Parenting - December 2006

I have no children as of yet but I plan on having a family in another few years or so. I don't want to be a working mom, I know that I want to be a stay-at-home mom and see my kids grow every step of the way. Can you tell me how you like being a full-time mother? And do you ever get time to yourself? Maybe when the kids are asleep?

2006-12-24 02:00:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

In November I found out I was pregnant, then I thought I miscarried, but later found out I was still pregnant but it was ectopic and I had to have a hormone injection to clean out the leftover tissue from my ovaries. I took my son to the doctors with me last week and he started saying that I was pregnant too, and i was going to have a baby, I didn't want to tell him, i thought he forgot, but when I told him I wasn't pregnant he asked what did I do with the baby. He is only four, but he is so very smart. I know he wants a brother or sister, and we have been trying for so long, and we were so excited when I found out I was pregnant, but we just been living day to day since I lost the baby. We didn't think about how he would take it. Now I need to explain further to him and I don't know what to say. Its not the first time I have had an ectopic, I had a bad time before he was born.

2006-12-24 00:23:28 · 9 answers · asked by mommyramey 2

I have a 11 yr old daughter who plays football. She plays center and nose guard. She has progressed to be one of the better players on the team. She also is captain as well. Now here lies the problem. Many of her teammates have issues with her playing. The feel that it is cool teasins and berating her. she also attends school with these "savages" and they torment her on the bus. Okay, it may be simple to report them, but how do I handle the parents? Not to add a racial dimension; but I live in a predominately African american neighborhood and the kids Im speaking of have really "ghetto" parents. My wife and I have abandoned the so-called hood rules and believe in using diplomacy to solve conflict. But it is extemely hard to maintain bearing when the parent completely ignore the issue. It is also hard to coach these kids(assistant) when I know they are tormenting my kid.

2006-12-24 00:01:19 · 6 answers · asked by Furious Styles 2

Short version... His friend who he likes to play online games with (WOW if you know of it) Has 7 year old and a 3 yr old and a 1yr old. He tells my husband the other day that he has his 7yr old on an Eight hour cleaning shift. Because She decided to go for a walk with the 3yr old and they were picked up by the police. While he was playing the online game the mom called the father who was watching the children and asked where they were he said that they were out side playing ,and she sd No! they are at the police station you need to go get them. He punishes the children for this! I think he is a shitty parent and he should be punished for not watching them better. My husband agrees with him and thinks that the child knew better and did it anyway and that the punishment is fitting. What do you think?

2006-12-23 20:58:32 · 19 answers · asked by AMDmoma 1

2006-12-23 20:05:08 · 13 answers · asked by ? 4

I went to dinner with a friend who has no children. I got really upset with my kids cuz they were crawling all over the place. She tried to butt in and give unwanted advice about how to control them. She knows cuz she saw super nanny and her aunt has 3 wonderful boys. So now she is implying that i'm not a good mother. I told her that I'm tire of people who have no kids telling mothers how to raise theirs. I guess she got offended. Bottom line: friendship is over...my annoyance with my kids reminded her of her own mother which raised her concern. What do you think?

2006-12-23 18:24:15 · 13 answers · asked by Ana 4

Daughter is studying in 8th Std & Son is 4th Std

2006-12-23 18:05:03 · 6 answers · asked by sudhir k 1

okay here the story I took my 9 yr old to the ER (the dr office closed 4 hoildays due to a red pussy eye and other symptom and they dx her with pink eye and gave her eye drops.....but everyone keeps telling me there seems to be more to it cuz she is also running a high fever(100.1-102 with rotating tylenol and mortin every 2 hr), sore throat and vomiting just plain out miseralble cant get much to stay down a little ginger ale and meds and but thats it and am lucky if that stays So to some it up I guess my question is Is it normal to have all those other symptoms with pink eye or do I have more to worry about

2006-12-23 18:04:32 · 9 answers · asked by Tonipearl 2

2006-12-23 17:57:19 · 10 answers · asked by shallah 1

For an eighteen year old girl who is a high school senior? She had been without a curfew about two years in the home she was in.

2006-12-23 17:38:59 · 19 answers · asked by Cara Beth 6

I have a neighbor whose kids are almost always dressed up in dress clothes even in the summer. The boy’s normal attire is a dress button up shirt (sometimes with a tie), dress pants, dress shoes and socks. On the little girl it is always a nice dress and dress shoes. I do not think them dressing up is a bad thing, but I do not see the reason everyday. It not like they are outside playing in the mud like this, but I see them in and out of the house on any given day. Has anyone ever seen this or do this with their children.

2006-12-23 17:37:35 · 11 answers · asked by tomcat123 1

What do you have to do in the Pennsylvania to become a foster parent? What are the requirements and such ? Any websites or anything would be helpful.

2006-12-23 17:14:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-23 17:13:23 · 10 answers · asked by ozkansr 1

There is a friend well not really friend anymore that has been making it her mission to try to be equal or better than me in parenting. (I mean seriously this is so immature) I had my son about a week after she found out she was pregnant and that is when the trouble started, everything during her pregnancy was over played badly. I had a c-section so she was determined to have one as well so when she went into labor she refused to push so she had to have a c-section. Once the baby was born she asked if she could have my son's crib (BTW he was only 9 months old when her son was born) and she wanted his old clothes I told her no I was still using the crib and I didn't want to lend out his clothes i wanted to keep them. She got pissed and started spreading nasty rumors about my husband ( who lent them money when they were short) and me and saying just horrible things. Now it seems like she has to be two steps ahead of me in everything. I went out and bought my son all new stuff

2006-12-23 16:41:34 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-23 16:31:56 · 8 answers · asked by ozkansr 1

2006-12-23 16:15:47 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can feed him and he will eat two plates full. He is really skinny, and still says he is hungry thirty minutes later. He is a very active child.

2006-12-23 16:12:20 · 22 answers · asked by Julie M 1

I am amazed at the number of people who assume I am selfish because I have chosen not to have children. The facts are that not having kids gives me the freedom to give back to my community in ways that many of my peers with kids couldn't even think of because they are so consumed with their children. My wife and I thought long and hard about having children for over 10 years and we decided it just wasn't something we really wanted to do. When she decided to have her tubes tied (she is 40 and I am 41) there were some that claimed we were being "selfish". Can't figure that one out. There is a price for everything - having kids and not having kids. When we are old there will only be my wife and I - and that's a tough choice we had to make. So, I am curious why the "stigma" of not having children?

2006-12-23 16:11:55 · 20 answers · asked by nj55145 2

do u think my mom is still sad about my little sister,becca, dying when she was born. she was born 11 yrs ago, when she was born she wasn't breathing. of course i didn't even kno until my mom told me about her when i was about 8. do think my mom is still sad to this day about that. the reason i thought of this question is because i was thinking about wanting a sister but then i said i have one shes just not wit us. could my mom still be sad about this?

2006-12-23 16:06:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

He probably won't finsh high school. Can't get his priorities straight. He just thinks of short term rewards ....

2006-12-23 16:05:36 · 11 answers · asked by burlingtony 2

If so, did/do you like it? Why or why not? Thanks!

2006-12-23 15:57:31 · 23 answers · asked by GeoL 2

Why are there some many young girls from ages 12- 18 asking help im pregnant??? I mean, dont parents teach them about this kind of stuff???

2006-12-23 15:56:26 · 15 answers · asked by Fredo 1

I never had one and there was no way my mom could afford to send me to college.
Everyone keeps telling me "oh I got 7000 saved so far for jaydens college fund"...I dont have one for my child and I dont plan on it.
Why should anyone get to go to college for free?
Isn't that why college students have jobs?
Thats just as bad a giving them a lexus on grad day!
Build character, not demanding adults!

2006-12-23 15:53:07 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a young son and am at a crossroads on what to do. I was raised in poverty in an emotionally abusing household and don't want the same thing for my son. I am a single parent who has the opportunity to work alot of hours and earn good money, or I can work limited hours but have more time with my son. What do you remember most about your childhood and how important was it for you? I know that either way I will come out the bad guy because if I work then he can say that I was never there for him or his activities, but if I work less hours and am there for all his stuff then I was a bad parent because we never had anything. I am very mixed because I want to give him what he wants and yet I want to provide a "people are more important than money" attitude. Any ideas? My career options are to work a normal 8 hour day ( with flexability for activities) for 30,000 a year or have a law career with a starting pay of 63,000 a year. I have job offers for both.

2006-12-23 15:30:59 · 10 answers · asked by operaphantom2003 4

my fiance has a step son almost 1 year.. i have no problem with taking care of him and all, he was adpoted btw.. i love my fiance and his step son. my problem is, i know how much my fiance loves his son, he is the world to him. I have problems with accepting his son, sure hes cute and i can take care of him and watch him grow up. Theres something in me thinking, i dont even know his child, and i love him cause of my fiance, not because hes going to be my son also. my fiance adpoted him before i knew him.

Did anyone go through something like that, how do i over come it?

2006-12-23 15:25:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love my kids more than anything but man can they tear some stuff up! It is really starting to bother me. We can not buy anything nice! We just found holes in the back of our leather chairs. Is this just kids or are mine out of control? Please only real parents, no "hypothetical parents". Thanks

2006-12-23 15:11:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-23 14:03:01 · 32 answers · asked by Dellajoy 6

I have a 19 year year old son that is recently very into Death Metal. I have looked at lyrics of some of his favorite bands. I see a lot of references to satan, killing and mutilation. The references to woman in particular worry me. What are the opinions on this? Is this something I should be worried about? He still comes home on time, goes to work and attends college, those are the pluses. The negatives are the new choice in friends. I am worried and confused any advice would be appreciated!

2006-12-23 13:02:06 · 12 answers · asked by coach 2

I am the mother of four, two eldest from a previous marraige, and two youngest with my current husband, My almost two year old, is driving my husband crazy, and I can't seem to help. My husband had never been around children, and when I offer advice, he gets frustrated with me. It's almost easier to keep them seperated. What can I do to have a smooth holiday, with no one in trouble? And I need to figure it out fast, I have a seven week old, and I already dread what I know is coming.....another set of terrible twos. I'm going crazy!!!

2006-12-23 12:27:05 · 13 answers · asked by Fed Up 3

I have done everything to get ready for Christmas this year. Including buying or making gifts for my 3 stepkids, my son, our daughter, his mom, my mom, my dad and stepmom, my brother and his wife, and our 10 neices and nephews. I made photo memory quilts for his mom, my mom, and my dad, have spent the past few weeks making candles, making candy, painting crafts, stocking up on food for Christmas dinner, and wrapped every single gift. I only had our 2 yr. olds left to wrap and I called him at my brothers, where he was playing video games, and asked him to come get her, so I could wrap her gifts without her seeing me. He came home, put a movie on for her in her room, and plopped downn in his recliner with a bag of chips, some queso, and started watching TV. I finally made a comment about it. He got up slammed the chips down, snatched my daughter up, and started to leave. I lost my temper then and told him how sorry it was that he has done nothing to help me. He said nothing and left!

2006-12-23 11:58:56 · 15 answers · asked by LittleMermaid 5