Parenting - July 2006

him too?

2006-07-14 07:32:52 · 26 answers · asked by youngbp2006 1

2006-07-14 07:29:21 · 12 answers · asked by youngbp2006 1

I'm not asking do you regret having kids, but do you regret having them when you had them? Would you have waited? Would you have had them earlier? Or, did you plan it out accordingly and you had them at the right time?

2006-07-14 07:25:44 · 16 answers · asked by King H 6

My husband and I have had our dog since he was a puppy. He is 2.5 years old now and is our baby. He is with us everyday and goes with us everywhere except on our occasional weekend vacation when he is babysat by my parents. He is our family.

I love this dog like he was my real kid, he is so precious and loving and I know if I love my dog as much as I do I am going to be a great mom! :)

Problem is I don’t want him to not feel like part of the family when we have get pregnant with our first child next year. I won’t be able to spend hours a day with him, but I don’t want to neglect him either.

How do I transition him from the baby of the family to the “older sibling” position? He is just happy laying at my feet with his toys, but if he is left out too much he gets depressed. If my husband and I are hugging a lot then he wants to be picked up and hugged by both of us. (He is 12 lbs.)

It sounds silly but people with dogs may understand my love for my little dog.

2006-07-14 07:08:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-14 06:51:17 · 24 answers · asked by rainfingers 4

It has come to my attention that alot of people think if you are married and/or have kids then you should roll over and die and by that I mean. I (apparently) am suppose to be right with my children 24/7. I recieved several "notices" that I should be taking care of my kids instead of on the computer.

What do you think about this?
Should we roll over and die just because we have kids?
If you don't have children, don't answer

2006-07-14 06:37:42 · 22 answers · asked by CYNDIITA 3

ok..i recently posted on yahoo answers ...what i found in my boyfriends sent e-mail message...he said to an ex in england..my familys well but i am not..wish you were here(she is in england)...i confortened him about it and he said the reason why i said to her i wish you were here was he meant by that he wished she was in the same state of him, not in england, and then i said why are you not well...and he said he said that to her cuz of the fighting we have been done lately and how i cant talk to him without me yelling at him(which is true) and he wanted someone to talk to that would not yell...should i believe him?

2006-07-14 06:29:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-14 06:28:47 · 38 answers · asked by jalfo12a 1

2006-07-14 06:24:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 14 year old daughter is dating a wonderful 16 year old boy. They are both "very much in love" and think they are "sure to get married" one day. What can I say to my daughter about sex that will make sense to her?

2006-07-14 06:23:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My husband and I are ready to have a baby, we are waiting until we pay off our house loan so we will have money for children.

After everything is paid (insurance, taxes, bills, 401k, etc.) we will have $1800 a month left over to pay towards children.

Do you think this will be enough to pay for diapers, daycare, food, formula if needed, toys, etc? We are hoping to have one child with in two year and another one 2-3 years after that.

Our insurance will not go up and our doctor co-pays are low, so that’s not a lot of money. Our day care will also be about $350/month per baby since my mother has a daycare/preschool and is charging us less since it will be her grandchildren.

This is not a question to show off that I have some money, I live in California so the price of living is more out here. Do you think we can afford children?

2006-07-14 06:00:22 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

how would you answer your child if he/she ask you where's daddy?

2006-07-14 05:30:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

had a parent that was a sexual offender I mean let the other child play at your house only

2006-07-14 04:43:57 · 45 answers · asked by arkansas-gal 3

I am seperated from his father and have no way of monitoring what goes on when he is visiting. His dad says he does not swear around him. Occasionally some one will let one slip and a big deal was made I think thats how it started. So now when he gets mad he swears.... He says the f word, stupid and sh it. And he uses the words in the correct context. I've tried ignoring it as the daycare suggested but that doesnt work because when we go visiting and he swears some one always reacted to it. I need to stop this before he starts at the montessori school and gets kicked out. Besides I don't want this to make me seem like a bad parent. What can I do? Time is runnig out.

2006-07-14 04:12:26 · 16 answers · asked by PHD-NDN 2

I live with my fiance in a 3 fam. house that his parents own(they live on the first fl) and last year my son got lead poisoning from the house. His level was 49 and he was 2years old. I never knew anything about lead poisoning and his parents never warned me about it. I didnt sue them and we stayed in a hotel for 3 months while they fixed our appartment. It just seems to me that she is more worried about getting sued than she is for my son. his parents fixed most of their appartment too but they just recently built a porch that is level with a window and the outside of the window still has lead paint and I keep telling them to cover it and they said why its our house & our enterance and I told her because my son wants to go on that porch with the other kids and its dangerous to all the kids here ..she just rolled her eyes. My son is always going to have prob from this.. Would you sue her if you were me? do you think their homeowners insurance covers this?

2006-07-14 04:10:33 · 6 answers · asked by Alanacoolata 2

twice through the year he posts things through the door for him. Why does he do this when he does not even want to see him. My son is 4. He also does not and never has supported him financially.

2006-07-14 03:54:50 · 19 answers · asked by sultrysagittarius 1

Don't get me wrong, i love my kids, i just come home after work sometimes and like, what have i gotten into?

2006-07-14 03:29:25 · 27 answers · asked by treader1974 2

Ok I have my son he is 9 yrs. old and my step son that is 14 yrs. old and my step son does not live with us just visits. I treat him like I treat all my other kids. which I think is fair, I am not going to treat him better than my other kids that would just be wrong, so he gets the same treatment and love as all the other children. anyway my son and step son are always arguing and fighting. I didn't see or hear the whole thing but I walked out of the kitchen and my step son told my 9 yr. old I am going to hurt you and than my 9 yr. old said no I am going to hurt you and then my step son pushed my 9 yr. old and then my 9 yr. pushed him back.....meanwhile I am telling them to stop it and go to there rooms........ but anyway and than my step son grabs my son and puts him kind of in a head lock and is kind of choking him so than I start screaming at them to stop trying to pry them apart they are both big boys so that was hard. anyway I go and get my husband and tell him what happened and

2006-07-14 03:14:39 · 8 answers · asked by ruiz02 2

i just read my boyfriend's emal on his sent page and he wrote back to his x-girlfriend and said family is well, i am not..p.s. wish you were here!!! she lives in england and she knows he is with me for 3 years with a 5 month old son..i dont know what to think about what we wrote!!! everytime, i get mad at him, i tell him i want to leave and then he says no way, we are connected now because of our 5 month old son, i will not let you leavem I love you!!!....so i dont know what to make of what he wrote, Am i just overreacting?

2006-07-14 03:12:15 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have two girls who are 7 and 4. I know the 4yr old cannot do much, but I want her to start seeing that helping is good thing,

2006-07-14 02:59:09 · 10 answers · asked by Sarah J 3

There are many wonderful parents out there but some just leave me completely shocked at the lack of actual parenting they do.

They then wonder why thir kids grow up as little disrespectful thugs.

Should it be compulsory to complete a parenting course and prove that you are responsible enough to to nurture and bring up a young human being ?

2006-07-14 00:51:18 · 24 answers · asked by Cindy 2

2006-07-14 00:39:39 · 5 answers · asked by ? 6

...I have found posts from my wife and daughter on here saying that my wife pretty much doesn't like my opinions and my daughter like doesn't taking care of my other kids?

2006-07-14 00:18:05 · 15 answers · asked by Troy DeRossi 1

my daughter is 8 i love her to bits but latley she has been arguing back,wont eat her packed lunch,every day i feel like im moaning,i had a baby 7 months ago,i think she might be jealous of the attention im giving the baby,im trying to spend time with both,but im just really tierd by the time i do want to spend time with my 8 yr old,i feel guilty,my partner is very helpful and loving and my 8yr old adores her stepfather.....so what am i doing so wrong,for once i would like this 8yr old to smile more and eat her packed lunch,any suggestions

2006-07-14 00:02:41 · 10 answers · asked by sunnyjomassey 2

I have 6 beautiful children, and I also have twins due any day. I want to be able to quit my job and stay home with my family, but we will become financially unstable, but I also don't want to have my daughter take care of two more infants. My oldest daughter, who is 17 takes care of my other 5 children from sun up to sun down. I don't want to put another burden on her, and my husband refuses to get a maid or daycare or anything. How should I go about dealing with this?
--I know that we should have thought about this earlier, but we weren't expecting twins...

2006-07-13 23:24:18 · 4 answers · asked by Reese DeRossi 1

She (my wife’s daughter from another relationship) has moved in and out at least 4 times in the past 5 years. About 8 months ago she moved back in with us. She is a high school drop out, is complacent, self-righteous, has zero ambition, no goals, declared bankruptcy at 24, and is a liar. My wife tells me to go easy on her and not push so hard, but I think that’s the reason why her daughter is such a major f*uck up! So my wife and I get into it, and she and her daughter are at a hotel tonight. My wife and I have had issues but I am committed to working through them. But her daughter is another story. She is not my biological daughter. I am trying to motivate her and instill some level of accountability and initiative but all my attempts have failed and create’s resentment from both my wife and her know-it-all daughter. We live a very affluent lifestyle and I am the sole provider. But sometimes I feel that I am taken for granted. I am pretty much at my wits end. What do I do?

2006-07-13 23:15:25 · 18 answers · asked by needadvice777 2

I'm eight month pregnant, and as I get closer to my due date the more I begin to worry about my son's father. He is irresponsible, and was arrested a few years back for molesting his younger siblings (a fact I didn't learn until after we broke up in febuary). He also has a history of being physically abusive...I'm worried about what he'd do to our child, and I don't want him to have any visitation rights at all. I live in oregon currently, but I'm a california native and I've been told the laws are very different, so I'd appreciate it if anyone could tell me if it's possible to have his rights taken away, or anything else that may help. Thanks.

2006-07-13 23:11:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-13 22:32:26 · 11 answers · asked by Mesho 1

My husband works close to our childs nursery and is considered to be the primary carer in an emergency because I work out of town. One morning he notified his employers that he would be unable to go to work because our child was unwell they replied that they could not get anyone to cover part of his job and that they considered the wife to be the primary carer and that he ought to try and get to work. Is this reply correct?

2006-07-13 21:10:02 · 5 answers · asked by kiwi 1

My mother always said to me,"I am not not everyone else's mother"; whenever I complained that everyone else was doing something. I swore when I had my daughter that I would never be like my mom, but yesterday I said the same thing to my daughter. Have any of you done something similar? If so how?

2006-07-13 21:02:57 · 8 answers · asked by Someonesmommy 5