Parenting - January 2007

I have one child by my first wife, a boy. I haven't seen him since he was 2 and he turned 30 this year. My question: I'm 99% percent sure that he is not my biological child. Is there any way to have a DNA test done even if he is unwilling?

2007-01-20 20:41:37 · 8 answers · asked by teksonn 1

I mean, if they try one thing and stick with it until it works.. instead of trying 10 things and thowing up your hands and say they don't work. Wouldn't it work if you stuck with one disipline tecnique.. and were consistent with it?

2007-01-20 19:33:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 13 year old son has the most dry skin ever. Ever since winter came around I felt that his entire body is almost like sand paper.
I always see him itch it and everything. I went to a dermontologist and she said he just needs to be using lotion every day on his body after he takes his shower/bath.

I just got a new Nivea Dry skin lotion, which is very thick for him. I told him he needs to apply it every day after his shower. I come in after and I apply it on his back where he cant reach.

I found out he is not even using the lotion, the bottle is still full, but his back is doing better, from when I do it, I told him many times, but he never uses it. This is what I did so far.

-I showed him pictures of people with bad bad dry skin.

-I told him that girls hate guys who have dry skin-

-I asked him if he wants to pick his own lotion from the store.

And then one day, I caught him squrting the lotion in the toilet.. Please tell me what I should do!

2007-01-20 19:20:04 · 6 answers · asked by xstevie1993 1

same age
same class in society

2007-01-20 19:16:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can you teach your kids to come to you NO MATTER what the issue is? I want to have a open relationship with my kids. If they want to know about sex, I want them to NOT be afraid to ask us.

I would teach abstinence, but I know that they may not follow that so i do what them to be WELL educated. how can you maintain this type of relationship?

2007-01-20 19:03:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My neighbors are pretty decent folk, but their parenting skills and children's behaviors are right out of super nanny...

Yet I am a single mom and parenting comes naturally to me in a situation that is supposed to be harder. (people assume that single parenting is harder then a two parent home). My home is quiet, well run and we have fun and show respect and have a good discipline tecnique down.

Why does parenting just come naturally to some and to others they have no idea what they are doing? I am really curious about this, because I know we all do our best and are equal.. but why?

2007-01-20 19:02:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am doing a survey for my English Composition 2 class on spanking...

Do you think it's right to spank your child?, What part of the country do you live in?, If you think spanking is wrong, what are alternatives to spanking?

2007-01-20 18:35:10 · 20 answers · asked by The Ultimate Answerer 3

2007-01-20 18:04:43 · 11 answers · asked by Othman A 1

Okay, for the people that answered it is OKAY to spank YOUR " OWN" child.

A hit is a hit, and ALL that hitting teaches is that if you can SCARE the other person YOU are the winner.


Also IF the CHILD is your "OWN" posession, then WHY can't our "OWN" husbands and wives LEGALLY teach EACH other BY physical abuse too?

PS>>> for those that answered my spanking /daycare Q. Instead of beinbg rude... you could have traced my other answers to get your questions answered.
AND~ FOR those that said YOU would BE violent TOWARD the provider??? You just proved another point about spanking (c: Violence begets VIOLENCE.

Spare the rod means : if YOU do NOT teach Gods word and ways daily... then your child will suffer. As in " Thy ROD and THY STAFF comfort me"

2007-01-20 18:02:50 · 11 answers · asked by dbzgalaxy 6

2007-01-20 17:52:20 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

IF it would P*SS you OFF if your daycare provider did it to YOUR CHILD.....THAT is YOUR clue IT is WRONG.

Whether it be spanking, slapping or biting back... If YOU would SUE the provider WHY should YOU be allowed to hit your own child.

2007-01-20 17:13:15 · 44 answers · asked by dbzgalaxy 6

Do you let your kids wear sandals or flip flops or do you require shoes and socks outside. Do they wear shoes in the house? Do you let them go barefoot outside? Do you allow shoes with no socks. My kids have to wear shoes and socks and for the most part have never complained. I do not think anything less is best for active kids. I'm asking this because my son wanted to wear flip flop and I told him only if he is going to the beach or swimming. What is your take?

2007-01-20 15:58:39 · 16 answers · asked by satellite guy 1

A mother takes her 8yr old child out of school.She never puts him back in school and doesn't educate him otherwise.He is also kept in the house and only leaves the home and is around other people every few months if not for longer.The only phone in the house is a cell phone and is kept with the mom.He is not allowed and does not use it .He literally knows noone but relatives,which he only sees when they stop by.His day consists of cleaning,and mild cooking.Physical abuse and molestation have VERY possibly occured........This child has been living this way for 7yrs.This child is 15,but only has the education and social skills of an 8yr old.What can be done to help this child? Can any charges be brought against the mother?What charges? What grounds could someone use to get custody of the child? What kind of lawyer could handle this case?......This is all true!All help would be greatly appreciated!

2007-01-20 15:52:39 · 16 answers · asked by Direktor 5

2007-01-20 15:48:13 · 14 answers · asked by anonymous 2

2007-01-20 15:38:44 · 26 answers · asked by qwerty 2

I am talking spanking not a beating. Just a swat on the butt to let the child know your serious. I was raised with a belt across my butt and respected my parents and still do today. Most kids dont these days.

2007-01-20 15:33:26 · 33 answers · asked by anonymous 2

I can't use a crib for lack of space. I use the pacifier but sometimes he refuses it and prefers the breast. I need quiet sleep, I have a full time job.

2007-01-20 15:32:44 · 19 answers · asked by DynamoGirl 2

I live far from my sister and whenever i try calling my family my niece whom is 11 is always on the phone with her friends and i always have to call back later, does this seem okay for a parent to always let their child be on the phone? and how do i say something to my sister without being rude or mean cause i don't want to make any conflicts or upset anyone...or am i just over reacting?

2007-01-20 14:18:25 · 15 answers · asked by ღCCღ 2

i have a 14 year old grand daughter who recently has gotten out of an abusive situation with her parents, if anything is raised above her head get gets on the ground and curls up in a little ball and begs not to be hit, she halusinates and its getting VERY dangerous, she is known for cutting herself(i dont think she is doing that anymore) but if anyone yells she gets this look on her face and its like she has just seen a ghost, she is very quiet. she has friends but when she lived in utah(moved to arizona to live with her grandfather and i) she had no friends, had been raising her little brother since he was born when she was 11, she was constantly being beaten at school, she writes in a journal and she had been writing in and one day i was putting some of her cothes in her room and she had left the journal on her bed and it was wide open,she had been going to a therapist but refuses to speak to her, and they told us to just look at what ever she writes every so often,so i did and.....

2007-01-20 14:10:40 · 26 answers · asked by pray for koi 1

I want to know what you guys think about dakota fannings upcoming movie in which she is brutally raped.

2007-01-20 13:38:52 · 4 answers · asked by nobody 5

2007-01-20 13:04:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-20 12:41:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is a man who grew up in a trailor park (run down) and lived in a trailor full of cats, cat crap, dead cats, **** all over the floor, pee smelling clothes and sheets...anyways, his mother was a total pig and so was he.
The thing is I am with him in his house he bought before me, and I am very clean and the house is always clean, yet when we figt he says I dont clean it and I dont do enough, yet everyone else says this house is always clean and nice.
The scary thing is he beleives what he says, and thinks he is perfect and the one who cleans...he doesnt.
I dont know what to do, I am really fed up with him, its been 3 years and I dont know what to do, I am also a stay home mom so i TAKE care of the kid too.

2007-01-20 12:23:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-20 12:15:19 · 14 answers · asked by stacy w 1

2007-01-20 11:06:53 · 15 answers · asked by november03february06 1

My daughter has started to copy the bellydancing she saw on TV once. How can I stop her? Will other parents think I'm doing something inappropriate if she copies this? She sticks her butt out and smiles when she does this. I want it to stop because I don't want to teach her this stuff.

2007-01-20 11:06:24 · 15 answers · asked by november03february06 1

2007-01-20 11:04:35 · 18 answers · asked by november03february06 1

2007-01-20 11:04:09 · 8 answers · asked by november03february06 1

im a single father i have raised my son by myself for the last 16 yrs
the women who had him abandon him not willing to contribute
earns a million a year why do i feel guilty for persuing child support?

2007-01-20 10:44:30 · 13 answers · asked by JEFF J 2

i have two 13 yr.old boys, a 7 yr.old girl, and two 11 month old babies.

2007-01-20 10:37:00 · 10 answers · asked by the sun should burn out tommorow 1