Parenting - August 2006

when asked about a simple illness or something like that always advise "RUN TO THE DR"
my grandma lived to be 95 years old and everytime someone had a sniffle or the kids were a little hard to handle no one said take them to the dr and put them on meds....
who else belives too many kids are being put on meds....weather it be meds for ADD or even andibiotics being prescribied too offten?

2006-08-26 06:57:22 · 10 answers · asked by ladysilverhorn 4

this is way i ask there was a lady that left her baby in her car to go into wal-greens and when she was in there a guy took of with her car and her baby the guy didn't hurt the child but once he seen the baby he left the car on the side of the road the cops found the car with the baby inside.

2006-08-26 06:39:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-26 05:30:02 · 14 answers · asked by sapboi 4

He isn't sick at all, no fever and is acting fine but his stomach is very tender and he has had some diarrhea. I am giving him some ginger ale but is there anything else I can give him or do for him? Please dont say call the doctor - it isnt that severe.

2006-08-26 05:08:24 · 11 answers · asked by cyndi71mom 5

ME?

2006-08-26 05:02:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hear people all the time critisizing moms for working and putting their children in daycare. Do they think that we enjoy having to have someone else caring for our children for 10 hours a day? The fact is that many fathers don't make enough money to completely care for their family financially; Most moms have to pitch in financially. My husband makes about $30,000.00 a year and that is not enough to support himself, me, and 3 kids. I need to work to support my kids. And that comment that many people make "Well you shouldn't have kids if you just plan to shove them into a daycare." That is just ignorant. The cost of living nowdays is very different than it was 50 yrs ago. It usually takes 2 incomes. Why is it always the mom who is the bad one? The dads work too.

2006-08-26 04:31:22 · 24 answers · asked by LittleMermaid 5

I just found out by a court order DNA test that i have a daughter a few months ago. Since i found out, i have been ordered to pay Child Support, and i have been paying, on time, each month. But yesterday, i got a bill in the mail for more than $8,000 in back child support, and it says if i dont pay it in 30 days, then it will go on my credit and taken out of my income taxes.

I though you only owed 'back' child support if you KNEW you had a child and refused to pay. How can i owe this money for the past if i just found out a few months ago? I also found out that the mother of the child put my name on the birth certificate when the baby was born, without me even knowing, and then went and filied for child support. She has been receiving child support since the day the baby was born, and i am now just finding out (almost 3 years later). I am being charged for the last 3 years in child support, but i just got the DNA test and started paying a few months ago.

2006-08-26 04:29:51 · 19 answers · asked by texasman 2

Cookie baking, homeschooling, always happy (even when coated in puked up pureed carrots and baby poop) never fussy or upset, etc? Are we supposed to just never get frustrated or even pissed at stuff our kids do? For Christs sake, I'm not saying throw the kids in a dungeon, but are we allowed to be ever disapprove of their "mural" of heaven knows what on the kitchen wall in non-erasable crayon? Everyone here seems to be this way and so quick to judge everyone else. I'm sorry, but my kids are human and so am I. When you perfect people get a spare moment, please fax me the DNA/RNA synthesis code to upgrade my own so I can be one of the Stepford Mommies too. For alas, I have miserably fallen short of perfection. I haven't baked any cookies in almost a week.

2006-08-26 04:16:09 · 13 answers · asked by Goddess of Nuts PBUH 4

Weird diaper rash in our house this morning. I say it's just a regular plain ordinary standard baby diaper rash, but my next door neighbour says it's a "rubber pants rash". I have never heard of a rubber pants rash before, have you?

The baby does wear rubber pants, but a rash strictly from rubber pants over a diaper?

2006-08-26 04:13:16 · 12 answers · asked by Frugalmom 4

A guy who lives a few blocks down from me let's his son climb all over his car. On top of the roof, on the hood, and he's fallen off many times. I'm concerned that this child is really going to be hurt. The child is about 5 years old. I've said something to the father, but he's rude, and I want to mind my own business.....but I'd rather not see this child crack it's lil head open. Should I report the father? Or what else could I do?

2006-08-26 04:05:44 · 21 answers · asked by suagr_britches 2

2006-08-26 03:55:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My son is going on 12 and in middle school. My husband just had "the talk" with him. He has been asking a lot of questions lately and we believe that it's better that he hear it from us than someone at school or on the football field. He is so innocent and I wonder if we told him too soon. My husband basically...w/o going into too much detail told him where babies come from, the correct terminology for parts of the body, hormones, puberty etc. I am pregnant w/ our 4th and he is so curious...which is completely normal. Did we do the right thing telling him at this age? My husband took him out to breakfast this morning to see if he had any more questions. We just want him to be able to talk to us about anything.

2006-08-26 03:10:44 · 20 answers · asked by dedee1127 2

inspite of me giving her my full attention she has become insecure andextremely cranky.she simply doesnt seem to like me feeding the new one,what do i do?

2006-08-26 03:06:51 · 13 answers · asked by eeta 1

2006-08-26 02:44:58 · 31 answers · asked by naughty boy 1

What makes parents think its sex ed, the media, openess to sexuaity, availability to contraception and morning after pills etc.

Lack of a morality system based on a witch burner 9ie caring doctor) or psycho stoning gay abusing cult.

Or sending out any form of 'message'

Ie them thinking condom machines in secondary/high school toilets is somehow saying its ok to have sex rubbish.


Is what influences teenagers to become sexual.

And not er...

* Nature,

* Hormones,

* Ability (ie your good looking, good at seduction/chatting up and getting offers as opposed to ugly and nurdy billy no mates let alone lovvers)

* Feelings Ie you fall in love.

* Need for affection

* The fact u fancy someone or not...

Etc


Or that teens and others are promiscuous not due to some morality thing but as they have the same feelings and needs and desire as someone in a couple but can't find a perfect soulmate so making productive use of the mean time whilst seaching for love

2006-08-26 02:03:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I found out today that my grandfather has less than 6 months to live as he has advanced liver and colon cancer. He has stopped chemo and has lost over 40 pounds. It's obvious he is not the same man he used to be however my son hasn't made any mention of great grandpa's appearance. We visit grandma and grandpa once a week since they live right down the street from us and both my children love their great grandparents very much. (My other child is 2)

My son is an empathetic, sensitive little guy who has to know the ins and outs of everything imaginable and he respects our honesty in explanations. So needless to say, I'm at a crossroads here- should I "prepare" my son for the inevitable by having the death and dying discussion, or wait until it actually happens? I haven't really found any information that discusses talking about death (before it happens) with a child, just talking about it after the fact.

I'd like to hear both sides, if possible, and religious topics are fine, too.

2006-08-25 17:05:39 · 23 answers · asked by yomomma 1

i bite my fingernails very rarely, but my 2 year old girl caught me once and now she does it everyday. she bites them to the skin & it grosses me out, plus it's just a bad habit for her at this age anyway. any ideas to getting her to getting her to stop?

2006-08-25 17:04:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is time number two putting this question up and I was wondering if I could get some polite answers and opinions.
I see posts on here like “How to get a six year old to clean their room” or “How to get my eighteen month off the bottle” and I’m not trying to criticize these parents but couldn’t these be avoided in the earlier stages? Like the title says…am I just paranoid for doing things a certain way with my son to make it so I don’t have to deal with these issues later on? My son is six months and I let him watch me clean and I keep a clean house (even though sometimes I don’t feel like doing it) so that he understands even at an early age that’s what I expect. I’ve had a routine since he was born so he knows exactly what time he is expected to go to bed. I’m currently getting him off the bottle so it won’t be an issue when he really can acknowledge it. I figure that’s my responsibility and I find that my parenting technique is very much looking forward to what kind of a person he will be so these problems don’t happen to me. So are these steps I’m taking going to help me achieve what I want or not? And for the parent who have had these problems (other than potty training) do you feel there is something you could have done differently to avoid them? Again, I’m not trying to offend anyone and I do know everyone parents differently but I was just wondering…

2006-08-25 17:00:02 · 13 answers · asked by .vato. 6

His punishment included making him go in to the nursery/toddler room 1 sunday and apologizing to the staff. He came back and told us he needed to either do chores for them for an entire morning and if he refused or gave them a hard time then he should maybe spend the rest of the time there as 1 of the kids so he could see what it was really like to be a baby and maybe he would think differently about what he did. Is this reasonable punishment?

2006-08-25 16:53:01 · 17 answers · asked by Luke J 2

They're twins. Teenage boy is going through issues with his stepfather and teenage girl is going through issues with me. HELP!!!

2006-08-25 16:47:24 · 9 answers · asked by dOnNa 1

2006-08-25 16:19:43 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-25 16:06:42 · 30 answers · asked by jay dee 2

2006-08-25 15:46:01 · 16 answers · asked by t_raudenbush 2

All my kids (High School and College) have to be home at 10 pm during the week (Dad has to get up for work in the morning) and midnight on weekends unless there is something special going on.

2006-08-25 15:44:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

The baby "Shiloh Nouvel" came into this world as Voit-Pitt Blood mom and dad
need I say more. All over because Jolie has her head in her *@#*. That nam should be "Shiloh Nouvel Voit-Pitt. Jolie isa middle name because Angie is too good to take the name that brought he into this world!!!!!!!! Personally I can't stand her or Pitt. Home reckers!!!!! Here that Brad Pitt you freak!!!!

2006-08-25 15:20:48 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-25 14:52:16 · 45 answers · asked by jay dee 2

2006-08-25 14:23:11 · 25 answers · asked by BAnne 7

My 6-year-old son has a friend he really wants to get together with to play. This friend's mom has apparently decided she's not keen on my son. I know, I'm my son's mom and therefore totally prejudiced! But he has never, ever had any problem making or maintaining friends. He's respectful and kind, most of all with kids younger or smaller than him. As best I can tell, this arose on the basis of 5 minutes' interaction at a birthday party when my son made a 3rd kid angry by saying he didn't like Legos.

So my question is this: I obviously don't want to let the chill that has descended between me and the friend's mom to ruin my son's relationship with her son--this is adult baggage, not kid baggage!--but I could use a little lesson in politics here. This lady is not going to react well to being confronted directly a la "what's your problem with my son"? I'm not interested in creating enemies here, just in salvaging a friendship for my son. Advice?

2006-08-25 13:55:59 · 8 answers · asked by Leslie D 4

Here is the Way to enightenment: http://www.askdrsears.com/

Yes, we are all bad parents if we currently, or have ever:

*used a bottle
*spanked
*not put our babies in slings
*sleep without our kids in our beds
*not breastfeeding (this is the most heinous offense, redeemable only by a burnt offering of 50 lambs)
*not listened to and obeyed our childs every whim
*ever told our child "no"
*disciplined our children
*made them use the potty after their 2nd b-day
f*ed them anything but organic produce
*haven't taken them to a La Leche League playgroup
*don't have Dr. Sears' manual

Repent now!! Before it's too late!!

2006-08-25 13:34:16 · 14 answers · asked by Goddess of Nuts PBUH 4

i was wondering how you guys have enough time to be online and take care of your family? its a good thing that you have time 4 ur self but how? my mom always seems busy eiither cleaning, cooking, or driving my brother and sisters around. just wondering how u do it.

2006-08-25 13:31:56 · 19 answers · asked by chimchim058 1