Parenting - November 2006

today i realised my 14yr old son has been stealing money from me after realising £20 was missing from my purse, after talking to him he admited to stealing money from me over the past 6 month. i am now trying to find a suitable punishment.. any advice would b grately appreciated.. ty

2006-11-21 07:58:56 · 57 answers · asked by lyndsey ww 3

not cheap crap either...something neat.

2006-11-21 07:53:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-21 07:46:26 · 3 answers · asked by ME L 1

he is 2.

2006-11-21 07:38:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

My cousin (11 years old and male) wanted to see if he could set a record. He wants to see if he could set the record of having your feet tickled for the longest time. I told him he can't, because of the fact that someone who is not ticklish could say they are and last forever having their feet tickled. He refuses to admit he is wrong, but I do give it to him, he has really ticklish feet and can last a while. I can't even touch his socked feet without him giggling. He had his sister tickle his feet (with him wrapped in a blanket with his socked feet sticking out of one end) for 5 minutes and 32 seconds and he was in complete hysterics, his eyes were watering. I just want to know if the public can tell me how long their kids, cousins, or brothers can last having their feet tickled and how ticklish they are. Just to see where my cousin is at (Even though I still think its a pointless record)

2006-11-21 06:32:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

plz awnser they always get so board!

2006-11-21 06:06:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love children, but my mom is a baby-sitter and now i want to choke them (not really but you know) There their from when i wake up till i go to sleep. I try to leave into another room but they come with me. What should i do?

2006-11-21 05:54:32 · 9 answers · asked by sherrie h 2

Yeah, how brilliant is that? Dressing your kids up like tarts and pimping them in front of an entire audience full of borderline pedophiles. Please remove yourselves from the gene pool, K?

2006-11-21 05:49:32 · 14 answers · asked by Stretchy McSlapNuts 3

My friend babysat for her neighbor one night. She kept her son while the neighbor went out for an evening with her husband. She was supposed to pick her son up at around 9:30 that night. Around 11pm, my friend decided to put the boy down to sleep and call it at night because it was pretty late for a child to be up. Next morning she wakes up, still no word from the neighbor. So she decides to call her to make sure nothing bad had happened to her or her husband. When the neighbor answered the phone she says to my friend "oh i'm sorry I forgot I had children". What kind of excuse is that?? How can someone possibly forget that they have children?? Please explain

2006-11-21 05:46:56 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

On Thanksgiving Day my husband & I will be announcing that we are adopting my 26 yr. old neices baby, the baby is due next August. She has three children now ages 11, 5, and 3. She cannot support any of these children on her own. Her mother is taking care of them for her. I am worried that the extended family will not be happy about this. I need advice on how to deal with family members who do not agree for one reason or the other. My husband and I have four children between us already ages 13, 11, 9, and 8 and we are excited to think of a new baby that we can raise together. We have no children together, the four we have are from previous marriages & we have both been fixed! We are totally equipt to raise another child. Financially, mentally, physically and emotionally. I think that the family is going to oppose on the grounds that there are two other family members that feel they are better candidates for adoptive parents.

2006-11-21 05:38:28 · 15 answers · asked by Feeling Froggy 3

my son will be 10 months old on december 3rd. I still warm his bottle and everybody thinks i am nuts for still doing that. He does not like it cold!!! How do i switch him to like cold formula as i want him to be on whole mik (cold) when he is 1 years old.

2006-11-21 05:38:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-21 05:04:40 · 25 answers · asked by Sara 1

2006-11-21 05:01:05 · 15 answers · asked by swept away 1

2006-11-21 05:00:57 · 14 answers · asked by Ikes 2

My oldest is almost 17 (also have 2 other boys 15 and 8) and from the time that I concieved, I constantly had people telling me what I should or shouldnt do, espcially my brother who has no children and has pretty much never even been around kids. I think its one thing when a parent gives you advice since they had already been through the same things but when they've had no children then put thier 2 cents in, dontcha just wanna say "Did I ask you??"

BTW, this is a general Q. I dont have a specific problem I am referring to. I guess this is more like a rant.
And my brother, I rarely even talk to anymore so....

2006-11-21 04:42:00 · 24 answers · asked by JC 7

We have two boys age 3 and 5. We went over to a couple’s house for dinner. They have two children close to the same age. Their back yard is fenced in and I did check it out and there was no apparent dangers out there. Anyway the kids ask to go out there and play. I said it was ok with me but the wife of the other couple said that someone had to be out there with them. An adult someone. So her husband and I sat out there for a while with them. Later she ask if we let our kids play outside by themselves. I said yes in our fenced in back yard for short periods of time. We check on them every 5min or so but yes. She ask if were not scared something would happen to them. At this point I just wanted to end this line of questing so I playfully said " no not really, we are still young and can have more if something happens to one of them" . Of course I was joking but she could not believe that I would ever say something like that. Was she over reacting or was it my bad taste in a joke?

2006-11-21 04:39:00 · 23 answers · asked by Brian 5

My next door has the cutest little 7 year old daughter that is a little on the chubby side. The mother calls her daughter all kinds of fat humiliating names in front of all of the neighborhood kids. The little girl get so embarassed that she starts to cry and has very low self esteem. The mother takes good care of the child and keeps her well dressed she just verbally puts her down and makes her feel terrible. The girl has a hard time making friends and always has her head down looking so sad. I tried talking to the mother and trying to point out the error of her ways but all she does is tell me to shut up and mind my own business and threatens to beat me with her personal collection of whips and chains. Is there anything that I can do? Or should I just shut up and mind my own business??

2006-11-21 04:19:28 · 24 answers · asked by flushing06 2

I wanted to know if you spank your child(ren) and if you do or do not, the reasons behind it.

I know that when you have children and the frustration gets the better of you you sometimes find yourself tugging on their arm to hurry up a little too hard or putting them on their bed or on the floor a little too roughly.

I would appreciate your opinions....

2006-11-21 04:17:46 · 18 answers · asked by ? 4

2006-11-21 04:02:48 · 13 answers · asked by jessi n 1

2006-11-21 03:58:19 · 14 answers · asked by mizzmom 1

2006-11-21 03:56:57 · 10 answers · asked by mizzmom 1

I think that their should be no difference in loving your kids. One should not be considered better over the other one. Who agrees? I know so many moms that do this and i think it is wrong.

2006-11-21 03:31:04 · 11 answers · asked by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7

As ive stated befor i am wanting to try to have a baby soon but my family i dont know how they would react so i want to talk to them but are my honey and i ready and stable finacially enough yet or what? i dont want to belive the doctors but theyre right so many times and adoption is a big option but i want to go through the beauties of giving birth for myself

2006-11-21 03:27:31 · 17 answers · asked by Marley's momma 2

2006-11-21 03:04:16 · 22 answers · asked by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6

My sons are being tormented by a neighborhood kid who will not leave them alone. He is an instigator and a troublemaker to all the kids, but he's kind of a wuss, too. Everytime the kids react to his bullying, he runs home and tells daddy, who steps in without finding out the whole story and threatens kids, parents, etc. As you can imagein, we (as well as another neighbor, who's dealt with this guy) are frustrated and angry. We've told our sons to stay away from this kid, but the kid seeks them out and talks shi*t and tries to start trouble (He lives 2 doors down and goes to the same school as my kids!). What I'm telling them to do now is just say "So?" or "What?" everytime this kid says anything to them - don't give him the benifit of seeing them get upset, you know? Anyone else ever had to deal with a situation like this? What did you do? How did you and you kids get through it?

2006-11-21 02:41:05 · 13 answers · asked by Shelley L 6

She lives with me and I have custody of her. Her mother has known about it, but did not tell me. I unexpectedly found out about it yesterday. I am devastated and my heart broken. She was not brought up this way.

2006-11-21 02:32:44 · 14 answers · asked by Lost in Maryland 4

A man in my apartment complex caused a fire that killed a 7 month old baby. The man fell asleep while smoking as he was hooked up to an oxygen machine. The mother tried to escape the burning apartment with her baby but as she ran to leave the floor collapsed and she lost the baby in all of the commotion. The baby was found the next day burned beyond recognition. This happened last year the day after Thanksgiving. I recently read in a local paper that the defense is saying that this man had the right to smoke in his apartment eventhought he was hooked to an oxygen machine. They are trying to say that he should not be responsible for what happened even though it caused one death and 22 other families to be homeless. How can someone get away with this??

2006-11-21 01:51:08 · 23 answers · asked by grapevine06 1

I'm a single father and I have no immediate people i can talk to about children and parenitng in general. Does anyone knows of a good pareniting site, chat site or penpals. I have been in a few rooms, but i cannot for the life of me find a genuine decent conversation. My other questions give an insight about me, i'm a decent loving father, just looking to chat to other parents about parenting and life in general.

2006-11-21 01:23:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't know a single parent that doesn't have issues with getting children to go to bed at bedtime. What is it about children that makes them want to stay up when they are obviously tired?

2006-11-21 01:18:51 · 20 answers · asked by taotemu 3

Every parent will understand where I am coming from. Don't you just look at your sons and daughters sometimes and just thank God that they are here and in your life because they are so great? They are beautiful, funny, clever and just make your life so full. I LOVE being a Mum. My kids are just the best things ever.

2006-11-21 01:18:44 · 33 answers · asked by lillysutt 2