Parenting - November 2006

I believe that the best family is one where one man and one woman marry each other and then begin to raise children. That is, they wait until marriage before procreating.

I believe that this, the traditional family, is best for teaching children the lessons of life, including good morals.

Families with two dads or two moms or one dad and several moms, or any combination OTHER than one mom and one dad, do not do as good a job at raising children.

The only exception I sympathize with is where one parent dies and leaves the other to raise the kids alone.

2006-11-04 09:03:30 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-04 08:52:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

will they just learn from tummy time? or are you suppose to help them?

2006-11-04 08:21:51 · 13 answers · asked by tiffiany_ever 3

Or there kids are?

2006-11-04 08:20:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will someone please tell me what is benefitted from spanking? What does it teach a child? Is there a lesson to be learned? Why do people/parents do it? Are there any benefits to this form of discipline? Personal experience, your parenting techniques, or educated guesses are welcomed!

2006-11-04 07:59:13 · 8 answers · asked by Feeling Froggy 3

I'm a single mother of a 5 yr old girl. I haven't been with her father since I was preggo, and he hasn't played an active role in her entire life. He only sees her once every 3 months. He doesn't pay his support, he doesn't buy any necessities for her, ( clothing, school fees/supplies, etc.) And he never has. But every now and then, when he decides to step into his daughter's life again, he will bring up taking me to court for custody. I have tried to avoid it cuz I was told that I would end up with joint custody and I feel that's not in my girl's best interests. When he wants to be, he can be VERY controlling and has already told me that when he has his visits, he is to have them and she can't do her planned activities, ( sleepovers, dance lessons, etc.) And countless more demands. I would like to have sole custody and give him visitation rights. Do I have grounds for this? Why should he have joint custody when he has never played an active role in her life??

2006-11-04 07:33:51 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would and *** whooping solve this when their children r really bad?

2006-11-04 06:55:36 · 15 answers · asked by Nicholais S 6

it wasn't a bad question, it had to do with adoption and how a person could find their birth parents after 30 some odd years. what's wrong with that question? they don't have the right place to put this question so i used what they had. parenting

2006-11-04 06:45:02 · 8 answers · asked by smart_mom60 2

My 11yr old daughter (12 in November) is asking me whether she's allowed to set up a car washing business but i'm a bit unsure about it am i being over protective ????

2006-11-04 06:37:53 · 11 answers · asked by Samia ' ♥ 3

Last night, I caught my daughter using my panties to wash our dog!! She also said that she used different ones to clean her shoes. I looked in my drawer, and they were wet and dirty. How should I punish her? She's thirteen, and I already took away her cell phone, computer, television, and have grounded her for six months.

2006-11-04 06:36:49 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 34 years old and my daughter is 15. I consider us to have a fabulous relationship as does she. She can and does ask me anything which at her age I consider to be invaluable. She says I am her best friend although of course she has many friends her own age. My partner says it is wrong to be friends with her and that I should just be her mother, yet I cherish the openess and relationship we have. What do you think, is it wrong?

2006-11-04 05:39:35 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

im in highschool. and people act like im retarded.cause im a quiet kid and doesnt talk much.

2006-11-04 05:31:13 · 10 answers · asked by Lazer 2

Iv a friend who is the father of a 15 month baby. He is 18 and at uni. The mother of his child (his ex girlfriend) is taking the baby to live in england. He was supportive during the pregnancy and is in regular contact with his daughter every week and pays maintenance. He loves his child and doenst want to lose her. The mother wont reconsider moving to england. He wants to see her regularly and have joint custody of the child of not full custody. What should he do?

2006-11-04 05:26:32 · 25 answers · asked by Princess Peach 3

I had my son 16 months ago and I am breastfeeding. I know that it is normal to loose your sex drive after having a baby and while breastfeeding. For a while I was completely not interested. Lately I think about and dream about sex all the time. However, when my husband lets me know that he is interested in having sex I still can not get into it at all physically or mentally.
Is that normal?
What do you think that is about?

2006-11-04 04:42:07 · 6 answers · asked by CaTT 3

I'm not a mum yet but would love to have children in the future. It worries me that so many kids nowadays want too many material things (even those who don't get everything they want). My husband and I would like our children to have a privaleged upbringing but I would hate for them to not appreciate how hard we work to give them nice things. Any tips on getting the balance right?

2006-11-04 04:39:26 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-04 03:58:18 · 5 answers · asked by Girl 1

I live in Northwest Oklahoma. I have a 2 1/2 year old son, who has a lot of toys....Well, more toys than his room will hold, and with a new baby on the way, I want to clear out some of them, They are toys for 6 months-- 2 years...Any ideas on where to donate them....We really don't have any place in town other than the goodwill, and I don't want to take them there.....I want to give them to someone who really needs them and can't afford them....Especially with Christmas on the way....Thank you!!

2006-11-04 03:15:25 · 20 answers · asked by Mommy of 2 5

I've a 3 year old son. I love him to death but he drives me crazy. He never listens to anything I say to him. When I say I'm going to put him in time-out he laughs, and says I don't care, and if I say I'm going to spank him, he says," so just spank me". He's way out of control, and I don't know what else to do. I also have a 17 month old son, and the 3 year old is always hurting him "sometimes very badly" and all he does is just laugh at his brother's crying and screaming. He gets pleasure from hurting him. I don't know what to do anymore, I've even tried not giving him candy, or throwing his toys away when he throws them at people, but yet he still keeps up this rediculous behavoir. What should I do???

2006-11-04 02:58:31 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

we both know that he is the father of my child but he keep on denying coz he is protecting his job and his family. if proven through dna, what percentage will my child get? does it vary on the childs age? i mean the older the child the bigger amount he can get?

2006-11-04 02:54:20 · 2 answers · asked by kehn leneil 1

2006-11-04 02:36:30 · 13 answers · asked by donielle 7

I posted another question like this a minute ago, but I didn't really say what I am having a big problem with. My youngest stepdaughter seems very confused by the whole REAL DAD/STEPDAD thing. She calls her stepfather who she lives with DAD and calls my husband her stepdad. Numerous family members have heard her say this. They have tried to explain the difference to her, but either she is not understanding or the mom and stepdad are telling her different. My 10 yr old son has tried to tell her in kids terms what he difference is, but she just said to him "Well he (stepdad) was there when I was born, so he is my dad" (MY husband and his ex split up when she was still pregnant and she didn't call him when she went into labor or gave birth, instead allowing her new man the stepdad to be in the delivery room. He has no children of his own, and seems to think of this child as his) My husband has tried to explain it to her, but she still hasn't stopped calling him my his name.

2006-11-04 02:34:34 · 19 answers · asked by LittleMermaid 5

Okay, this is our last question about this issue.

What is the best name (from the list below) that would be a nice name for an ONLINE store that sells clothes for GIRLS ONLY from size 0-7?

We are trying to get the point across with the name of the store. Which, is that we only sell clothes for little girls.

Here are the names we can use:

littleladibug

lilladibug

babiesandlittleladies

littleladiesandbabies

suchalittlelady

cutelittlelady

2006-11-04 02:31:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

the father doesnt have a name nor signature on my childs birth certificate. i want to ask for financial rights of my child. but the father is keep on denying our child coz he has a family of his own now and want to protect his job. he has a position in our school. he is a dean.

2006-11-04 02:29:42 · 18 answers · asked by kehn leneil 1

that kids(boys and girls) should be taught at an earlier age how to cook,repair elecrical appliances,fix broken things rather than just throwing them out,etc.etc.

2006-11-04 02:23:10 · 6 answers · asked by stefan 3

i now wear a place is where she turns 13 but she cannot wait!!!

2006-11-04 02:13:16 · 16 answers · asked by shanny_shorty 1

My husbands 3 kids live with their mother and step-father. The mom was cheating on my husband with the step-day while she was still pregnant with my youngest step-daughter, so this man has been in these kids lives for a long time. He acts as if these are his kids. He seems to be a very domineering man and looks like he makes all the rules in their house. The mom has interfiered in my husbands visitation for as long as I have been married to him. If they have some other plans, she tells my husband that he can't see the kids. As much as she has done this the kids, except for my stepson, are not very close to my husband. The girls in fact, call their stepdad "DAD" and my husband by his name. I have kept from saying anything to their mom and stepdad, but I think my husband needs too. The stepdad is all of a sudden really religious and wont let the girls where pants. Big change from a guy who was found to be abusing them about 6 years ago. Should my hubby talk to the mom or the kids?

2006-11-04 01:59:28 · 6 answers · asked by LittleMermaid 5

My son will not take a sipppy cup, he is only 8 monhts old but everyone acts as if he should already be using one. That brings me to my second problem, he acts as if he hates juice (any juice).I put juice in his bottles, he drinks a little and starts coughing like crazy. Please any suggestions on how to get him to use a sippy cup and take juice. Thanks

2006-11-04 01:18:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My husband and I are helping out my parents. So we are living here at the moment. I have a 19 year old younger sister. On halloween my mother and I took my 3 yr old out trick or treating and she got a TON of candy. When everyone else was asleep, my younger sister had her friends raid my daughter's halloween candy.

WHen I woke up in the morning, I saw she had literally 5 pieces of candy left and went ballistic. This is NOT the first time she has stolen from other family memebers, but it IS the first time she's taken anything from her neice. Any ideas on HOW I should teach her a lesson? I don't want to fight fire with fire, but this, in my opinion, is one of the lowest things you can do. Stealing candy from a kid.

2006-11-04 00:19:54 · 18 answers · asked by Mom of 2 2

my son is going to clebrate his 1st bday next month, so i wanna have it in a theme.. please any of u have any ideas of the latest cartoon charcters jus to match a 1 year old. thanx

2006-11-03 23:07:08 · 11 answers · asked by sunflower 3

2006-11-03 22:44:36 · 12 answers · asked by RAJESH B 1