Parenting - September 2006

2006-09-20 05:17:33 · 10 answers · asked by Amit K 1

I just shake my head at times, she's growing up so fast & it seems like I'm in denial.
We openly talk & I explain to her that when she's old & grey she'll still be my baby.

At what point did you stop seeing them as kids (if you ever did)?

2006-09-20 05:06:40 · 15 answers · asked by Ivyvine 6

about 6 months ago my mom found a preg. test when she went snooping through my room! ever since shes just assumed that im sleeping with every guy that i either date or am friends with! i know that because of what she found its hard to trust me but there is a point where u go to far! in the past week ive had 1 shower where she didnt come in the bathroom and stay in there most of the time! yesturday she actually looked in the shower then she had to come in the bathroom to tell me she was leaving after i got out why couldnt she just tell me through the door! shes got to where she has to know every step i take everytime i leave the house its where r u goin and then 20 min after i leave what r u doin! the first time my bf came to the house the power was out so we went out and sat on the front porch she opened the windows! 5 min later she was out there! its gotten to the point i dont want to be at home anymore im 18 but i cant move out due to finacial problems so how do i deal with it

2006-09-20 04:59:04 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am interested in hearing from parents who have done either open or closed adoptions. At what age did you first start to discuss it with your children? What were their responses?

2006-09-20 04:45:19 · 4 answers · asked by surlygurl 6

I bought Hayln some shea butter huggies wipes. And all the sudden her butt started turning red. I didnt think to much about it and took her over her grandmas with the wipes and left her for a couple hours when i came back her but was welped up and she had a rash on her face(I wiped her face off with one earlier) So shes like severly allergic to the wipes. Now the problem is ive been fighting it for days and ive tried desitin ive tried balmex and it wont go away. Her butt is so red that she screams to have it touched like severly screams and its welped up off of her skin. I tried to get her a doctors appointment today but there booked till tomorrow. Any ideas to help? I feel so bad for her. as an added note shes 6 weeks old if that changes anything

2006-09-20 04:40:44 · 21 answers · asked by Theresa P 1

I dont have any children of my own but my boyfriend has a 10 year old boy who is an angel when he is with us but as soon as he goes back to his mother or in school he mis behaves alot. we tryed everything, we took away everything that he likes to do, all his toys, and my boyfried even spanked him and still nothing seems to be working. We dont knoiw what else to do because it doesnt seems to hurt him that fact that he cannot do anything fun when he is punished. My boyfried is a really good dad to him, he spends a lot of time with him. Please help

2006-09-20 04:36:58 · 7 answers · asked by Angel Eyes 1

She's only 42, she thinks Grandma sounds too old and Nanna sounds too common, any ideas?

2006-09-20 04:15:44 · 51 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been a little busy on the site but if anyone takes the time you may just see I have a consistant view on 'wrong doing' and I just wish those who perpetuate violence in the world could give the rest of us peace and go get together in some far off place and beat the living daylights out of each other and - hopefully come back better people yeah naive I know but don't stop you wanting something better

2006-09-20 04:02:20 · 19 answers · asked by william john l 3

is it right to smack your child as an act of disciplin? what are your views?

2006-09-20 04:01:15 · 22 answers · asked by spens dad! 2

2006-09-20 03:59:22 · 15 answers · asked by D.D. 2

What can you do to make your child smarter? I read books and we watch the baby einsteins together. He's 8 months. Any other suggestions?

2006-09-20 03:43:56 · 13 answers · asked by ☼Earthbound Misfit☼ 4

Posted quite a bit so may be at the limit of my questions but I just cannot believe the points of view on violence to children 'smacking' and the violence in the world and so few see the linkage but was heartened a few souls did

2006-09-20 03:42:44 · 4 answers · asked by william john l 3

Smacking children to condition their behaviour when very young is a practise that dates back to egyptian times at least, and probably much earlier since apes are known to discipline their children with the odd cuff now and then. This is a behaviour that has obviously worked for thousands of years, since humans have flourished, developed agriculture, language, civilisation etc. It might be considered a 'natural' form of behaviour. No-one invented it, it just evolved to fit a need.

I am not aware that any unbiased scientific study has ever been performed with appropriate controls to quantitatively measure the effects of smacking as a form of discipline compared with the no-smacking approach. Whereas genetic engineering is based on years of hard scientific research.

Yet the very same people who are most vocal about the harm that smacking causes are often the same people that say you shouldn't mess with plant genetics to create GM foods. Why then is it OK to mess with society?

2006-09-20 03:18:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-20 03:12:57 · 16 answers · asked by Akshay 1

Seen some answers to my own questions that are just beyond my ideas of why the world is, as is, and suppose we are just in for more of the same of broken bodies and grief - service men and women on the line as I write this all around the world and if you had ever seen up close and personal what damage can be done to the body, I would like to think nobody would want to be in anyway violent but especially to children. That is when we learn to lash out and George W Bush must have had an 'interesting' childhood - jeez like father like son - both fighting wars everywhere when they were able to.

2006-09-20 03:00:10 · 8 answers · asked by william john l 3

my 13 years old son came to me, told me bout his needs and asked me to buy those kind of pocket p-ussy for him!? im not saying bout the money.. but should I buy it for him?

2006-09-20 02:26:01 · 16 answers · asked by puzzledfather 1

Used to work with people with all kinds of problems and - quite rightly - I would have been prosecuted if I had ever harmed them in anyway because they were in my care as are the children of all the parents in the world. What does it teach a child - If you are big enough and strong enough your will can prevail, but is that love? Think it through people, if you lash out only thing that can result is harm and damage and has anyone ever put out a fire by throwing more fuel on it?

2006-09-20 02:05:02 · 22 answers · asked by william john l 3

I have a step daughter who turned 18 in June. She is living with her mother and now has decided she doesn't want to visit. She isn't working. She is living there rent free and mom pays her car payment and car insurance. She was suppose to start college this fall term but now thinks she might wait to the winter term . Mom will be paying for tution too. My husband is frustrated with this situation and we both think Mom paying all her bills is not helping her. What do you think?

2006-09-20 01:53:47 · 10 answers · asked by mumpupp 1

I had my daughter when i was 18 ( i'm now 25) and i always felt there was a stigma attached. I have worked since my daughter was small and always paid my own way. my daughter is very bright and well behaved. why is it that people think that all teen mothers are living on benefits with screaming brats that run wild and why are teen mums portrayed in such a bad light by the media? I am not in anyway condoning teens having babies before anyone says it but even now people raise their eyebrows at me when i say i had a kid at 18... why?

2006-09-20 01:32:49 · 63 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's in all the papers today...I personally (depending on the child in question) don't think the ODD smack leg does any harm..to use it often or as a way of venting your own anger isn't a good thing...Some children need a good sharp smack to bring them into line, With the attitude of kids today, it should be used more, and in the schools too!

2006-09-20 01:19:49 · 28 answers · asked by Rosie 2

Is it right or wrong?

I personally was smacked as a child and it didn't do me any harm and it certainly made me behave.

2006-09-20 01:09:09 · 39 answers · asked by ? 6

ok I will make this as short as possible. My ex fiance has not seen his daughter in 5 months. mInd you that he has rights to her every weekend. I set it up that way.Here is the problem I found a note on my door yeasterday when I got home from work from his g/f whom he cheated on me with asking if she could buy my daughter a christmas gift..The problem is that they have not been around for 5 months and just popped in to buy her love. I went through this when we were together. He has an older child and I pushed him into getting her and having contact with her and I stopped pushing so he got her at christmas and her birthday ..which ok she is 8 and remembers who he is .my daughter is 2 and does not know who he is because he simply walked out of her life....should I let them buy the gift and let them in when? I do not know what to do I am still not over him but I am trying to do what is best for the baby.He has missed alot in the past 5 months.. please help? GOING OUT OF MY MIND

2006-09-20 00:46:04 · 18 answers · asked by thunder_rainclouds 3

I'm a single mom of a 12 yr old daughter and we both have seen each other naked. In fact we have a one bedroom apartment so we often have to change in the same room or for example ill be in the shower and she'll be brushing her teeth. Honestly I don't see anything wrong with it. My mom and I have even see each other naked.

Shes in her late 50's and Im in my 30s and its really no big deal. We often go to the pool together and when we change in the locker room we see each other naked. We don't turn our faces around or anything, but we don't mind even though we can literally see everything.

So why do people especially in the US think its so wierd?

2006-09-20 00:27:40 · 15 answers · asked by fsernisi 1

I beleive that if you wrap your children in cotton wool and never let them make mistakes that it can be damaging to there self esteem in the future and can lead to them not being able to face problems with courage. just the right amount of love would suffice. does anyone share my opinion?

2006-09-20 00:26:50 · 20 answers · asked by anonymousjo 2

just wondered what people's views are on 'smacking' there children? do you think its wrong that parents are allowed to smack? do you think its just cruel and should it be made illegal? or would you say its fair to smack a child for misbehaving etc as punishment? who on here can admit to smacking there children? i haven't got children myself, but i know that i would never hit my children when my time comes to become a parent... but as a child, my mum and dad use to smack me if i misbehaved.. whats peoples views?

2006-09-20 00:05:29 · 40 answers · asked by Littleme 2

i want to adopt a baby boy from india because we dont have boy.where should i go to find.

2006-09-20 00:01:41 · 9 answers · asked by himsagar 1

I asked this before and got only one answer, I will try to ask this in a bit different way:
From what I read here about the wide acceptance of corporal punishment of kids here I get the impression that many people here see obediance to parents as their main goal no matter at what cost, esp. as there were also people who wrote the main reason to spank a child would be the word "no" from the mouth of the child. Now what I want to know is if this is really such a widespread thinking in America and how far do people believe in other, positive goals of parenting and education like the happiness of their children, their ability to critical thinking and their ability to solve problems without force.

2006-09-19 23:51:34 · 9 answers · asked by Elly 5

I am in favour of parents being allowed to displine their own children, Beating them is wrong but a smack on the leg or bum i am in favour of being a parent my self. When i was a child if i was seen doing something wrong by an adult in the street they would go to my homae and tell my parents and they would take the approite steps with their punshiment, Now a days you cant do tat cos its mor liklythe parents will end up smaking the adult, times have changed mostley for the better, but in cases like this for the worse.

2006-09-19 23:47:55 · 17 answers · asked by X2 epsilon 2

Who thinks thats parents/carers should be to blame for small kids rotten teeth . I know 2 kids both under 8 who had to have all teeth removed as they were all rotten . Who`s to blame ? It angers me to see children with bad teeth .... I mean small kids maybe 8 & under , the dentist reckons kids 8+ are able to clean their own teeth satisfactoraly . Don`t get me wrong even my kids have a filling but i mean really bad teeth and small kids need someone to keep them right and even help with brushing .I know this will opena can of worms as someone will mention may mention junk food etc but no matter what u eat as long as the teeth are brushed properly 2-3 times daily they should remain strong healthy teeth .

2006-09-19 23:30:02 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-19 23:24:33 · 10 answers · asked by prettycoolchick38 4