Parenting - March 2007

my husband and i have 16 kids (8 [ 5 his own, 3 adopted] from his side, 5 [ 3 my own, 2 adopted ]from mine, and 3 [1 ours, 1 adopted, 1 foster care] from after we married), and also my niece and nephew are living with us for a while. they range in ages from 10 mo. - 19. We were recently at the childrens shelter to see about adopting our 16 year old foster son, when we met a child (with a past I'll fail to mention) there named Brittany. She was 13 and i just wanted to wrap her in my arms and tell her that nobody would ever hurt her again. i know it's not possible to take in every orphaned or hurting child in the world, despite the fact that if i could i would, but should we consider taking her in. Money and room is not an option. we have plenty of both to care for our kids. but i don't know how the others would respond. my husband feels the same way i do, but is stilla little unsure. opinions, thoughts?

2007-03-22 02:04:55 · 16 answers · asked by luv my kids nasty comm. unwanted 1

Say you have kids 7, 9, 11, and 13. Would you tell them all at once, or wait until each reaches a given age (13, 14, whatever)? Would it be the same age for girls and boys?

2007-03-22 01:14:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 15. and i cut. I am posting here cause there really is no one I can go to. I want to stop I think. I stoppedonce nd then started again and now my best friend is really mad at me. for starting again. No parents they thought I stopped. and only one knew about me cutting. Is there any advice on how to get stuff that builds inside to realese that stress or anger or what ever it is. Like I said no one to go to and I am a little scarred about it this time. Just cause the last time i quit was really emoitanal for me.

2007-03-22 00:15:55 · 11 answers · asked by girly girl 2

2007-03-21 23:16:52 · 5 answers · asked by bubbacornflakes 5

I so hate when moms say "oh if your kids will watch violent movies they will become mass murderers! That is just a joke.

Sure it may be not appropriate for a 6 year old to be watching texas chainsaw massacre... But a 13 or 12 year old who is into horror movies will obviously know its fake.. He is not going to become a mass murderer.

Kids by the age of 12 fully understand what going on in a movie. My friend has 3 sons and the her 13 year old is a gorehound, he loves horror movies. And he is about the most polite kid you would ever meet.

And also, I usually ignore the ratings of movies. Movies that were oscar nominated, or very well made movies that may have an R rating, does not mean its a horrible movie to watch.
It may be complicated for young children to follow but there is no harm done.

If there is a movie that may show nudity (bare bottem or boobs) for a couple seconds.. Cmon people... How does that ruin a 13 year old..

2007-03-21 22:30:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Woman charged with homicide by abuse;
SPOKANE, Wash. - On Wednesday Adriana Lytle, accused of abusing her four-year-old step daughter to the point of death, wept as she was formally charged with one count of homicide by abuse.

The prosecutor said she was a flight risk because she has no family here, and the judge denied a motion to reduce her bail which remains at $500,000. She plead not guilty and the preliminary trial date is May 14, 2007.

Police say inside the Lytle's third-floor apartment abuse and torture led to the death of four-year-old Summer Phelps. The Lytles have admitted to using a shock collar on the girl and hitting her with a broom handle.

In documents released Wednesday there is new evidence that Summer may have been sexually abused. Investigators are quoted as saying "The severe bruises oriented over Summer's front pelvis area could be consistent with someone grabbing her from behind to control her while

http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=6261758

2007-03-21 21:14:58 · 6 answers · asked by debrasearch 6

How can i stop getting soo mad and upset about little things. i am 16.

2007-03-21 20:05:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok so I found out yesterday that my 11 year old son does not have any kind of skin problem like eczema or a rash (thank god) but his skin is just plain dry on around his entire body besides his face.

I still make him have warm/hot baths for a long time.

What can I do to make his skin smoother (not with a rough dry surface)?

IF you had any past expierences please tell me what you did for your child (and what age they were at)

2007-03-21 19:45:32 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

as i am working , i am leaving him with the baby sitter in the day time, at that time he will ahve formila milk, but whenever he sees me he want me to feed him, & in the night he gets up & he cries for that, pls give some advise for me,, to stop breast feeding.& if i stop what r the medicines i have to take, thanks

2007-03-21 19:09:57 · 11 answers · asked by sonu 2

I am a single mom of 3. I have a 2, 3 and 8 year old. I am really stuck because if I work it barely covers daycare. I have no college degree and I want to be able to provide for my kids. I get very little child support despite fighting tooth and nail through court for it. I am beginning to think that college may be the only way to make more money. Are there any single moms out there that went to college with 3 or more very young children?

2007-03-21 19:05:43 · 11 answers · asked by Jenny 1

the father of my child is a us national can my child apply for a citizenship or both of us

2007-03-21 18:21:40 · 3 answers · asked by christine m 1

My 5 yr old brother is allergic to eggs. along with other things. The doctors say on a scale of 1-10 (10 being death) he rates a 9 1/2. He's also allergic to natural peanut butter (not store bought), shell fish, Nuts, mold, and something outside (found that one out while camping on an island... horrible.) He's a very active child. He'll be starting school in the fall. Everyone's been dreading this because kids share and accidents happen. He knows he cant have eggs, and is very good about it. We've had a bad past year. Our grandmother died of a Brain Tumor that she had for 5 years. (no one knew.... including her DR.) after that, a gas quad was bought for his bday in Oct. someone stole it out of the yard 2 days before xmas. Anyone have any Ideas about how we could make the year easier and more fun for him. He's wonderful and deserves to be happy. Please help.

2007-03-21 18:14:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i see them resposible for this, i don't like my life.

why should i be in this world, just becaust they wanted have sex?

2007-03-21 17:50:51 · 5 answers · asked by naughty angel 1

2007-03-21 17:48:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-21 16:21:38 · 23 answers · asked by reene2g 4

They say the sweetest things to me. My six year old just came up to me all serious with a ring box in his hands. He opened it, towards me and it was empty, and he said, "Will you be my mom?" My oldest, when he was four, was also darling- He said: "Mom, I love you like I had a thousand hearts." What do your kids say to you that makes your heart sing?

2007-03-21 16:04:42 · 15 answers · asked by Lesley M 5

Ok, Mom &/or Dad...
You adore your kid(s), you think they are smart, funny and the most amazing humans on the planet, but you can't brag about them to the other parents because... well... you just can't.
So here is a forum for you to do so. Shout it from the rooftop! Tell me what makes YOUR child (children) so utterly unique!


My 7yr old daughter reads at a 5th grade level, she is a champion rock climber, is sweet and funny, very intuitive, thinks we (her parents) are better than video games, wants to donate all the money in her piggy bank to the World Wildlife Fund, has her own opions about the war (we're pretty proud of her for that one!), and most of all, other people think she's really cool too.

So again, tell me about your child.. brag!!!! You deserve to!!!

2007-03-21 15:59:00 · 11 answers · asked by Crazymom 6

So I'm seeing this beautiful Chinese girl (I am English) and I can't seem to get her parents' respect. The problem is I spent a night at her house last year, and ever since then they have frowned upon me. I didn't realise they had such strict rules about the opposite sex leaving before midnight.

I have tried to meet up with them (we communicate through email) but they never agree on a time or date with me. She has a midnight curfew every day of the week (including weekends) and I once tried to politely ask if they could compromise with this for a Ball and they twisted my words and told me not to tell them how to raise their child.

I've tried everything now, and I've tried my best to be respectful since the incident last year, but it seems they are stuck in their old fashioned ways which simply can't be attriubuted to modern North American society (she lives in Canada). What can I do to get their respect, or is it now impossible?!

2007-03-21 14:41:40 · 10 answers · asked by Nick S 1

I posted on here a couple days ago my post was this one http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AljXVTMXCrqWg.ySYmv6h53ty6IX?qid=20070319212406AAXc9uF
I finally had enough of my 12 yr old swearing at me. Nothing was working. I tried grounding him, taking almost everything away, etc. I finally spanked him. I was thinking he was a little too old, but it seemed to have worked. I spanked him this morning and he has been polite to me all day..

But why do I feel so bad? I'm afraid my kids are going to hate me..

2007-03-21 14:39:11 · 11 answers · asked by Kevin_James 1

Okay well, I just want to know how much housework a 12 year old girl should have to do. She doesnt live there most of the time, only on wednesdays and every other weekend.

2007-03-21 14:29:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you had a young daughter and for whatever reason you had to put her up for adoption, when it came to the appropriate time when she reached puberty, would you be happy that she'd a) been placed with a couple of male homosexuals and b) that they showed her about tapons/sanitary towels and explained about periods?

I personally would be absolutely apalled, but then I am biased in that I feel homosexuality is wrong and not so much a crime against God, but a crime against Nature itself, but I would be interested to hear other peoples views?

2007-03-21 14:13:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

hello i was wondering if anyone has a child with ADHD and about there sleep pattern . my son has a horible sleep pattern ever since he started taking adderal xr 10mg.and my doctor prescribed Clonidine.

I am not comfortable giving him something that is usaly prescribed to someone with high blood preasure.Even at 0.1MG. And that may couse harm to him if suddenly stoped .

She also suggested melatonin . I know it's erbal . But i have read not to give this to children under 12. And she did not suggest a dosage type.But my son is only 5 .

Dose anyone have any advise on what i should do. He really needs his rest at night . He wont fall asleep till 12 or 1 in the morning . I wake him up evryday at the same time between 8:30 and 9:00 AM . And i give him his Aderrall by 9:30 right after breakfast. I put him in bed at 9 in the evening . i have even tried laying in bed with him and i have fallen asleep before him.

Please can someone help

Thanks.

Mary

2007-03-21 13:07:20 · 8 answers · asked by mary_llinas 2

I am a 17 year old father to be and the mother of my childs parents are trying to become its legal guardian is there anything at all possible that i can do to prevent them from this and obtaining legal guardianship for myself and her?Also if you could could you please give me a list of all the undersage parental rights that a person in Arkansas has?

2007-03-21 12:58:06 · 9 answers · asked by jacobc420 1

i like the names: emma grace-girl dillian nathaniel-boy do you think these are good names or are they too fancy for a child

2007-03-21 12:32:20 · 12 answers · asked by hotchick199411 1

My 3 year old niece is going to church on Sunday with me. She will be in sunday school from 9:30 to 10:30 but then after sunday school she will be with me for about an hour and a half. How do you would you keep her occupied during Church. Please help and Thank you

2007-03-21 12:12:32 · 10 answers · asked by Aunt2Riah 2

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2007-03-21 11:50:28 · 7 answers · asked by liliana_lmd 1

I think my daughter would have more confidence if she has blond hair like me! She currently has mousey brown hair. Her current hair color washes out her skin tone.

2007-03-21 11:46:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a mommy of 2 children a 2yr old and a 1 yr old. I also have 3 dogs. With just the 5 of us at home, it's great, I get a little me time..Now since I started to babysit, this little girl wants me to devote all my time to make her happy. She hits my son, and I put her in time out, she just laughs, I tell her to stop, and when she gets out she'll do it again. She has destroyed my child gate by swinging it hard and it snapped right in front of me. She doesn't listen to me at all, and she begs for fast food all day, and won't eat a healthy meal. I have her from 9 to 6, I feed her and drive her back and forth to her daddy's job. When we go to walmart I tell her to keep hand hands to herself and she touches everything, I had to paid for the glass bottle she dropped, I get paid 70 dollars. It's not enough when I have to drive, and feed her. Also, I have lost contact with my friends and my mother. I have told myself that'll handle this until June, and then I'll tell them my 2 weeks notice.

2007-03-21 11:37:25 · 18 answers · asked by fourcheeks4 5

I have a blog about my kids, mostly for my family and friends who don't live nearby, but also because I wanted to have some kind of journaling for them when they got older. Most of my family and friends comment infrequently but now I have this blogger, who claims to be a teen-ager from India which seems likely (she's been blogging for more than a year and I see from her links I'm not the only person she's attached herself to), but she posts ALL the time and sometimes demands I post more pics and videos of my kids.

I feel kind of torn. I'm thinking maybe I'll just take it down, but then I know I won't journal regularly without a blog and won't have a detailed record of my kid's first couple of years.

I was mostly just ignoring the posts, but a friend of mine noted she thought it was creepy and I'm thinking it is too. I wouldn't mind so much if my kids weren't involved.

Any ideas. Is one annoyance enough to take it off?

2007-03-21 11:04:23 · 18 answers · asked by Christine I 2

i have a daughter who is 13..she is with this 38 year old man.I try to tell her that is not right and she tells me to mind my own business and rolls her eyes at me..what should i do?..would that make you angry ?

2007-03-21 10:40:06 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous