Parenting - January 2007

Everytime my daughter comes home from her grandfathers or out with my wife or something, she tells me, "Daddy, I'm back... from outer space." She's 2 and possibly the oddest child ever. Is she an alien?

2007-01-06 16:24:32 · 29 answers · asked by artie c 1

I used to think that meant i was doing good as a parent when she made me gifts and pictures and said she loves me. Then i realized that even kids in abusive situations love their parents and feel loyalty to them and compliment them... Then suddenly I didn't take it as a 'you are doing good' as kids say this to any parent...

Am I wrong in this

2007-01-06 16:15:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I used to think that meant i was doing good as a parent. Then i realized that even kids in abusive situations love their parents and feel loyalty to them... Then suddenly I didn't take it as a 'you are doing good' as kids say this to any parent...

Am I wrong in this?

2007-01-06 16:08:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had my daughter 2 years ago and I was just fine. Six months ago I had my little boy and have felt weird since. I am very happy with them I take care of all their needs but I have noticed that I get frustrated and mad very eassy with my husband and if we argue I cry for the smallest things and I feel like my life is terrible and it is difficult to get back up again. Ihave a hard time going to sleep at night. I am also 25 pound overweight and that makes me feel horrible about myself.

2007-01-06 16:04:31 · 5 answers · asked by Paula 2

My parents keep pushing 11:30, while everyone else comes home at 12. I am responsibe and have done nothing illegal, I just dont see the difference in the extra half hour. They refuse to lenghen it and say its not me they dont trust its other people. I personally feel that comment pretty much means Im the one they dont trust. Also if there are any ideas on how to persuade them to lenghen it that would be great... thanks

2007-01-06 15:55:37 · 22 answers · asked by caitlin b 1

2007-01-06 15:51:07 · 7 answers · asked by Chris 2

My son mouthed off to his father, and my husband (his father) locked him in the closet as a punishment. Is that a good punishment or should I add something too it?

2007-01-06 15:48:39 · 31 answers · asked by Umm Me 1

I am 27 and when i was 12 we had a family computer and i had to use that all the way through to 17 when i brought my own p133.

Im just curious, as alot of my friends who have kids from 9 onwards, have mobile phones, laptops, all the above... its crazy to me...
over here in australia, you have to be 17 to get a drivers licence. and you are able to drink alcohol at 18. at 18 you have all the rights of a adult.

I know a computer is different but i need thoughts.

2007-01-06 15:45:02 · 22 answers · asked by productid040180 1

How did you know what to name your kids? Did you name them before they were born? Or did the name pop into your head when they were born? Does it matter if your spose likes the name or not? I am 29 weeks pregnant and I have NOOO idea what to name my baby or where to begin on picking a name. I looked online and read some name books but nothing!

2007-01-06 15:30:58 · 16 answers · asked by cuetee220 2

My daughter is 7 and we are really close. I used to be worried about the teenage years until I worked with special needs teenagers that were functioning in society with really bad behaviors. Now I am not so worried. I feel calm and full of faith that it will be ok and we will still be a happy family.. anyone else just know that it will be ok, or do you worry?

2007-01-06 15:20:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ihave a sweet 5 year old daughter and she just wont sleep!

2007-01-06 15:07:26 · 11 answers · asked by secret 1

two girls were adopted now real dad wants to have them back can he do this or not ?

2007-01-06 14:52:53 · 6 answers · asked by timsbabe 5

2007-01-06 14:50:18 · 6 answers · asked by angelwomen74 1

My daughter is very responsible and nuturing. She loves teaching people things and adores kids 'when she grows up she want to be a babysitter', lol. But what when they are 16 and 8, will that bond hold through...?

2007-01-06 14:48:07 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter is very responsible and nuturing. She loves teaching people things and adores kids 'when she grows up she want to be a babysitter', lol. But what when they are 16 and 8, will that bond hold through...?

2007-01-06 14:43:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter will be two when my next child a boy, will be born. Is it okay in your opinion for them to share a room for a few years?

2007-01-06 14:38:23 · 31 answers · asked by adrixia 4

my boyfriend thinks its okay to drive around drunk
with his 3yr old daughter(not my kid) in the car.
he also smokes weed with his 13 yr old brother.
how can i convince him to stop doing this before our babies are born. He tells me he is in full control when he drives drunk but last month he hit three mailboxes and a cat with his daughter in the back seat.
what should i do?

2007-01-06 14:32:46 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Either by sex or invitro...?

I believe that a happy home with one parent or even 2 'parrners' is superior to a home with two 'hetero sexual' parents

and thus I am thinking of having a second child. I raised my first one with no child support and she is happy and well taken care of emotionally, materially, and is very happy. She is now in grade 2 and I want another. I don't think this is selfish, as I have alot to give and believe I am meant to be a mother

2007-01-06 14:27:04 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

What about special needs children especially down's syndrome etc how hard is to adopt and what criteria do you need to fulfill?

2007-01-06 14:24:57 · 4 answers · asked by iceprincess7133 2

like if there hair isnt brushed u brush it for them and make sure they look good. why do parents care about what there kid looks like?

2007-01-06 14:07:09 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know when my baby is born I'll smack her, My father did NOT ever smack me and my ignorant step mother jumped on my mother when ever she smacked me or my sisters. I know if they would have smacked us more we probably wouldn't be like we are now. We are a living proof "positive" discipline RARELY WORKS. So all you people whining about how wrong it is to not smack kids. ASK ALL THOSE THE TEEN PARENTS LIKE ME AND THE KIDS THAT KILL ONE ANOTHER AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND SEE WHAT YOU GET.

I thank my mama for smacking me because I would be in a worser sitution then I already am.

BRING BACK THE SMACKINGS SO KIDS WILL LEARN AND NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS ****!!

2007-01-06 14:00:57 · 23 answers · asked by 13 year old girl 2

My fiancee has one child which he has nothing to do with except paying the child support. I'm not sure if I want kids or not yet, but I am at least open to the possibility. When I try and ask him about it he can never give me a straight out YES or NO. I wonder if men really ever wants kids or not? Or maybe he really doesn't want kids but doesn't want to hurt my feelings.

2007-01-06 14:00:23 · 15 answers · asked by scorpiotreefrog 1

And did your marital satisfaction go down after having children? Do you feel like you lost yourself by having kids? Was it a good thing overall or do you sometimes have doubts?

2007-01-06 13:47:11 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

wat is wrong with it?

2007-01-06 13:35:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok...I guess this is my dilema...my husband has a 14 year old son from a previous marriage...less than a month after me and my husband got married he moved in with us...a year later he was out of my house...but then shortly later my husband deployed so we've never gotten to be "newlyweds". I don't think I had ever been that stressed before in my life...anyway...my husband and I want to have kids of our own...however, my sister-in-law seems to have it in her mind that b/c we could not "handle" a teen (he had not lived with his dad since he was a toddler) that we should not have our own kids...how do we get her to understand that if we have our own kids that they would be raised how we want to raise them...and they would grow up with our "routine" and not someone else's which would make it easier in the end...I know this is long...but basically how do we respond to her saying that we "shouldn't" have kids...

THANKS!!!!!

2007-01-06 13:20:23 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'am going out with a sixteen yr old and my parents don't want me to and they say either you break up with her or your kick out of the house. I just don't know what to do about it.

2007-01-06 13:11:44 · 9 answers · asked by cameron 1

If you live close to upper Marlboro Maryland and need a baby sitter just reply to this email and I will be glad to work it out with you. I am experienced and responsible. Of course you have to talk with my parents before I can do the job, as long as your not a petifile I am allowed to babysit for you!

2007-01-06 13:03:00 · 2 answers · asked by Lindsay Lohan 1

My oldest daughter, (12) weighs 120 pounds, she cries at night saying she "FAT" and she has too "suck in her tummy" around the popular kids at school or else they were call her names. Shes beautiful, so i think, but every time i tell her that she refuses. I want to end the endless crying at night. And i have diabetes so i can not excersise with her daily. We go for 15 minute walks every other, her and I, and she walks the dog around 6 blocks and back 2 times a day or more. Please give suggestions on this. I love my little girl, and i want her too be happy!

Thank you - BOP*

2007-01-06 12:48:45 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am considering divorcing my husband of three years but i want to have a plan set up for later on.I have my own secret account that i put my old personal saving in and i have been taking out money from the allowance hubby gives me and putting that in their as well i had my father open the account.I signed a pre-nup before my hubby and i married so i wont be getting much money after the divorce aside from child support.I had an old friend from college see if she could find me a job even though i have not worked in 3 and half years.She found me a job in houston TX, at her companys sister firm.Only problem is i am living in NJ with my hubby.So if i seperate or divorce from my hubby and move to TX is it legal to take my daughter with me?

2007-01-06 12:39:22 · 11 answers · asked by Bella G 1

As day care does not teach that as it is felt from parent to child, What type children will our children grow to be with bonding???/

2007-01-06 12:36:13 · 5 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6