys-if-the-commitment-of-sponsorship-scares-you/#comment-48769 Elizabeth Esther Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:31:24 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5395#comment-48769 I did it because older boys are often overlooked. I picked the first older boy I saw. Frankly, I think picking a kid based on cuteness is way lamer. I did it because older boys are often overlooked. I picked the first older boy I saw. Frankly, I think picking a kid based on cuteness is way lamer.

]]> By: Brenden Greenwood http://twentytwowords.com/2009/11/23/2-lame-but-legit-reasons-to-sponsor-older-boys-if-the-commitment-of-sponsorship-scares-you/#comment-48768 Brenden Greenwood Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:23:18 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5395#comment-48768 Ouch. Burned by the wife! Ouch.

Burned by the wife!

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