Parenting - July 2006

has ever done something like this? Tell us please
Why Parents Go Gray .
The boss of a big company who needed to call one of his employees about an urgent problem with one of the main computers, dialed the
employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper, "Hello."
"Is your daddy home?" he asked. "Yes," whispered the small voice. "May I talk with him?" The child whispered, "No." Surprised, and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked,
"Is your mommy? there?" "Yes." "May I talk with her?" Again the small voice whispered, "No."
Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, "Is anybody else there?" "Yes," whispered the child, "a policeman." Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, "May I speak with the policeman?"
"No, he's busy", whispered the child. "Busy doing what?" "Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman", came the whispered answer.
Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the earpiece on the phone the boss asked, "What is that noise?" "A hello-copper" answered the whispering voice. "What is going on there?" asked the boss, now alarmed.
In an awed whispering voice the child answered, "The search team just landed the hello-copper." Alarmed, concerned, and even more then just a little frustrated the boss asked, "What are they searching for?" Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffled giggle: "ME"

2006-07-25 16:41:42 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm quite certain I won't ask this in a manner that won't offend someone. I failed diplomacy anyway and this is a pretty charged question but I'm sincerely curious...

How do you justify having children? I personally have no problem with gay or interracial relationships but children are brutal. You have to know that they are going to be absolutely terrorized growing up and in school unless you are in an area like Provincetown, Ma; Greenwich Village or San Francisco (and even then) these kids are going to be ostracized pitifully. They will adapt but like most psychological survival skills, they cause more problems when the danger is over then they ever save people from.

Is it just because you can? Are you telling yourself that you are trying to change and better the world for them? Anywho - would appreciate your thoughts... please though, no anecdotal evidence, I have my own.

2006-07-25 16:38:43 · 20 answers · asked by awakening1us 3

When he gets mad he cries and says pick me up. I can't always pick him up and hold him for hours. I have tried sending him to his bedroom, the nuaghty chair and he always just comes out or gets down. I am trying not to loose control but I need help!

2006-07-25 16:23:27 · 18 answers · asked by weight watchers 2

What are these women who go to college and grad school telling thier daughters? That you should do exactly what your mother does, that your just once you get out of college is to clean and cook and take care of kids, to depend solely on a man? I don't understand how any mother can set this sort of example for thier daughters. I think married women should be indepedent not dependent on men, and that parents should be parenting in teams. If you are a stay at home mom, that means that the father hardly gets to spend any time with the kids, you would think a good father would want to spend as much time with the kids as the mom. Even if you tell your daughter she can be whatever she wants, you are her primary example, and if you are a housewife, you are just teaching her to dependent, that the man "Has" to be the breadwinner and that is all a woman is good for.

2006-07-25 16:15:24 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

AFter all, I don't think they're going to use it to make hors d'oeuvres

2006-07-25 16:04:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

This has always puzzled me. Why would a women bother to get her masters degree, her PHD, even her BA if all she wanted to was be a housewife?

It's just something I have always wondered. Is it to get work after your kids go to school?

Also, if you were a housewife, what would you do if your husband left you with alimony becoming rarer and rarer and the divorce rate pretty high?

Where would you go to work if you had to?

2006-07-25 15:53:57 · 20 answers · asked by Rose 4

2006-07-25 15:30:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-25 14:50:31 · 6 answers · asked by Ryan 1

We just returned from vacation where my 1 yr old was surrounded by cousins, and here at home we go to a playgroup once in a while but he rarely sees the same babies... he has more than enough attentin from me, my husband, grandparents, aunts / uncles, but not really little babies... (by the way, daycare is out of the question -- I'm considering signing up for a little "gym" or tot class....)

My gut tells me a 1 yr old doesn't really need other babies around -- he doesn't play with other babies, they just sort of watch eachother -- but I want to hear other points of view and suggestions. THANKS!

2006-07-25 14:43:56 · 7 answers · asked by Finnale 2

2006-07-25 14:30:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My wife is a SAHM and she wants our kid to be social, so we are thinking of putting him in daycare, I think he be ignored.

2006-07-25 14:24:43 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

A friends kid (girl) has them in her vagina, so I was wondering how a kid would get them?

2006-07-25 14:22:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/us/abortion_rights_debate

2006-07-25 14:01:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

If my divorce agreement does not say any restrictions on me and my daughter moving, does that mean we can? I want to move 5 hours south but still in GA. I am just worried that my ex might get upset and decide he wants to get her for half the year. I want to move but it is not worth losing my daughter for 1/2 of the year! Plus I would fear for her b/c he is an unfit parent (smokes pot, drinks alot, leaves our 5 yr old outside to play with no adult supervision...only other kids. He owes me $1,700 in child support and is still only paying some of it when he wants to)...I have turned it over to child support enforcement but here it is almost 6 months later and they have yet to do anything about it, and they have all of his info, ss#, job info, address, ect. Plus in 2004 he commited an act of family violence and he was arrested and charged, is on probation and had to pay fines. Do I have anything to worry about? Oh and in our divorce agreement there is a vistation schedule for us to fall back upon just in case we cant agree. It rotates the holidays by even odd years and gives her dad every other weekend with her, if I move 5 hours away how will that work?
Thank you for any advice
Melissa

2006-07-25 12:26:26 · 3 answers · asked by cancer4228 1

homes communties the women there are not fat, but look like they are gym maniacs?
And their kids look picturesque?

2006-07-25 12:03:58 · 11 answers · asked by DEEDEE Y 1

a harder time budgeting money while some ppl I know who get 1200 monthly have no problem.

2006-07-25 12:02:23 · 5 answers · asked by DEEDEE Y 1

he wants to touch my vagina again

2006-07-25 11:45:39 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

How many parents have been on Yahoo answers on the teen and preteen section? OH MY GOD! Some of the things being said- the girls who r pregnant and so young! What is happenning to our future generation?????

2006-07-25 11:37:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I asked the doctor tbut they gave not usefull info. Letting them cry it out isn't the answer,the fall out and throw them selves on the floor the 2 year old goes to time out but what am I suppost to do with thw one year old?

2006-07-25 10:56:26 · 13 answers · asked by vegasgirl 1

I have boxes and boxes full of stuff: greeting cards my kids have received, crafts they have created, school papers on which they've done well, and certificates/awards they have earned. I've also got a couple of outfits they wore as babies, the coin collections their grandpa is providing for them, and a bunch of other stuff. I really have weeded out the majority of the clutter, but I feel it's important to keep these things for them as a partial record of their childhood. But what do I do with them? It would be nice to have one place for each kid where I can put all that stuff - neatly and well-organized. Seems like somebody would have thought of this by now, and come up with some product to do the job...

2006-07-25 10:47:59 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Besides Chuck E Cheese!!

2006-07-25 10:45:04 · 8 answers · asked by motherofthree 2

If your car is on fire. If your dog just died. If your baby just got locked in the car and it took an hour to get her out.

2006-07-25 10:34:22 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an 11 year old son, he acts up in school tramendously, since 2 grade. he is a normall kid. Intellegent, out going, people person, friendly. but he hates school he refuses to do his work during school hours in class he refusses to do homework, he lies constantly about me,and about his behavior. He says he hates school. He is only 11yrs old. I won't turn my back on him ever but what can I do to help him understand and see school in a different way.He takes his tests and passes with no problem. teachers, staff, and the principle in school are very close with him and say he has potential and is very smart but wont do the work. they want to help him just as much as I do. his behavior is out of control in school. I am a mother of three. he is the oldest.
please any advice?

2006-07-25 10:34:01 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 6 year old son that I financially supported on my own for past 6 years. His father is in his life and sometimes gets him two weeks out of the month, but it is not court ordered. The older my son gets the more it costs to care for him. I need to think of a way to get him to pay me child support without going through the courts. He also has another child on the way who will be in the home. I don't want it to seem like I'm just imposing this because he has a child on the way, but I have shoes, uniforms, childcare and medical insurance to pay for monthly.

2006-07-25 10:30:16 · 6 answers · asked by Kenya 3

I am soon to be the single mother of an infant boy and a 2 1/2 yrold boy .I dont want to deny him the right to see his father,but his dad only wants to sell drugs to make money and blame everyone else for his problems.So what my question is , is this..whatare some helpful hints for raising boys?..how can i mold them into men who willl be accountable for themselves and treat others right?..anything you got will help..please ?

2006-07-25 10:06:06 · 17 answers · asked by Lilskeerd 1

I have 4 kids.. and they all have the same dad, my husband.

2006-07-25 10:03:04 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an inlaw that is very passive aggressive. She would love to be the mother of my two stepchildren and feeds them sweets and candy all of the time. I do not feed my child this at all and have boundaries for how anyone handles my child. She tells everything about our business to my husbands exwife and is always trying to look like she is this sweet little innocent grandma, when I wasn't born yesterday. How would I deal with a women who would rather see me dead, in a respectful way. She abandoned my husband when he divorced his exwife but she is still his mother and no matter what that will never change. I have already told her no on a number of occasions which seems like more than what other people do. How can I deal with her and still keep my sanity?

2006-07-25 09:42:25 · 10 answers · asked by Meredith H 2

I was just curious. lol I think mine is when my girls were taking a bath together & the oldest was pouring water on the youngest. The youngest yelled "Mama she's watering me" I never thought it would ocme out of my mouth but I had to answer with "Stop watering your sister!" FOr some reason that struck me really funny! .lol

2006-07-25 09:36:44 · 13 answers · asked by mamabens 3

Has anyone seen this or does anything similar? I have seen this in on Dateline or one of those shows. It’s a reward and discipline program. You have chips, like pokers coins, the kids get them when they do chores or something that is rewarding. Like get a long w/ a sibling they normally don’t. Then they turn in the chips on Friday to get extra tv time, or internet time, something rewarding for them. I don’t know what this is program is called. However it looks like it teaches kid about responsibility. Do any parents use this out there and does it work and how? Any books on this to give me a base line to start?

2006-07-25 09:34:05 · 4 answers · asked by Cantankerous One 2

My husband an I are at ends on what to name our son, in his family it is a tradition for the first born son to have the fathers first anme as the babies middle name, WELL.... my husbands name is Shawn and we cannot come up with a first name to go along with the middle name Shawn, I have been to every web site avaliable to look through names and can't come up with anything, and he will not forfeit the middle name being Shawn, Any suggestions would be great, before our son is born without a name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

2006-07-25 09:14:11 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous