Pregnancy & Parenting - 10 December 2006

2006-12-10 00:37:18 · 7 answers · asked by steve e 1 in Toddler & Preschooler

2006-12-10 00:30:47 · 41 answers · asked by zizou 2 in Baby Names

2006-12-10 00:29:11 · 12 answers · asked by gulliver 2 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

My six year old son has an unknown disorder. Basically, he is mentally only about 3 or 4. He is in kindergarten with other special needs kids. Because he has few outward physical symptoms, my husband and I have been slow to accept that his condition is permanent and that he will never be a "normal" child.

Yesterday he won a gold metal in the Special Olympics. Don't hate me, but I was crushed. I cheered him on, don't get me wrong, but inside it felt like the whole event was pushing me harder to accept the reality that I have been trying to avoid.

My sister has a 10 month old son and recently boasted on her blog about how he is already walking and how he will be an Olympian someday (not knowing about my son's medal, just coincidence). I was further hurt. I just can't stop crying. Does it ever get better? What can I do to get past this?

2006-12-10 00:28:14 · 12 answers · asked by Zana 3 in Parenting

2006-12-10 00:24:59 · 8 answers · asked by as 1 in Newborn & Baby

A child makes a nasty comment to a parent. The parent gets angry and slaps the child so hard the childs nose bleeds. What do you think this parent needs to do about this situation? We need rational comments like counseling, anger management, medication that sort of thing.

Lets not talk about things like leting someone beat the crap out of the parent that sort fo stuff. We will assume that this is a parent who really does love the child despite what the slap seems to say . Lets talk abou real useful solutions to this problem. Solutions people could actually use.

2006-12-10 00:23:52 · 19 answers · asked by raredawn 4 in Parenting

also in front of His family.We were invited to his aunt house and our 7 year old,called his aunt "shut up *****" and gave her a little smack,because she told her to wash her hands like 3 times.I was in Shock,i pop her mouth,BUT my husband bust her butt,I GOT SO MAD,since he never did it before,neither did i.Obviously, i told him to stop,probably he felt humilliated,and told me to never take his authority off.HE gave her like 3 slaps,but i got mad,because we never done that before.Now,he's mad at me, how can i fix it.
His aunt is a sweet older lady, my daughter learned that language from neighbors.This situation happened yesterday,his also mad,because he said i had a Stern look the whole time at his aunt house. What can i do ? my daughter did said sorry, BUT now i'm embarrassed to go back.What do u advise ??? Was he right or wrong ? She was told before ,of the consequences of bad language. Any advise ???????

2006-12-10 00:15:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

if no then why?
and if yes then how should one go about doing this?

2006-12-10 00:13:27 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

since lastnight i have been having lower back pain and hip pain, with stomach pains (like sharp pain not contractions) they are still here this morning. Should I go to hospital or does it sound like something that can wait to go to docs in morning? Plus my belly is always super hard. Im 37+ weeks baby measuring 42+ im 4cm dialated fully effaced and have had bloody show all this for about a week

2006-12-10 00:10:03 · 13 answers · asked by Ash1227 2 in Pregnancy

2006-12-10 00:06:29 · 8 answers · asked by zizou 2 in Pregnancy

2006-12-10 00:05:03 · 5 answers · asked by zizou 2 in Newborn & Baby

2006-12-10 00:02:13 · 7 answers · asked by lili 1 in Pregnancy

I was driving around with my friend, we see this car ahead of us. In the rear window, there was a set of car stickers, that showed 5 stick figuers, and under the big two were Dad and Mom, next to that was Billy, Sally, and Wendy.

I remarked to my friend how odd that after parenthood, you would rather go by Dad than the name you had before. Later, we saw another car, with another stick figuer family on the rear window, this time the two big figuered were Mario and Linda, and the other figuers joey (small case) and mickey (small case).

Right now I just thought back and it made me wonder... do people really change after having kids? and, thier preferred identity? and, this is really terrible of me, I know... but, I just couldn't help but view the parents in the second family car as somehow less mature, less, into parenthood. Everyone has a right to be who they are, so my second question is: can I still be me and be a good parent?

me: no kids right now, but I work with them often,

2006-12-10 00:00:20 · 7 answers · asked by antsam999 4 in Parenting