Family - July 2006

With all the workbooks, educational websites, etc. out there, do you really take advantage of some of it....especially in the summer? Do you (or parents you know) actually take the time to help explore topics kids are into? I ask this because 95% of the parents I meet seem to think I'm nuts when I mention the stuff I have my kids doing. I mean, aren't we all supposed to be doing this? Fun learning games? Projects? Getting them to write a poem or story?I try so hard on significant time restraints, then start wondering if I'm stressing myself out over nothing? The kids have fun with it, and I feel like I'm doing a good job as a parent in that department. So, I'll keep doing it....but I can't help but wonder, how much of a minority am I?

2006-07-05 07:51:04 · 6 answers · asked by fendor 2

Ok, I am the oldest of my two brothers. I am female who is 18, and my younger brothers are both males, 17 and 16. I have a problem because we got into a recent arguement and now my brothers are saying that,"Oh, they don't want to respect me, and they're not going to from now on." But in the past they have respected me with no problems. Now we are constantly arguing, whenever I tell them to do something, they won't do it. My parents told me not to worry, so right now my bros and I are not speaking. What should I do? Beause I'm an adult right now, so if this continues, then I wont have brothers in the future who will want to associate with their older sister.

2006-07-05 07:38:30 · 7 answers · asked by NiceChipsRiddles 1

...but there are a TON of kids in adoption agencies still. Why would somebody give me the false hope of having my unwanted son put into a loving home but then not go out and take these kids out of the orphanages? Is it because my Avatar is white? Are these people racist or hipocrates? I can't decide...

2006-07-05 07:36:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Recently my step son (15) asked if he could come and live with me. I told him he was welcome so long as it was ok with his parents. He wanted to go to the mall every fri. & I told him I wouldn't bring him EVERY fri. I brought him one week . The following fri. his dad visited & steven asked his dad to drive him to the mall. I was annoyed and told his dad that we had discussed this already and that i had brought him the fri. before & told him this wasn't going to be a weekly thing. His dad turned on me & called me a conrolling b--- etc. etc. in front of Steven. I told them to leave if Steven wouldn't do what I told him to do. They refused to leave & I pretended to call the cops. Then they left. Was I wrong or right? His dad called me the following day and told me I was a piece of s---. I feel I was walked all over. What do you think? Was I awful or were they ?

2006-07-05 07:31:26 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am married and I have a beautiful daughter. My hubby is married to his job. I hate it. i really don't know what to do. I am so lonely emotionaly. I have friends but on an intimate level I am lonely.

2006-07-05 07:31:16 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

What I am looking for is really good, unique and appropriate name for my expected blessing. Any of your ideas or feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

2006-07-05 07:22:29 · 36 answers · asked by canadian_strongandfree 2

2006-07-05 07:18:20 · 5 answers · asked by luciskiles 1

My moms second cousin has 2 kids what would they be my third cousins or what ive been arguing with my friend and was wonderinf what the 2 kids would be to me help me out plz

2006-07-05 07:15:45 · 12 answers · asked by captain_skipper405 1

2006-07-05 07:05:35 · 9 answers · asked by Jonathan F 1

I Have traced my birth mother but she does not wish to know me and she also not help me trace my birth father this has been really hard to be rejected twice by 1 person, I have the name and b-day of him I have tried the electron registers and friends reunited and also social services is there anyone else with any other ideas please email me thanks ands_00@yahoo.co.uk

2006-07-05 07:03:38 · 17 answers · asked by Asb 1

2006-07-05 07:02:07 · 8 answers · asked by charod06 1

Why are my parents so over protective, its hard to explain but they never let me out of the house apart from to go to school and things, im barely allowed to go to the corner shops alone! they dont abuse me or any thing like that - they are just really over protective and my mum cannot even let me go shopping with my friends and it isnt fair, i just keep thinking, how long will this go on for!

2006-07-05 06:55:33 · 47 answers · asked by Miss Terious 3

2006-07-05 06:42:14 · 32 answers · asked by ALEX L 1

My dad and stapmom are coming to visit me in FL from TX for a long weekend. I'm 2 months prego so I don't really want to do anything too tiring or strenuous. Any suggestions? By the way, I live in Tallahassee.

2006-07-05 06:41:52 · 8 answers · asked by jessiebellduncan 2

2006-07-05 06:41:11 · 8 answers · asked by firstlady 1

2006-07-05 06:37:56 · 18 answers · asked by natalie s 1

Please don't laugh. How do you get an evil brother to be nicer to you? Especially if you are nice to him a lot and he just ignores it? And if it matters, he's older, I'm younger. I really want to be nice to him before he goes to college, but it's so hard when he's so MEAN.

2006-07-05 06:35:43 · 26 answers · asked by Autumn 1

What do you think about the name.." Achilles Dargtanan " ???

2006-07-05 06:34:58 · 22 answers · asked by liberty 2

About 4 years ago my half brother died in a car crash...I lived in Alaska back then and he was down in the states. I dont know what state he died in. I really dont know much about what happened and Im not sure if i really beleive that he did die. I have never seen his obituary and every time I ask my family about when and where he died so I can go to his grave I get a different story. I am now in Arizona and would either like to see his obituary and his grave or find out the truth.. Does anyone know of any websites I can use to track down his obituary or find out the truth. ( perferably one that is free as for i dont have extra money) ( poor college student)...thank you for your feed back and help on this...

2006-07-05 06:32:46 · 7 answers · asked by Trouble 3

2006-07-05 06:28:40 · 77 answers · asked by Master Lu 1

2006-07-05 06:27:03 · 30 answers · asked by nikki 1

2006-07-05 06:24:20 · 4 answers · asked by helen 1

2006-07-05 06:23:13 · 68 answers · asked by justiskelly 1

Every weekend or two I drive 1 hour to visit my husband's family so they can see the kids. He has an elderly Aunt, who very well knows what she is saying, constantly putting down my kids in front of me. They are 5 and 5 months old! She critizices everything from what they eat to how they are being taken care of!

I've tried ignoring her but my feelings are hurt to the point where I leave the room and start crying in another room out of her sight. I've discussed this with my husband several times and he says "Oh, that's the way she is. She's just old". Bull! A person knows what they are saying otherwise they wouldn't say it!

Today, I called her on the phone (finally in 10 years)and let her have it. Her response? "Oh, I don't want to hear it!" Can you believe that? As a mother, I take great pride in being a stay at home Mom taking care of my children and spending tons of quality time with them.

How can I get her to back down? She only picks on me.

2006-07-05 06:20:07 · 9 answers · asked by flea 1

2006-07-05 06:11:24 · 27 answers · asked by sweet_angle 1

we just had a baby, and everything we do my mother in law thinks she can do better, to the point that she refuses to listen to me and does what ever she wants. ex: we were camping this weekend and is was hot hot hot. we use a sound machine when our baby sleeps to block out outside noise. she doesnt like this, so she put him to bed and because the noise outside was waking him up she closed the window. now my 4 month old has heat rash from sweating in a sweltering trailer!!! she will be sitting right beside either my husband or myself and we will say something like "he doesnt need a blanket he is very warm" and she will not even acknowledge us. my husband had to go and yank the blanket away, this is jsut part of it the list goes on and on!! HELP!!! how do I deal with this, my husband has tried talking to her to no avail, we used to get along so well before the baby and I dont want this to end up with me refusing to be around her!!

p.s. she was a nurse and therefore knows all!!

2006-07-05 05:56:00 · 13 answers · asked by Tara P 1

2006-07-05 05:45:49 · 27 answers · asked by pascal 2

I LOST MY MOTHER'S AND FATHER'S ORIGINAL OBITUARIES THAT WERE POSTED DURING THESE YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO RELOCATE THEM AGAIN IN THE STARLEDGER WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED. THANK YOU

2006-07-05 05:37:03 · 9 answers · asked by patricia m 2

me and my big sis are going out this weekend for a sister's night out together, were gonna go out to eat and a movie the question is what movie and where to eat? the movies that were have to choose from is Cars or Click, she wants to see pirates of the carribien with her bf the same night for his b-day, then there is superman returns but we both don't wanna watch that, she has seen cars already and i've seen click last week, what should we do? And the places that we can go to eat at are, Ponderosa, McDonald's, Burger King, Frisch's, a pretty good chinese restaurant, subway, wendy's, Hardees, and I think that's it, but yeah can u make our decision?????? plz!

2006-07-05 05:33:13 · 8 answers · asked by ? 2

My parents wants me to go to college but I told them that I don't want to go to college, I want to be a famous singer. What should I do?

2006-07-05 05:30:44 · 16 answers · asked by RiRi 1