Parenting - January 2007

Is it ok to sleep in when your grade 1 child is up? I remember as a child, I got up at 4:00 am every morning and my parents slept later then that.. but they had puzzles out for me... (I was 4 years old)! Is this ok?

2007-01-22 02:58:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

The new law against spanking in California. Was it Anold that proposed bringing this into force?

If not who was it?

What limitations are there, or is it a complete ban?
What is the punishment for breaching this regulation?

CREED

2007-01-22 02:49:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live with my step-father only(dead bio parents).A year ago,when I was 13,I made something bad and my step-father was mad at me.He didnt punish or spank me.He raped me.It was the worst thing ever happened to me.I was sooo embarrased and I could tell anyone.When I found I was pregnant he didnt let me continue school.Locked me in my room and didnt let me use phone and computer.9 months later I gave birth(at home - he didnt let me go to hospital and we haven't neighbours who could hear my screaming) to my son.I had already forgiven him for the raping and he apologized.We kept the baby with me.3 months later(last week) he was mad again because the baby was crying.He raped me again and this time it was horrible.I feel like a doormat.He lets me use computer but no phone and Im locked in my room(I cant run from the window).I looked for online police or something but didnt find.If I call the police they will take me to orphanage and SEPARATE me and my son who I LOVE.What can I do?I'm 14

2007-01-22 02:31:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

-with the dog
-with a walkie talkie
-across the street and 3 houses down (can't see it because of the bushes by the driveway)

I aksed eariler and got silly answers like 14... but kids walk to school in grade school.. they ride their bikes around the cresent.. I am looking for realistic answers...

2007-01-22 02:20:39 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

A bill was recently introduced in California that makes spanking your child a misdemeanor, punishable by 1 year in jail and up to $1000 fine. Do you agree or disagree? What are your thoughts about it?

2007-01-22 02:19:57 · 25 answers · asked by Kikyo 5

My 3 year old is old enough to know how to wash herself. She is tall enough to reach the faucets and knows the right temperature to put the water on. She refuses to do this. She will walk around stank and nasty waiting for me to wash her stankin butt but I refuse to do it. She will entering preschool soon and needs to learn some responsibility of how to wash her own butt. Why should I have to bathe her? That is not my problem its hers.!!

2007-01-22 02:19:45 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

At what age did you stop taking your childs temp in there bottom?
My son is two and i am not sure if this is how you should dtill be taking his temp. He chews on it if i put it in his mouth and i feel it is not reliable in his armpit he wont sit still. We have also tried an ear therm. but i feel that was really unacurate. THanks

2007-01-22 01:57:27 · 13 answers · asked by coliepollie22 2

-with the dog
-with a walkie talkie
-you can't see the park from the house, becuase of the bushes, but can see it from the driveway end

2007-01-22 01:47:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 10 year old daughter is real big and fat and sloppy. She is 5'0 and weights 355 lbs. She has many many rolls of fat and has difficulty breathing because of her extremely obese stature. I have tried to do everything in my power to help her to loose weight. I do not keep junk food in the house. I buy only fruits and veggies and try to explain to her the importance of a healthy diet. She is not getting the fatty foods from home, she gets them from friends houses. One of her friends mother called me and told me that she found my daughter in her shower eating a pan full of lasagne. One of my daughter's boyfriends suggested that she start taking diet pills to loose her weight. He says that diet pills will burn the fat off quickly and the more she takes the more weight she will loose in a short amount of time. Is this ok? Should she really be taking 20 pills per day? Help please!

2007-01-22 01:38:13 · 20 answers · asked by mamabag06 2

I am a 16 year old guy and my family is into nudism. We were raised in the nudist environment but how do I talk to my parents about an embarrassing situation. My aunt Dawn had me and my sister over at her house while my parents were out of town. They have an outside pool and a fenced in backyard. Well as usual, we go nude often as they are into the nudist lifestyle as well. The thing that happened here that is weird is that my Aunt Dawns 13 year old daughter Amanda was walking around nude and this time I got an erection. I know that is nasty cause she is my cousin and I felt really guilty but I got hard when I saw her bare butt. Well now my aunt is angry with me as she saw it and I got scolded. What do I tell my parents? How do I approach them? If I don't my aunt will.

2007-01-22 01:29:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am not talking about people who need to have both workig but htose who don't....? They have kids, hire the nanny, and back at work, then when the kids are old enough, off to private boarding school, so whats the point...it seems odd to me, I think they just want an image of themselves becasuse they are just so "special"...????????????? Why have them?...I feel sorry for kids like that....my friend was one and she is messed up...

2007-01-22 01:14:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I see parents who spank there kids or punish them if they cry. Thinking that they are only wanting something or being whiney... and not one thought of them being depressed or sad goes through there mind! When I was a young child I expierenced alot of anxiety ( im bipolar my mom didnt know at the time) and when I felt that I didnt know what to do and it was scary! But instead of trying to find out whats wrong with me, my mom would spank me and tell me, " If u dont stop right now I will give u something to cry about!" Little kids are humans too! What gives "adults" the right to be the only ones who could possibly become depressed!?! I remember my mom and others telling me that teen suicide is becuz the teen didnt get what they wanted! Thats true to some sense but u know it really ticks me off how arragont adults can be when it comes to how younger ppl emotions act! lil kids DO have more then 2 emotions ( happyness and whineyness). Im just curious WHY adults think that a child only crys

2007-01-22 00:34:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-22 00:22:40 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thoughts on this? (California Bill)

"Misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail or a fine up to $1,000, although a legal expert advising on the proposal said first-time offenders likely would only have to attend parenting classes"

2007-01-21 23:36:28 · 16 answers · asked by nobodyuknow 3

If someone does not aggree with a question why not post a counter argument instead of reporting it? esp if of a sexaul nature?

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Parents... why do you keep your kid so in the dark about sex they have to ask questions here?

got violation notice.

The pupose of it is to stop kids not knowing stuff they need. Clearly demonstrated by all their posts... So would it not make sense to play fair and just say look mate you are wrong because....


rather then pathetically crying to big bro yahoo to hide the question...


If you are right... when why not prove it with you counter argument.?

2007-01-21 22:47:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

even teach them to make homemade weapons like shanks. we gotta do something because the priests and other pedophiles are out of control and drooling when they see the kiddies coming their way!!!

2007-01-21 21:03:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

should people over 21-35 live with parents just so they can save money for future e.g. house, wedding etc

2007-01-21 19:07:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-21 18:41:47 · 4 answers · asked by momsy 2

2007-01-21 18:24:34 · 22 answers · asked by doggylegsniff 1

2007-01-21 18:23:55 · 19 answers · asked by doggylegsniff 1

I personally feel that too much at this age could affect them negatively. I certainly don't want my 4 year old daughter thinking about a baby coming out of her vag*** at this point in her life. My daughter knows that her baby brother is coming out soon, but only knows about C-sections. I actually know someone who was affected negatively and became obsessive after learning about this at a young age. I have been reading on babycenter where mothers think it is ok to just talk about it all in detail and how it is better to let kids know about these things and will even let their young child watch them give birth. I completely disagree! Some just things need to wait until kids are older! You certainly cannot avoid the topic, but just don't need to expose them to too much at such a young age. What do you all think?

2007-01-21 18:20:56 · 13 answers · asked by E 2

I just don't understand why do i hate her so much?? she is so selfish and everything just about her. And when i hear her voice i just felt like mosquito bugging on my ear. When i was in Indonesia (i was teenage) she always compare me with the other kids she always abuse me by slap on my face and calling me bad name.. she called me whore and the most i hate she always compare me with the other kids she was never acept me like who iam. And NOW.. iam 28 years old i live in philadelphia, i have green card (except i dont get good job yet) and she still live with me... URGGGHH everyday like live in hell, she always want to know everything include what is inside my diary... i really hate her i wish she die soon. And now that she and my stupid father here.. they keep blame on me they said they sell everything because of me.. now that they cannot get granted assylum/ to get paper work. THEY MAD,UPSET, CRY..GOD I NEVER ASK THEM TO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AND SOLD EVERYTHING THEY HAD.
help me.

2007-01-21 18:06:32 · 13 answers · asked by sylvaniaS 3

My son is 13.He is very outgoing and talkative at home and with a few select friends.His teachers all say he is very well behaved at school.He is very likable and he avoids conflict with other kids.My question is whenever we are out in the public and he sees one of his schoolmates and they speak to him he avoids them.He will look away from them like he is shy are he just does not want to be noticed by them.I dont know what is going on as I know he is a friendly guy.

2007-01-21 17:59:52 · 12 answers · asked by ♥ liz ♥ 6

I was driving my little brother home tonight, and this song came on and he turned it up. It's called Alyssa Lies. It's incredibly touching, and you won't be able to hold back your tears. My brother and I were both severely abused as children, but we broke the cycle. My children are children, just as they deserve to be. They will never be forced to grow up because of abuse from us.

My question to you is what do you think of the song, did it touch you, and how can you help stop the abuse?

Listen to it here:

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?p=alyssa+lies&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&b=0&oid=ab460f288e6ba578&rurl=video.yahoo.com&vdone=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fvideo%3Fp%3Dalyssa%2Blies%26toggle%3D1%26cop%3Dmss%26ei%3DUTF-8

2007-01-21 17:22:54 · 5 answers · asked by sdkramer76 4

2007-01-21 16:11:52 · 10 answers · asked by forever_loved2009 1

My son is 6 months, im a new mom and im 18 so i dont know much. But i do know when my son goes to his grandma's he gets spanked for touchin her stuff. I have been having nightmares from it as well i guess cause i dont like it to much. But is there anything to be worried about she spanks his hand that's all. But i think they shouldnt be popped untill they at least understand there word no. When he gets into stuff at my house we say no-no and move him back and we put what ever it is he got into up unless its decorative stuff theni dont believe in putting it up but im i ok for doing that just sayin no-no or is she right by popping his hand. Thanks for all the advice

2007-01-21 16:07:16 · 49 answers · asked by charity_nicole_07 2

I am a 19 year old single mother, who has been depressed ever since the birth of my child. I have tried to love her and nurture her the way I am supposed to but I end up in tears. I work and go to school to become a I do take care of my responsibilities, but yet I feel like Im holding dead weight and it never seems like I'm doing enough. My parents adore my daughter and they watch her while I work or go to school, but when I return home and in the presence of my daughter I immediately feel troubled and emotional. I have tried for the longest to find the missing feelings for my daughter, but I can't. There's times where I look at her and just don't understand what went wrong, I dont feel the love for her that I am supposed to and Im tired of trying. It's frustrates me and it kills me inside to know that she is such an innocent beautiful gift that I cant appreciate. I needed to give her a good home and environment, so I decided to sign her over to my parents, What do you think?

2007-01-21 16:05:38 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous

no matter what i do she wont listen to me it takes me hours to get her to bed at night when i tell her no she just keep asking and asking its gotten so bad i cry at night because i am so frustreated.i have tried everything i love her so much but i dont know how much more i can take please someone help!!

2007-01-21 16:00:05 · 9 answers · asked by djd 2

I have sole permanent custody of my 3 yr old son. His father is awarded visitation every other weekend. My son has told me and showed me how his father has touched his peepee and stuck his finger in his butt. 3 yr olds don't know that kind of thing so I know it happened. The DCFS case worker was convinced something happened to him but the case was closed because my son didn't want to talk about it for the video recording. Now, 4 months later, his father starts showing up again wanting visitation. The police were called and told me either I let him have my son or I go to jail and he gets him anyway. I still have my lawyer from the custody case since it's still an ongoing case but claims there's nothing he can do without hard evidence from DCFS. What else can I do? I have to send my son with this sick bastard because it seems no one cares enough to keep persuing it.

2007-01-21 15:49:08 · 25 answers · asked by Fulita 4

2007-01-21 15:47:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous