Parenting - February 2007

I feel horrible this morning, I have two step sons, and two sons of my own. They all live with us full time and have no contact with their other birth parents. So i am mom and my hubby is dad. I am 24 weeks pregnant as well. I feel constantly wore out, im always yelling at them do pick things up, do this do that. Im responsible for cleaning, cooking, most of the errands, laundry. 3 of the boys are in school, the youngest who is 4 is still at home with me. We have to go to the laundry mat 2 times a week to wash whites, as we have well water. My hubby sits with 4,000$ in the bank and i have 1$ in my wallet. The only money i have is when my sons father sends child support each month (600) which again most of this is used to pay bills, and the rest is used to pay for things for the kids. I need to calm down, my hubby makes me feel guilty. Like this morning, one of the boys left their gloves on the bus, and i told my hubby to tell him to ask the bus driver, and he just ignored it.

2007-02-28 01:35:13 · 14 answers · asked by jess_n_flip 4

2007-02-27 23:22:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-27 23:15:29 · 15 answers · asked by sweetie865jlv 2

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13569871,00.html

I will post the link here... Why the hell arent parents teaching there kids stuff like this ?
Dont they read educational books with their kids ?
I know my kids are always asking this that and the other ... do these parents not talk to their kids ?

Ahh rant over ... thanks ...

2007-02-27 22:49:59 · 14 answers · asked by jizzumonkey 6

Should all parents be forced to go to parties and nightclubs and raves?

And made to watch videos of exactly what their little darlings get up to so they loose all these bulshit delusions of innocent 16 year olds being kids as crap like that...


All I ever saw in most (decent realisitic open minded hippy ex parents excluded) was this loonley tunes thinking that only bad kids try dope, alcohol or have any interest in the opposite sex.


And their little johnny or daddies little girls would never do that or have any interest in it.


Any 'obession' people think I have is centrered around that.


Im realistic, I say things exactly as I see them.

If everyone was doing A and having fun, I will never say it is bad or become a hypocrit.

I will also want any kids I have doing it.


If something genuinely was harmful to friends then I would say so.


I would tell kids exactly what we did, what was ok, what was not.


Sex ed would not be all marriage or miss positio

2007-02-27 21:30:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a daughter of 3 1/2 years, and she is only the child we have, and me & my husband both are working. If we praised the other childred she feel bad, and if we say that she is not doing dance well or anything , then she feel very bad and cry.
And I also will have work in house, So i daily cann't concentrate onher studies. If we say sometimes she will go and study and somtimes not.
And moreover she is having very dry skin, till FEB also her skin is very wrough and dry. So i don't know what to put daily to her skin. Kindly guide me, Thank u,

2007-02-27 21:22:34 · 9 answers · asked by sonu 1

2007-02-27 21:19:00 · 10 answers · asked by virus-o-mania a 2

My son is always screaming at me, my partner and his 3 brothers.
He gets upset at anything and everything, says we hate him and that we don't love him. I have tried being nice and caring, firm and strict and of course the naughty step to calm him down. Nothing seems to work, please suggest something as i'm going mad and just want him to be happy.

2007-02-27 20:47:03 · 16 answers · asked by mrgee32uk 2

I work in childcare and due to the development/ severe bahaviour of some children, it needs to be addressed with their parents. How would you as a parent like to be spoken to about these issues, what comments from carers would upset you. I want to make dealing with these issues smooth without upsetting the parent.

2007-02-27 20:47:00 · 12 answers · asked by Kristy B 2

Would this be considered child abuse if my mother had spanke me with a paddled 20 times in a row for an incident that got me in trouble at school? Halfway through me getting paddled I was begging her to stop and I was screaming in pain to get her to stop?

I was 14 years old at the time and my mother made me pull down my pants but she didn't make me pull down my underwear, after I was done getting spanked I was in tears and I've felt that she didn't love me anymore and she was constantly being mean to me throughout the rest of the evening.

Was it okay for my mother to paddle me 20 times in a row for an incident that got me in trouble at school?

2007-02-27 20:14:22 · 12 answers · asked by Fell In Love 7

ok here it is. i read somewhere that a woman decided to bring her 2 year with her to the salon. she was going just for HER to get her hair and nails done. it was one of those foo foo day spa places. anyway, she didnt bring anyone with her to watch the baby. as with any 2 year old, the child got fussing and started having a temper tantrum. eventually the salon asked her to leave and now she's angry. she feels she was treated badly...

i'm a mommy, so i know that your life doesn't have to stop when you have children, but i do think your life changes. i think if she wanted to get her hair and nails done, she should have gotten a sitter. it's not fair to the other patrons. believe it or not, NOT EVERYONE THINKS THAT CHILDREN ARE CUTE!! if she didnt have a sitter she should have stayed her a ss at home!

what do y'all think?

2007-02-27 19:38:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

i love my kids to bits but miss the days of waking up in the morning and lying in bed for 10 minutes before i get up, these days as soon as i here the kids wake up its like bang eyes open dash out of bed before the little one takes his nappy off and poo's every where. lol

is there anything you miss since you have had kids?

2007-02-27 19:30:24 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a friend who has to talk to his ex because he has a child with her. But when he calls to talk to his daughter to see what she is doing, where she is, and how she is doing the mother takes away the phone and tells him not to ask his daughter questions regarding her whereabouts. The father responded saying that he just wanted to see if his daughter was doing fine and where she was at. Why are ex so mean when children are involved?

2007-02-27 19:26:26 · 8 answers · asked by Josh 1

I have 2 kids ages 6 and 7, when do you think I should start giving them pocket money???

2007-02-27 19:22:00 · 15 answers · asked by uniqueinspirations 2

In this overpopulated world, does anyone, regardless of whether they can afford it or not, have the right to have more than one or two children?

2007-02-27 19:13:38 · 23 answers · asked by Shadow_Dancer 2

For those believe in underwear down spanking when it is needed. Did you ask ur kids's feeling of it after the got the underwear down spanking? or when you are discussing with your kids?

1.Did they feel shy of it?

2.Did they ask u not to pull down their underwear?

3.Did you spank in this way as a child so that you believe in it?

4.If you are not spanked in this way as a child, why do u think underwear down is needed?

5.Did they use their hands to cover their private place when their pants down?

6.Do you think boys and girls should also be spanked in that way?

7.Did they fear that?

8.Did you say that you will spank them like that as a warning before you actually take action?

9.Did they turn out good to avoid this?

10.Did you turn out good to avoid this as a child?

Thx for your sharing~~~

2007-02-27 18:45:29 · 9 answers · asked by Tai Man C 1

Earlier my daughter (just turned 16 this month) was complaining about a headache so I told her to come here and I would give her an advil and she told me she already took 2. This might sound silly, but do you think she's old enough to decide when she needs medicine and take it herself or should I still be the one to give it to her? I just don't want her to take to many or take one every time she feels a little ache somewhere.

2007-02-27 17:36:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wonder why American children get out of home so immature and definitely not ready for life.Why do you keep them and look after them like hothouse flowers and when they turn 18 you just throw them away on the street and make them find a job,a place to live and cope with life alone but they haven't learned that.Children from European countries go out of home much more mature because they haven't been spoilt and looked after so much and they have been let doing lots of things without being supervised.For example you wouldn't let a 7-year-old stay alone at home for the time after school.In other countries 7-year-ols can stay alone and they make it perfect by the way.If you keep your child like a hothouse flower,then don't throw it away when he/she turns 18.What's the problem if he/she lives with you even if he/she is 30-40 if he/she is working and helping in paying bills etc.?And why is your child-bringing system so holey?

2007-02-27 17:00:19 · 19 answers · asked by Lizzie 1

2007-02-27 16:11:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

my son is 16 months and is normally very well behaved, happy, obedient, etc. lately (the last couple days or so) he has been mean, hitting people, throwing things, if you ask him to do something that he would normally do he looks at you like your retarded then throws his head back and laughs. he makes bigger messes, is overall more mean, rebellious and rude! he doesn't get babysat, no one in my home is like that, and he doesn't watch t.v.!! help! why is he like this and what can i do to fix him??

2007-02-27 15:53:29 · 20 answers · asked by lynn 5

Our dog Koda just passed away. She was outside playing with our older dog and I left the older dog in and Koda didn't come, so I fed my baby and yelled for Koda again. Unfortunately when I went out side to look for her I found her by one of our trees dead. Cause of death is unknown. We live by a country road where people drive fast but she only had marks on her nose. My daughter is very attached to Koda and was asleep when I found her. My husband just buried her, but this is very difficult to deal with and I have no clue what to tell my daughter. She is very knowledgable and knows about heaven and death, but I don't think she has the real grasp of the whole thing. She sometimes thinks they come back, like snow white, or she can go visit in heaven. So, I am clueless, confused, and worried about what to tell her. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

2007-02-27 15:49:14 · 24 answers · asked by persethany 1

Do you have a say in where you live?

I really want to live within walking distance of my college and I know there are plenty of row homes and apartments near it and that some section 8 people live there but the problem is if I can choose where I live at.

2007-02-27 15:44:59 · 7 answers · asked by Diamonds_Glow 4

are there any moms out there who will only dress their kids in name brand high end clothing? Like today...and I didnt even know they made them, this little girl who was about 4 years old was wearing SEVEN for all mankind jeans!
I was at the city center when I saw this, in Edmonton, and went to this store that sold high end kids clothes...these same jeans were like 156.00 dollars!!!!!
WTF???
why???

2007-02-27 15:29:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I go overboard and I dont know how to stop, college and education are dealt with already.
I just like buying my son toys and clothes and there is so much right now.

2007-02-27 15:18:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-27 14:23:29 · 43 answers · asked by nobody 5

My 5 year old is out of control with his temper tantrums. I tried everything like getting down to his level to talk to him, time outs, spankings, and taking away his priviliges like watching tv. He out grew my dicipline and became more defiant. Today he throw objects and he hit me today. I'm going to check into a behavioral interventionist, what do you think I should do?

2007-02-27 14:07:34 · 9 answers · asked by Shanee 2

A couple of days ago, she caught him riding in a car with 4 girls and she got upset and he said if she was going to act that way, to get out and packed her crap and sent her on her way. She has been thru this before with him and everytime, she ends up going to mental health and becomes all anorexic and pale. She loses a whole bunch of weight and then he asks her to come back and she crawls back to him like a beat dog. She cannot eat or sleep. This guy is such a user. He is an alcoholic, has no real job works for a temp agency. He managed to get her to put all the utility bills in her name and now has creditors chasing her. He is 26, married and has a 3 yr old. My daughter was 17 when they hooked up and she is such a pretty girl. How can I help her. Its ridiculous.

2007-02-27 13:49:02 · 15 answers · asked by happydawg 6

Last year, Harris Interactive conducted a survey regarding parents and the steps they are taking to guarantee their children's safe and reliable use of the Internet. The survey reported that 82 percent of the parents monitor their children's Internet use. Should parents be allowed to track their children's internet activity?

2007-02-27 13:32:28 · 10 answers · asked by komodo691 1

i have three kids and there from ages 3 and down they all dont like milk for some reason i want them to drink milk but they hate it some1 tell me y

2007-02-27 12:34:08 · 14 answers · asked by cece 1

my son is two just turned, and cant seem to pedal his tryke yet.

2007-02-27 12:09:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous