Parenting - August 2007

Well unfortunately for me last night, I mouthed off one time too many to my daddy and he not only SCREAMED but he punished me like a little kid....right in front of my brother and sister too... I was and still am EXTREMELY EMBARRASSED. Please rest assured that I am fine and my daddy did not hurt me. I am embarrassed more than anything else and only had a temporary condition of MILDLY CHAFED BUTTOCKS. I can say this since none of you know me anyway.

But what CHAFES ME even more is that both my brother and sister seem to be EXTREMELY AMUSED. All day my brother has been telling me that my BEHIND looks swollen to 5 TIMES its normal ULTRA size. Which is totally UNTRUE as I am not the slightest bit overweight. And they are both like, I totally "deserved it" and it was so funny, and my sister told my daddy it was "about time someone WHOOPED Lori's SPOILED BUTT"

How do I tell them to KNOCK IT OFF and LEAVE ME ALONE as it REALLY WAS NOT THAT AMUSING?

Thank you and good day.

2007-08-01 15:45:19 · 17 answers · asked by Lori 5

Force their kids to smoke a whole bunch of cigarettes if they find out they're smoking. Wouldn't that just make it worse? I don't smoke those cancer-on-a-sticks so my parents will never punish me that way I'm just wondering why some parents would do that. If my kids smoked I'd just take all their death sticks and throw them away and talk to them about how smoking is VERY bad for their health.

2007-08-01 12:29:34 · 5 answers · asked by S 7

My son is almost eight. His bio dad and I haven't been together since he was in utero, really. I am married - we have a daughter together. My husband is a loving, involved father to my son - he doesn't differentiate between his bio child and his step child (AT ALL). Great, right?
Well, my son's bio dad is a mess. We've maintained a fairly friendly "relationship" with him over the years, but he's been sliding into the bottle for years, and his life is a wreck. He hasn't seen our son in months, (only sees him if we bring our son to his business (restaurant-long hours)...he says that he has no time off, and when he does he's too depressed to see our son. Absentee dad...
Except he's not totally absent. Every couple of months, he'll call to talk to our son, and it leaves the kid devastated because he doesn't see his dad....he calls to hear how much he's loved and missed, but it HURTS the kid. How do I tell him (nicely) to put up or stop calling? Heart-to-hearts haven't worked so far...

2007-08-01 10:52:59 · 10 answers · asked by sylvyahr 3

this 8 year old in my cousins class came over to my cousins house one day. when they were sleeping my cousin (who is also 8) said that her friend licked her fingers and "rubbed" down there and said that she pretends boys are "kissing" down there. my cousin said she ran out of the room and slept somewhere else & they are not friends anymore.

why does this girl have such sick thoughts at 8 years old. do you think she masturbates? well anyway i want serious answers where could she have learned this behavior!

2007-08-01 10:03:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Personally I cannot think of a set of circumstances that would ever stop me wanting to be a part of my beautiful little girl's life and wanting to do all I can for her - therefore wondered how the absent parents (I mean the one's who do it through choice and without a care/looking back) can possibly abandon their own children?

2007-08-01 09:45:30 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am only four months pregnant and already trying to figure out how I want to raise my baby from birth to eighteen. Like for instance, I do know that once my baby gets here, I don't want it to be held all the time by family members or my husband and I. But, I don't want to hurt my family members feelings. I am looking for great advice on how to raise my first child and how to tell my family members about how I want it done. My sister has three kids and all my family does is hold them when they were born and spoil them. I don't want to have that with my child. This is my mother in laws first grandchild and I don't want her to hold it all the time. So anyone have any parenting advice and how to tell family members how I want them raised? Thanks bunches.

2007-08-01 08:39:00 · 30 answers · asked by ~M*a*N*d*Y~ 3

2007-08-01 08:23:38 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a single mother raising two boys ages 5 and 10. They are well-behaved, smart, and have total respect for me. However, someone questioned my parenting, saying that because they are in a single parent home, they will grow up to be convicts, losers, bums, etc. and someone else said they can't possibly be well-rounded without the love and support of both parents. When I was married, it was worse because all he did was contradict me and intimidate the kids...

Any comments on single parenting vs. two parents? How were you raised? How are you raising your kids? All perspectives are welcome.

2007-08-01 07:53:58 · 17 answers · asked by jncsklvr 2

I want to see what our children will look like if my fiance and I had one. I've heard of websites that let you put up a picture of yourself and one of your spouse and it makes a computer generated picture of what your child would look like.

2007-08-01 07:09:31 · 2 answers · asked by Teresa G 1

me and my friend were talking yesterday about getting married and having kids and stuff like that. i was saying that i'm going to raise my children as vegetarians. and she was like "why? you're gonna force them to not eat meat?" and i said, "i'm not going to force them, i'll raise them to not eat meat. what sense would it make to be a vegetarian yourself and not raise your children the same way?" so she started arguing that i should let my kids make the choice to be vegetarian or not and she wouldnt even give me a chance to explain. so i just made her change the subject.
wouldnt it be weird to raise your children to be meat eaters when you're not? we're only 17, but i was just wondering what other people thought about this.

~health_freak.com

2007-08-01 05:52:26 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous

why does she not understand that she lost my trust because she disobeyed the rules. I left the house and when I came back i found her boyfriend running out the back door. He is not allowed in the house and especially when i'm not home. I got mad at her and told her i felt betrayed because she knew he was not supposed to be in there and who knows what they were doing. she clammed up and says she cant talk to me because i get mad. well how does she want me to get, HAPPY? i don't think so i told her to grow up and stop acting childish like if i'd beat her or i'd throw her out of the house. i've tried talking to her about everything but she thinks everything i say is just to thwart her. i don't know what to do anymore should i just let her do what she wants? Her dad says it's all my fault anyway because i always let her do what she wants in the first place, she would go to the park every single day w/BF,did no chores,go 2 movies,just out walking with BF, now she's grounded.

2007-08-01 05:39:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok, so my son was suppose to be grounded to his bedroom because him and his brother got into a fight, (not a big one, no punches or anything) just a screaming fight over what to watch on the tv. so i told both to go to their rooms. but later that night their was a knock at my door and it was my son (in handcuffs) and two police officers. they said him and a couple of friends were throwing stones at cars as they drove by. they said they would either release him into my custidy or take him to jail for a day or two and hopefully learn his lesson. i said take him to jail. but my mom is totally against it. she was so mad. and was going to go to the jail and get him. my friends all say that i was right. and that he wouldnt have learned his lesson if i didnt and he would think he could get away stuff. do you think that i was right or wrong? but please be nice about it.

2007-08-01 05:23:36 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have started many groups, and then deleted them.. Most of them being exercise and diet groups... I just can't stick to them.. Can you? LOL I can't! I know why... I am always to busy to exercise, or I can't stick to a "diet"... So I have yet again started another group... For busy Moms/women... It is for all of us that are so busy and are trying to squeeze in exercise any way we can....... Did you know that housework equals exercise? Instead of dieting, lets just be healthy, if we are, the weight will come off.. We have a house to run and some of us have kids. If you are interested in joing the group, here is the link below. :) Are you interested???? I would love to have you a part of it? Do you have any questions?

I would love to have anyone join!

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Busywomenmoms/

Do you want to?

2007-08-01 05:12:29 · 1 answers · asked by Learn about the one true God 3

2007-08-01 04:07:02 · 10 answers · asked by sorina 1

A few nights ago I walked in on my daughter and my neighbor in bed together. I am furious because of his age. He new she was only 16, but I also knew she liked older men. I warned him to stay away from my daughter when I found out that he was calling her in the middle of he night. I immediately called the police when I saw them in bed. but now I dont know what to do

2007-08-01 02:49:37 · 34 answers · asked by mysteriously me 1

.... give the same dumb religion to my children?

only serious answers please.

2007-08-01 02:12:15 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

The little girl audrey is coming over to our house and eating the left over dog food we have for our dogs. Her mom took her to the doctor and the little girl had worms. I know that you can spread worms and its contagious . I dont want my son getting sick with worms how do I say go away or something but say it nicely. And I shouldnt have to tell her not to bring audrey over because if my son was sick I wouldnt bring him around other kids. Please Help!

2007-08-01 02:11:22 · 9 answers · asked by alliedeal94 2