Parenting - September 2006

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2006-09-09 12:44:58 · 5 answers · asked by mama010502 2

Most highschool kids will do some underage partying/drinking. Would you rather them do it at home under your supervision, knowing that you may be responsible for mishaps of their friends, or would you rather turn a blind eye and let them do it away from home?

It's really easy to say that your child will not be partaking in these types of activities. It is also easy to say that you will teach them what is right and wrong as the age comes. Realistically, they will still AT LEAST try whatever it is that they do when the time comes. I think it's the most scary when you have a child that you taught well that is out 'trying' whatever it is that they are trying. Anyways, just wondering if there are any out there that are open to having your home open to your child and their friends instead of them heading out to a park, alley, or someone's house where the parents are gone. I'm also open to any other reasonable alternatives.

2006-09-09 11:42:59 · 17 answers · asked by JustJake 5

2006-09-09 11:34:10 · 18 answers · asked by nemraC 6

I was wondering how many of you disciplined your children by physical punishment or other means? What I really want to is how they turned out.

I have a friend who's parents are VERY strict.They don't let her see her friends other than at school and they seem to decide everything for her. I'm not sure how they disciplined her for the first years of her life since I just met her a year ago, but she turned out to be a very respectful and responsible person.

Thing is she now resents her parents for these things and cannot wait to move away from them. One example why is that during promotion they did not let her go because she got a B in Geometry, which is already 2 levels above the regular math level. I just want to know how has discipline affected your child?

2006-09-09 11:09:25 · 6 answers · asked by Rizwan 3

I just recently decided that my mother is doing more harm to my baby than good and I don't want her to go over to her house...my daughter still asks for her and cries when I tell her she can't go. My mother says she talked to her lawyer and that because my baby cries for her it's emotional abuse.....is this true? Will I get in trouble with social services for it?

2006-09-09 11:04:04 · 30 answers · asked by Aliyah S 2

he has denied my son for the past year and now he is trying to make trouble for me.

2006-09-09 10:47:13 · 21 answers · asked by singlemom0629 1

If you did, what do you remember most about those years as a babysitter? For me I remember the fact that 99% of all the babies I babysat wore regular old-fashioned cloth diapers with safety pins and rubber pants. Glass baby bottles were still popular and always used. Baby walkers with casters were still the in thing to put your crawling baby into, as were Jolly Jumpers. Spanking was still acceptable, and outdoor clotheslines with diapers drying on them was a common everyday sight.

2006-09-09 10:46:52 · 6 answers · asked by Frugalmom 4

And decide that at the age of 4-5 or so you are going to start setting some ground rules and be tougher on them do you think it is too late and it's a lost cause?

2006-09-09 10:33:27 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

what if u r so sorry for the way u treat your kids is killing u and your so called perfect husband who thinks he does no wrong claims u r a horrible parent and a horrible person all the time, no matter what u do - is just leaving the kids with him and running away better or killing yourself??

2006-09-09 10:16:36 · 37 answers · asked by sbarne8 2

if all u do is fight and fight alot, is divorce the only way to go. counseling won't help, he blames it all on me, he thinks he is perfect!!!! help me, we have 3 kids

2006-09-09 10:12:58 · 13 answers · asked by sbarne8 2

do you think it is wrong to spank?

2006-09-09 09:52:43 · 17 answers · asked by sbarne8 2

My first child is a boy and I waited almost 8 years before I had my second child. I really hoped that I would have a girl, because I love anything pink, fuzzy, and girly, and I was thrilled that I ended up having a girl. My husband had 2 daughters and a son from his first marriage and was hoping that I would give him another son, and was in fact a little disapointed when the sonagram showed I was in fact giving him his 3rd daughter. I want to be able to do all the little girl things with my daughter, who is now 2 1/2, like play Barbies, play with dolls, have tea parties, dress up. My husband seems determined to turn her into a tomboy. He wants to take her hunting and fishing with him, and would rather dress her in camo or bluejeans than in girly clothes. He has had the chance to raise both daughters and sons, and has 2 boys now to take hunting and fishing. I want him to let me have my little girl. I have only raised a boy. How do I make him stop trying to make her be a tomboy?

2006-09-09 09:48:01 · 21 answers · asked by LittleMermaid 5

But I am just wondering if anyone has ever taken there baby before and if they think that is will be to loud or if I sould just leave her with her grandma.

2006-09-09 09:44:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

He is also so fussy. He crawls out and spit and spill a lot. I have also tried to feed him making him sit. But it is very hard to make him sit in a place or in a chair. He spits everything out.

2006-09-09 09:39:58 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have heard americans never punish the baby by beating or pinching. It is an offence there. Is this true?

2006-09-09 09:20:43 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-09 09:12:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My husband is in Iraq. oue daughter is 7 weeks old and hasn't met her daddy yet. Is it strange that I wrap my baby in one of his shirts that he left here for e. It still smells like him, and I just want her to have a little something of her dad.

2006-09-09 09:03:26 · 38 answers · asked by ariel 2

Do anyone know of a good website that show parents how to make good schedule plans for their children? I watched the television show "The Nanny" and she had parents make up a schedule for their children and things went more smoothly around the house when parents implemented the schedule and gave the children some structure.

2006-09-09 08:55:59 · 5 answers · asked by sam 7

2006-09-09 08:26:52 · 13 answers · asked by 123 2

The 17-year old is a girl too, and sex has nothing to do with it. the house is1/4 mile from mum's house in the middle of the countryside,and drugs have nothing to do with it either. It's just wanting to be independent, in a small way. AllI want to know is the legal position , but I don't think the people who answer know any more than I do. It's hard to get trhrough to citizen's advice on the phone, but obviously I'll have to persevere. There should be a category for legal questions.

2006-09-09 08:19:36 · 21 answers · asked by Sian 1

another run in with the family from before, i saw the little girl a few moments ago while i was taking out the trash. she was coming in with the "mother" & a huge bag of whitecastle burgers, we stopped in the hall and she was telling me about starting back to school and how the kids in her class are teasing her and calling her fat (she is 7, very short and looks to weight about 120lbs) the mother chimed in with "tell her, those kids are just malnutritioned and don't get enough food at home" the girl looked really hurt in the face about it & i think that's bullshit because she lets her eat all day and night, everytime i see her she's got a bag of fast food! Last halloween she came by for me to help her with her costume (princess dress) and when she put it on it busted right off her, & she was in tears! I think she knows she's heavy but the mother keeps making exscuses for it and contantly feeding her, how can I tell her she need's to do something different for the childs sake?

2006-09-09 08:19:10 · 13 answers · asked by princesstheruler 2

Anyone who has answered one of my questions before, knows that I have asked quite a few about my stepkids. I have done this because only a few of my friends and family have stepkids, and none are actually raising them, so I have been looking for life experience and advice from other stepparents. However, I have gotten alot of nasty comments, basically making me out to be a wicked stepmom, an intruder into these kids lives, and an uncaring person, none of which is true. I have only given about 25% of the entire story and have been judged very harshly on that small bit. One thing that I have heard from alot of people on here, something that none of my family or friends agree's with, is that step parents should never disapline. Where does that view come from? And if a stepparent has taken on a full time parenting role, grocery shoppings, school clothes, parent teacher meetings, etc, why should they be treated as a maid, and not truely as a parent? They are doing the duties of a parent.

2006-09-09 08:17:13 · 9 answers · asked by LittleMermaid 5

The 17-year old is a girl too, and sex has nothing to do with it. the house is1/4 mile from mum's house in the middle of the countryside,and drugs have nothing to do with it either. It's just wanting to be independent, in a small way. AllI want to know is the legal position , but I don't think the people who answer know any more than I do. It's hard to get trhrough to citizen's advice on the phone, but obviously I'll have to persevere. There should be a category for legal questions.

2006-09-09 08:10:35 · 20 answers · asked by Sian 1

i know there are preemie cases,but what causes woman to go into labor early. what can be done to prevent going into labor and the baby being born too early? what causes you yo go into labor before the due date?

2006-09-09 08:09:54 · 11 answers · asked by raymiesunshine85 1

Has anyone noticed that WIC/Medicaid employees will treat you like you are completely uneducated just because you are currently without a job? How incredibly condescending they are? And God forbid you ever have a rough enough time, however breif, that you have to depend on food stamps. Those people treat you like you are nothing. I wanted to point out to the woman that she was in a way as dependant on us as we were on her- after all, we were paying for her food too in a sense!!

2006-09-09 07:41:43 · 7 answers · asked by imjustasteph 4

I don’t know how to say this so here it goes.
I just felt like kicking my brother in the balls, me and my girlfriends do it all the time in school. So I started playfighting with him, he was letting me win, when he was on the floor facing me I stomped on his balls, he cried but I did it again and one ball slipped out of the way but the othr was kinda trapped and then I felt a pop under my foot; he passed out and turned very pale! I had no idea they could pop! I told my parents it was an accident. His heart almost stopped on the way to the hospital. They managed to save the ruptured testicle but it will not work anymore.
My Mother was so mad; she gave a big beating, and told me to stay on my room until they decide what to do with me!!! She can not beat me like that, that is abuse, and I hate her. My father do not even wants to see me. Why they don’t believe me?! I locked my door. WHAT CAN I DO TO PROTECT MYSELF?!!!! No stupid answers please.

2006-09-09 07:34:16 · 35 answers · asked by a2_sexygirl 1

My husband would like us to expose our son to different relgions. I am protestant while my husband is catholique, but he doesn't think we should stop there. My husband thinks our son should choose his own following, but we would need to expose him to different beliefs which may be contrasting. Will this totally confuse him, or will it make him more open-minded? And how do we explain why I attend one church and daddy attends another?

2006-09-09 07:24:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

which celebrity/athlete etc. right now do you think is a good person to be idolized by young children

2006-09-09 07:12:02 · 7 answers · asked by princesstheruler 2

My daughter is 12.She is sexual active and I want to ask you about some good contraceptive(pills) but only if they don't suggest going to the doctor.I don't want to get her there.She may stress.Her boyfriend and 17 and he sometimes doesn't want to use condoms,so we want to try contraceptive.Give some ideas please.

2006-09-09 06:49:54 · 22 answers · asked by Jessica V 1

i was in a huge argument with my girlfriend who has a 4 year old daughter & she basicly teaches her (by way of not discouraging it and actually promoting it ) to beg people for things, from jewelry that you're wearing to buying things at the store, you literally can't walk into their house without the little girl running up to you and asking "did you bring me something?" Then she stands there like "yeah, did you bring her something?" she makes her feel like everyone in the world owes her something and I think it's setting her up for a rough life but my friend thinks it's "cute" and that it will teach her to be a go getter what do you think

2006-09-09 06:39:40 · 23 answers · asked by princesstheruler 2