Parenting - January 2007

I have a daughter of 14 months and have been offered a really good job which could be a good career move for me. The thing is i feel really guilty about leaving my girl with a carer. Am i being selifsh by wanting a career and children at the same time. I am torn in two minds spending every moment of with my children and giving them all my attention or go to work full time. If a mother who has been in the situation could answer and give me some advice the would be great

2007-01-19 09:13:51 · 13 answers · asked by Allie A 1

When I came home from work he was past out on the floor with 2 bottles of vodka just sitting there. When he woke up I told him he should never drink unless he has some left for me. Then we got high sniffing glue. The end

2007-01-19 09:00:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it just a phase? Should I stop letting him watch Grey's Anatomy? None of my parenting books have the answers.

2007-01-19 08:49:12 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

sweet sixteen birthday parties like on the tv show, problem is we are NOT rich, we make about 20,000 a year just to live on. She has been harping about this for a few months now and it doesnt help that her best friend is more well off and recently had her 16th bday party, which was all out, she even got a car, there is no way I can my kid a car, I dont know what to do...help.

2007-01-19 08:37:43 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-19 08:24:16 · 11 answers · asked by alan g 2

My son did a test that the school required for me to fill out . the teacher did one and so did i . but i cant understand it at all . it's called a conners' rating scale and T-results can anyone help my down scale this becouse i really cant understand it at all .

Thanks

Mary

2007-01-19 08:20:18 · 3 answers · asked by mary_llinas 2

2007-01-19 08:05:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Every time I take my family to the beach, I get lectures from my wife on how sun exposure causes AIDS and how I need to be more careful with sunscreen... I usually have my kids wear SPF 50, but I'm still concerned. If SPF 50 can't protect kids from AIDS, what can?

2007-01-19 08:00:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes when a child is small and you have to teach him when things are dangerous a swat on the butt is in need. How can the government tell me how to handle this?

2007-01-19 07:55:11 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-19 07:42:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am a 20 year old mother and my son is about to be 6 so iam a very young mother and i also have a 19 month old daughter. my problem is my son he is very disrespectful to everyone. he has a very smart mouth that he may get from me and my fiance when we are joking around. but he thinks its okay to talk to people that way bieng serious and i have explained to him he cant talk to people that way and he needs to loose his smart mouth it will get him in trouble. he doesnt listen at all. he is extremely rude and says rude things to me and my fiance and anyone for that matter.for ex. he will tell me to get him something to drink now and if i dont hear him he will say hello i said get me something to drink. i have tried spanking him, talking to him, putting him in his room. i dont really fell like he is my son anymore, he feels more like an anoying litttle brother. i think that is because i grew up with him. but i have tried everything and it doesnt work.i am to my limit. please help.

2007-01-19 07:36:31 · 16 answers · asked by danielle 2

My son is 9yrs old. He's a sweet kid, loving, funny, caring...but he LIES! All the time. For no reason, for small reasons. I don't know what to do. HELP!

2007-01-19 07:09:40 · 25 answers · asked by yami 1

I need to clerify that they have been living with him for 2 years. I live 6 blocks away. they chose to live with him as I am with my own mother and her home was not big enough for all of us. I don't know how to let their feelings out. They seem depressed and angry, also at their father. Especially my 14 yr old daughter. There was a time she never wanted top leave his side, now she is angry that he is sick and is tired of caring for him.

2007-01-19 07:06:24 · 7 answers · asked by snicks 2

i live with my b/f and his pararents . they are hateful people
they hate black people use racial slurs they hate gay/lesbians and call them freaks they belive all gay/lesbians are child molesters they use the word fag as if it hi.
other then this they are wonderful with my son. they took us in when i had no where to go.
but i was not raised this way. my mom never says theses things so i did't .
i don't want my son to think this is ok behavior as he is growing up. he is onlly 11 months but i wondered if he could be picking up this
so i try and aalways say mikey mommy dosent care if you are gay or straight as long as you are happy and i always tell him that there is bad and good in everyone and color has no say in who is good or bad
my b/f thinks this is non sense and that our son will be fine.
so i wonder if anyone else has any suggestions on how to teah a child not to judge others or maybe a web site that helps to teah tollernce
thanks

2007-01-19 07:05:07 · 2 answers · asked by ~*big mama *~ 3

Hi, I'm writing a feature on celebrating motherhood and would love to hear some quotes from mums who have adopted babies/children. I'm interested in your feelings about any aspect as long as its positive! Any comments on your love for your child, how its changed your life etc would be great, thanks.

2007-01-19 06:56:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

the ex wife tells me she thinks its odd that i bath with our 15 month old. i have a big juccuzi tub , its more of a pain to bend over and be on my knees for 15 minutes , the kid likes being in the water . and i always wear whitey tighty undies only because i remember showering with my dad when i was little , weiner at eye level

2007-01-19 06:54:42 · 11 answers · asked by fastlanee 2

MY son is 12 and my daughter is 14, they both want to live with him in this trying time. (We are divorced) I see how stressful it is for them and for their father who is always very sick and cannot parent very well at this point. I'm worried for my children and having to care for their father and themselves as well as depression, and whatever else they may be feeling. I am not sure how to handle this situation.
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2007-01-19 06:45:16 · 20 answers · asked by snicks 2

Because with an only child you are able to somewhat spoil them and let them live their life

While with 2 children, they can each have a companion but you also have to deal with fairness, fights, etc...

And with 3 children, you will have a middle child, fights, fairness, more kids to buy for and pay for college...but you'll be a bigger family instilled with more family value and a more interesting time.

2007-01-19 06:38:40 · 26 answers · asked by Greg S 3

Very sweet but very impulsive and loves to talk in school. Any suggestions?

2007-01-19 06:21:16 · 10 answers · asked by heartsong59 1

It breaks my heart to hear of these kids all over USA taking guns to school because they are mad at someone and shooting up the place. Haven't they learned the consequences from other shootings? Don't they realize it can be settled peacibly? And how are they getting there hands on these guns. Haven't parents learned from other school shootings to lock up there guns that children can't be trusted around weapons? What is going on?

2007-01-19 06:16:24 · 10 answers · asked by lilmama 4

My mother currently looks after my kids (4 yr old twins and 1 yr old) on a saturday over night as most grandparents like to have time with their grand kids. Both my partner and I work full time and want her to look after them at our house instead of having a childminder that the kids don't know. Question is would it be the same as her having them once a week or would she have to become registered and trained as a professional childminder?

2007-01-19 06:10:10 · 18 answers · asked by ShabbaDabbaDoo 1

2007-01-19 06:00:12 · 6 answers · asked by mama 1

what are the odds of teen fathers staying around to help with their child?

2007-01-19 05:24:44 · 5 answers · asked by Tyra W 1

why? if i have kids one day and my child ask me where does babies comes from i'll just explain the process.

2007-01-19 05:20:39 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 21 and out of jail 3 weeks. My ex g/f who is 20 and at home had our baby while I was in jail and I couldn't get special release to see the baby. She would not bring the baby on a visit so I didn't get to see him until I got out. She doesn't want me to support her or to have anything to do with the baby until I've finished my probation (another year at least) and I know if I try to do anything about that I could get into bother again. Is there anything I can do to make her more reasonable? It's still my kid after all.

2007-01-19 05:15:11 · 18 answers · asked by Jamie 1

Myspace is being sued by the parents of several minors, who allege that their children were molested by sexual predators they met online. Are the parents not responsible for monitoring their children, and failing this, instilling in them a basic set of common-sense guidelines for dealing with others while online? Should they be rewarded for their failures as parents? Is it even possible for sites like Myspace to protect minors from predators without either infringing on the privacy of users, or making it so difficult to contact other users, to the point where they simply go elsewhere?

2007-01-19 05:03:38 · 13 answers · asked by kena2mi 4

Each of my kids has their own side of the computer, how do I make it so that the internet shuts off on their side after an hour? So each of my kids only gets one hour a day and I don't have to keep track of it? So it just shuts off? Don't critisize me please, my 3 kids fight like cats and dogs over the internet so I need a way to regulate their times. (I tried a cooking timer, they just reset it.)

2007-01-19 04:39:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Now here is my day I work from 7:30AM to 5PM monday threw friday. I then get home make dinner, feed kids, clean up the mess from dinner, get them all bathed, wash laundry, pick up house and when it is all said and done it is about 10 or 11PM. I could not imagine not working and am currious to know how many of you out there do like me?

2007-01-19 04:17:36 · 16 answers · asked by Tricia P 4

We have a 11 year old and a 151/2 year old (whom does have a job 16 hours a week at a restaraunt). Have tried different things for chores, but does not last. I know everything is about consistancy. They have only 2 things that are there expected of them. School first and there own bedrooms, which are usually a disaster. Upon the usual-house, yard, dog, cat, we are also putting on an addition and remodeling to our 55yr. old home, key word WE meaning doing all ourself. Point being, we need to regain control of this issue with our kids, right now! Hello- more house=more care. I can not keep up now, and feel there is no reason they should not be helping daily. My new thought is to either assign or let them pick a room, and have to keep it clean for the week, then switch each week. At this point, I need serious feedback from others. So, chores, allowance and results of a non-cooperative child, is appreciated Respectful advice/ideas is what this overwhelmed mom needs. GOOD DAY!

2007-01-19 04:08:52 · 7 answers · asked by flowermama1971 2

2007-01-19 04:05:06 · 8 answers · asked by mchllstobbe 1