Parenting - September 2006

This way ppl cant say they cant make it.

2006-09-25 09:07:23 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Some people beleive that time out is the answer for bad behavior in children but some are very contraversial about the subject. If my children are hitting one another is putting them in timeout answer?

2006-09-25 09:04:05 · 26 answers · asked by dolphinsrus91 1

bugaboo strollers or even a brand new SUV to tote the baby around in?
I cant buy any of those things, but want to.
I sometimes get jealous that they have those things.
Like this one lady in Winners, who was buying lots of clothes for her baby and she had an expensive *** stoller!
She was younger than me!
How do these ppl afford it?
When I saw her outside she was driving a newer SUV and I could never afford it!
How do these ppl afford things?

2006-09-25 09:03:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like if you use tampons you wont be a virgin!
Or if you wear flat shoes you are a lesbian!

2006-09-25 09:00:55 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

My brother had never married this girl but they have a 2 year old daughter together and she is pregnant with another kid who will be here in a couple weeks (i know he has made some mistakes, but that is not what we are talking about). Do you know of any websites that i can use to see what rights he has with these children. The mother has been on drugs in the recent past and may still be. Neither parent can afford a lawyer or go to court. The dad is deffinitly the more fit parent! He has an older daughter (with another mother) who is 6 that he has custody of. She is doing great with her dad, but would love to have her baby sister around. The mother had taken the 2 year old and hasn't let us see her since last Christmas (maybe a few short occasions after that). Her mom is threatening change her last name and many other things. She has told the government that she doesn't have a job so my brother is paying alot of childsupport. but she has told us that she does have a job.

2006-09-25 08:57:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My sisters husband sexaly and phsicaly hurt my two kids and lied about it I do not know why do people have to do that. Now we are haveing to go throgh so much because people do not care. The sick thing is that my sister did not do any thing about it and that she dosent care

2006-09-25 08:56:52 · 13 answers · asked by Ela J Pete 2

I finally found someone is a parent of 3 children to pick my son from pre-school. Would it be OK to check her driving record check through DMV and her background check. She did give me her driver's licence number when i asked her for it.- Although i did not mention to her that i would do a record check on her

2006-09-25 08:42:32 · 12 answers · asked by curious mom 1

go smash his head on the floor, wall, nearest toy. I have never shown him ths, he just does this himself.
Or he will put his fingers in his mouth and scrape them with his teeth.
I am getting really worried about the head banging, because when he smashes his head he SMASHES his head, no lil thump either.
He is two.

2006-09-25 08:34:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

My son is 7 years old, and his father just started coming around 2 years ago, he left me pregnant with him, so i took his as_s to childsupport, and he started seeing my son, but know that he is around itz like why is he there for he claims he does a lot but my son only goes there every other weekend, first of all i don't consider 4 times a month doing something, today i called him to pick up my son from school, because he has a pink eye, and all he did was *****, so i hung on his *** and told him to go to hell, i;'m sick and tired of him he doesn't do ****. He is a piece of sh-it and my son does not need him anymore, he needed him when he was a baby, but not anymore, any advice.

2006-09-25 08:19:27 · 26 answers · asked by LADY J 3

Im thinking of putting my 8 year old daughter on the catwalk with her wanting to, but dont know much about where to go.Could anyone advise me in the right direction.

2006-09-25 08:12:52 · 8 answers · asked by BEVERLEY O 1

THE CHOCIES

take him shopping
take him to a base ball game
idk what else any suggestions

2006-09-25 08:10:59 · 34 answers · asked by Matt 1

In South Carolina, a woman was sentenced to 12 years in prision for homicide by child abuse.

--homeless drug addict with IQ of 72
--was using cocaine at 8.5 months
--addicted to cocaine, and no drug-treatment options available to her

Please consider both sides before answering....what do you think? What are your reasons?

2006-09-25 08:02:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was talking with my husband about this topic the other day and was wondering what other people think. We spent our teen years in Germany. There the legal age to drink was sixteen (really, if you could see above the bar you could drink). The legal age to drive was eighteen. I think this is a great idea that would be great for America as well. I know very well that if you are legally able to drink, go to bars, and live a “party” lifestyle when you are younger--it wears out of your system, therefore, when you are able to drive, you already understand the effects of alcohol and aren’t tempted to drive under the influence--meaning less DUIs and DWIs. Also, like I said before, it wears the whole “party” lifestyle out of you--so when you do reach about eighteen you no longer have interest in participating in those acts. As parents, do you think this is a good idea. Do you think if we gave our children more freedom with alcohol it would result in less outrageous adults and drastically lower the DUI statistics? What do you think about the topic of drinking and teens? Also--why do we empower teens with half ton vehicles before they are able to drink?

2006-09-25 07:59:34 · 14 answers · asked by .vato. 6

I have a one year old who will be going with the babysitter very soon. My babysitter is a friend of the family- a sweet stay at home mom in her early 40s. She will be babysitting my son for about 9 hours twice a week because of my work schedule. I'm afraid it may be awkward if I offer her too little or too much. Her husband is making a very healthy living for her and her family, so I know that money is not a huge issue, but I would like some suggestions on how much to offer her per week (2 days a wk/ 9 hrs a day)? Please help! And for any smart @$$e$ who like to go around and leave dumb comments- don't bother answering because whatever you say is just a waste of space!

2006-09-25 07:18:28 · 19 answers · asked by mellie 1

I was wondering when is the best time to introduce your toddler to potty training I was guessing at around 18 mos. they may not get it down but they do start to get the idea. Is this a good time.I have a 15 month old .Should I allow her to watch me go to the bathroom and make it sound exiting and fun to go to the potty any tips please.

2006-09-25 06:49:29 · 14 answers · asked by coco1 1

Jacob will be four January 1, He has turned into a real brat lately. Will not mind, says no hits me hits himself. says doedoe when you tell him not to do something. HELP!

2006-09-25 06:46:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, I have twin 11-year old daughters and one is a full 12 pounds heavier than the other. Now, she doesn't seem to have any issues with her weight outwardly, but I feel it needs addressing. Having said that, I don't want to introduce a level of self conciousness where none exists, but I am just not sure. She is active and self confident, but has an excessive amount of belly flab that just hangs over the tight little shorts and sticks out of the 1 size too small shirts she wears. I mean it's a real "hanging over the waistband" roll that embarasses me when I see it exposed in public. Is that horrible of me? The only thing I have said is, "do you need me to buy you some clothes that fit?" I'm just confused on what to do, if anything. There's more to the story, but I am running out of available characters. I would welcome some open discussion and/or advice from anybody willing to lend an ear. Thanks!

2006-09-25 06:03:42 · 18 answers · asked by TwinGirlsDad 2

It is always the same when they are around. My husband is always uptight because he has to constantly correct his kids, who talk back and lie to him. Last night my husband and his 16 yr old boy got into a fight because the boy didn't want his father correcting his 14 yr old sister.
The boy calls his Dad an idiot to me. I can't stand to be around cuz they are so direspectful. They treat their mom the same but she doesn't seem to care. I have been with their Dad since they were 8 and 10, and I never thought it would be like this. I don't know what to do.

2006-09-25 05:56:23 · 14 answers · asked by Ellyn 5

My 8 yr old boy won't tidy his room. I've tried making a game of it, taking toys/computer games away and bribery. Nothing seems to work, anyone got any ideas???

2006-09-25 05:54:42 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-25 05:40:07 · 22 answers · asked by k3mpi3 1

2006-09-25 04:50:30 · 22 answers · asked by Meg ♥ 1

i got caught smoking by a teacher and they rang my dad who just gave me a proper old skool spanking im talkingover theknee bout 20 swats is that even legall

2006-09-25 04:42:01 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

my 3 year old has to leave for school in a half hour and i dont wanna send him when he hasnt eaten breakfast or lunch ive tried giving him different kinds of food and he still wont eat what should i do?

2006-09-25 04:31:00 · 27 answers · asked by Ssoroka 4

I know that oftentimes, before getting married or being involved in a relationship with someone where a child could be the outcome, you are supposed to discuss certain issues. My question is, if marriage is a possibility, do you advise discussing child rearing methods with your bf/gf, before having children together or getting married? Like methods of discipline, whether or not to breastfeed, etc? For those who already have children, if you knew then what you knew now, would you have discussed it more, and would you advise discussing it in depth before having a child with that person? Or, do you feel that these things can be discussed after entering married life? Isn't there some worry that if you discuss these issues with the person you're in a relationship with, it could possibly cause a breakup or the ending of the relationship if the views differ too much?

2006-09-25 04:01:56 · 20 answers · asked by LibraT 4

I am already 18 yet my parents still don't want me to have a girl-boy relationship. The problem is that I had disobeyed them so many times, i had a lot of boyfriends when i was still in highschool but all of them are just puppy love but now i think i am really in love with this man aged 19, both of us are still studying in college. We dated secretly and I am so afraid that somebody who knows me might see us and will report to my parents about us..! i don't want to lose this guy because in him I feel secured and tHat I really feel his Love and sincerity to me..! what is the right thing that I am going to do.!

My parents can't understand me, especially my father,no matter how hard I tried to convince them that I will still focus on my study even if I have a boyfriend.

2006-09-25 03:10:40 · 21 answers · asked by UniQueHeAvEn23 1

My five year old for some reason does not want to go to school. She wakes up in the morning and already starts with "i dont want to go to school". This is all i hear all morning long. She throws a fit to get dressed, brush her teeth, do her hair...the whole thing. Anything that has to do with getting ready for school she throws a fit about. And when I say throws a fit I mean is screaming and doing the whole i am not going to put my leg in the pants hole or put my shoes on. Then she won't eat breakfast. I tell her that she is still going to school even if she doesn't want to eat.

After 45 minutes of this, I take her to school. I have to walk her because the school is so close. So the entire way i hear "i don't want to go to school". She won't answer any questions you ask her, all she says is she don't want to go to school.

I walk her in her class room and the teacher always reassures me that alot of kids do this and it take sthem about six weeks to get used to it.

2006-09-25 03:09:54 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Suddenly my now nearly 13 month old will eat almost nothing during the day except munch of rice wafels and crackers.

2006-09-25 02:22:51 · 15 answers · asked by rakhmich 1

My daughter has been invited to a party after being at school for 2 weeks !! we havent got many boys in the family and they are older any ideas ??

2006-09-25 02:04:10 · 25 answers · asked by kitty 2

what are peoples thoughts and/or experiences of this? I'm keen to teach this to my son. What age have people found success? Have you taught from a book or joined a group?

2006-09-25 01:37:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hello.
Lately I`ve been stressed out by my little twindaughters ,age 9 months and 3 weeks.They`re not eating properly,just nibbling.I`m still brestfeeding both of them,but they are getting plenty of choice in solids as well.They used to eat almost everything what we were eating,95% is cooked from scratch(I do love cooking and so does my partner),then specially softened and blended for babygirls,so they can have.They`ve been having plenty of fruits.Everything was working for really reasonable period of time,actually from the start of feeding with solids.But what`s happening now.They are still quite active,they do all things what they are supposed to do.And I presume they`re burning quite a bit of their calories.And they should`ve been eating but instead they are just so playful.
Mums and dads,everyone who has common or known similar situation,pls give us some advice.
TNX!

2006-09-24 22:25:21 · 29 answers · asked by Agni R 2