Parenting - November 2006

how many people feel like the brat whisperer? I feel like kids that are out of control could so easily be put back in control.what is the problem with parents afraid of making there brats behave?

2006-11-25 19:09:19 · 5 answers · asked by sandra b 5

2006-11-25 18:59:19 · 5 answers · asked by poke 1

Especially when you do not care about those subjects?

2006-11-25 18:12:08 · 8 answers · asked by poke 1

2006-11-25 17:18:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

have you let a kid sit on the back of your anckles for a ride ? and lift him up and down while he or she holds your thigh? can you please give me steps how to do it ?

2006-11-25 17:16:58 · 3 answers · asked by stewman 2

My sons room is a dream room for any little boy, he has down blankets and 300 dollar sheets, a very expensive silk rug and ralph lauren paint on the walls in the design of a forest, plus he has a very large walk in closet...then the other we went to my husbands friends house and they have a child the same age as mine and his room was pretty basic...I felt weird and didnt want to invite them over our house because I was embarrassed that I spent to much on my kids room...has anyone else gone over board on their kids room???

2006-11-25 16:36:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

childs (like under 6) clothes???
Also are you a name brand buyer over no name brand, such as...and why?

2006-11-25 16:21:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-25 15:47:33 · 13 answers · asked by nene 3

...take their kids to grocery stores and let them eat food right out of the bakery boxes on the shelves?? Today a woman brought her child into the store where I was working, and while she was placing her order, her child removed a lid to a cake and started eating the chocolate peelings off the cake! The mother saw what her child was doing (yes, I'm positlve), but did nothing, and then she took her child and walked away, just leaving the cake picked over with the lid off on the shelf. Another time a woman was with her son, and her son was up climbing on the second shelf where the bottled water was. An employee mentioned something to his mother, who said,"Please get down," and that was it. Her son of course didn't listen, and was still climbing on the second story shelf when the employee left.
And my biggest concern of all: Why do parents drive shopping carts around with their kids standing up in them?? I was at a register where a little girl was standing in the cart. She leaned over to look at something, fell right out, hit her head on the bag rack, and landed flat on the floor. And another time I saw a woman with a little boy standing up in the child seat (you know, the area right by the cart handle where a child can sit)! He was at least four or five feet off the hard cement floor! I was so scared he was going to fall!
Please please watch your children carefully. I'm not judging anyone or criticizing, but I want to keep our food safe for customers to eat, and I want your children to be safe.

2006-11-25 15:29:11 · 16 answers · asked by Somebody 1

I heard that tap water is better to mix with formula than bottled water. Is this true?

2006-11-25 15:23:26 · 14 answers · asked by Jenna06 1

My ex hardly has anything to do with our son. I understand that he lives about 6 hours away, but he only exercises his visitation rights about every 3-5 months and most of the time he will call the Wed. night before and say "WE are coming to pick up Tyler", but then WE doesn't show, my ex-mother-n-law does. I havent actually laid eyes on my ex in about 1 1/2 to 2 yrs. My ex mother-n-law came and got my son for his birthday, and when my son came home he told me that him and his grandma stayed with family about 2 hours away from here and his dad wasn't even around at all that weekend. He hasn't seen him since July. He only calls when he is letting me know he is exercising a visitation, even though it isn't actually him exercising it. I have jumped all over him before about his lack of interest, but that probably wasn't the best approach, and I also wrote him a letter and he completely ignored it. I can't stop his mom from coming, because our divorce papers say he can send any adult.

2006-11-25 15:14:50 · 16 answers · asked by LittleMermaid 5

It seems the nicer I am to the son, age 12 the ruder he is to me. He also has horrible manners. He farts as he walks by you, burps deliberately and does not excuse himself, goes to the bathroom with the door open, and it makes me sick to watch him eat, I dont even want to get into that. lets just say I have seem animals with better manners. He has behavioral and learning problems. His mom is at the end of her rope, and has pretty much given up and lets him do what he wants.I simply cannot move him in here, even if it means my boyfriend will move out. Sometimes I feel like I am losing my mind, about a week ago I drew a caricature type picture of him with his favorite rude saying underneath, and then tore it up a few minutes later. Childish, yes I know, but I had to vent somehow, and that is better than blowing up at the kid, which I have done a few times in the past 2 yrs, for either lying or because I was sick of his backtalk. I still dread his visits even though things have improved

2006-11-25 15:12:08 · 8 answers · asked by eastcoastdebra 3

Essentially my parents have a daugher and son. I'm the son. When I got married my mom didn't particularlly care for my wife at all and it shows. However, my sister has a bf. My mom is very happy for her and likes my sister's bf. They recently had gotten engaged and my mom goes out of her way to be nice (prepares dinners, gives large sums of money to him etc....) Is it common that a mother will get more along or agree with a son-in-law rather then the daugher-in-law.....

2006-11-25 14:48:05 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Even in the situation when the one they prefer is out of control, wants to live with their parents forever, did poor in H.S. to the point where she almost dropped out, has gotten multiple speeding tickets, caused property damage and expects their parents to pay for everything. The other (me) on the other hand has graduated with a 4-year degree landed a great job and has a wife and kid. Also is it common for mothers to always protect their daughters regardless of the situation.

2006-11-25 14:29:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

dude my cousin is OBSESSED with these two! personally i think both suck but i prefer for her to play with barbie because at least theres barbie teachers,vets,and stuff like that..but bratz is all about being rebelious dressing like sl*ts and going on dates. and bratz are way more anorexic..omg i cant stand those dumb dolls!

2006-11-25 14:28:14 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-25 14:02:22 · 13 answers · asked by Jenn 3

how old should my son be before he starts to have sex?

2006-11-25 13:50:07 · 15 answers · asked by shane w 1

Well I'm a kid and my uncle hit me and my brothers but my mom (when I thought she was looking away) called the cops and now the person is in jail.

My question to you is, what would you do if your uncle or one of your brothers/sibblings was abusing your children?

2006-11-25 13:28:26 · 17 answers · asked by I think... 6

As a parent, what discipline approach would you take if this happened to you?

2006-11-25 13:12:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

My teenage son admitted (after a friend's mom told me) that he had tried ecstasy. I am devastated! We've always had a good relationship and he's never given me any reason to not trust him. I thought he was a good kid. I grounded him for 2 weeks, talked at length to him about the dangers of drugs, but I'm not sure if this is enough. He says it'll never happen again...that it was stupid. Do I just hope & pray he makes better decisions or do I lock him in his bedroom until he's 18.

2006-11-25 13:12:04 · 19 answers · asked by bsouth 1

I asked a question about parents being a successful. I got a lot of great answers. I wonder what other's believe "failure" is in parenting.

We all know the obvious--not loving, not caring, not financially providing, and/or abusive but what do you feel (other then the above) that classifies a parent as a failure?

2006-11-25 12:19:06 · 29 answers · asked by .vato. 6

The other morning I was home from school and thought no one was home, I was in the basement watching tv and was watching one of my moms exercise videos and was just wearing only my tee shirt and ... well when i looked up my mom was standing on the stairs watching me, I have no idea how long she had been there, I hurried and covered up and went to my room and she says she wants to talk, I am really afraid to talk to her , I have lived alone with my mom for ten years since my dad left, what should we say to each other? She works at a bar and is allways coming home real late so I have not really seen her , what will she say!

2006-11-25 12:15:19 · 11 answers · asked by paul t 1

Just want to know what people think it takes and why..

2006-11-25 12:13:12 · 9 answers · asked by Jackson 4

boys

2006-11-25 12:00:04 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous

i think they should start like at 1and 1\2 years or when they are 2..when do you think children should start going to daycare?

2006-11-25 11:44:06 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

If someone is found guilty of molesting their children 15-20 years ago but has been found to not do it anymore would you trust your child around them?

*My ex feels it's alright, as well as a lawyer and a judge. I kept my ex from taking my son (I did not stop visits) because he had moved back in with his mother who had molested him as a child. The judge found me in contempt of court because I should have know my ex's mother doesn't molest kids anymore.

2006-11-25 11:33:26 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-25 10:58:20 · 13 answers · asked by koifox_104 2

I'm a junior in high school & babysit for a group of 4 couples every school week. There are 7 kids, two per family except one, & I watch them for 2 hectic, I-want-to-kill-myself hours. Anyway, regularly I get paid $5 an hour for each separate family. So for the very 1st couple of weeks, they were each paying me about $10 for the two hours, & I made like $35 each night & I was like, okay, this is good I can keep doing this. But then I started getting $20 for the nights rather than the $35, and I realized they started paying me only about 5 each. And then the last couple of weeks, one of the couples stopped paying me completely & I'm down to about $15 for 2 hours for 7 kids. I don't want to say anything to that couple though. These people are always changing the schedule without letting me know & sometimes calling me the day-of their meetings, expecting me to show. It's not like I don't have homework; I take AP classes & I get really stressed sometimes. Is this fair what they're doing?

2006-11-25 10:46:11 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

any tips? lol there's a 5 year old, 7 year old, 11 year old and 13 year old...
What to do for entertainment?

2006-11-25 10:35:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My stepdaughter lives with us one year and with her Mother the next. She switches schools every year. Right now she is in Germany with her mother. And next year she is suppose to come back to North carolina with me and her Father, then go to school here for a year...then move back the next year. It's really starting to get to my husband, her father. What would you do? Is it okay to keep it going this way. We've been doing this for 3 years now. Is this fair to her. OR is this way best? Please give me your honest opinion. Thanks to all

2006-11-25 10:16:47 · 13 answers · asked by Jess 3