Parenting - August 2007

Nature deficit disorder?

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070825/national/children_outdoors

2007-08-28 01:58:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Receptionist or travel agent or something and i was thinking is there a program that i could download for free off the internet where she can fill in spaces like where your going on holiday ?

2007-08-28 01:25:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

instead of being over protective why dont dads teach daughters self defence?

Including free running for escape and evasion,

Link in videos

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1200058447260450472

use of improvised weapons and martial arts like

Krav maga the martial art of the Isreali army, and specail forces Mossad or ninjitsu as in Ninja Assaisin?

Starting young so by teens is very efficient at taking people out quick ... Maybe with a nickname like Buffy the bully Slayer.


Plus teaching girlie dirty tricks.


Like lift top and guys too busy thinking wow nice boobs to see the round house kick about to smack him in the head or acting all weak and vunerable and defeated so guy drops his guard.


Plus when not defending self elements of tomboyishness into adventure sports (meet more guys and keep fit)

2007-08-27 22:43:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

My four month baby daughter Lilianna has been growing very dark hair but my hair is light brown and my husband's is like a darker blondish- Lilianna's hair is almost black ( a very dark brown ) & is there anything wrong? What should I expect?? x

2007-08-27 22:10:01 · 11 answers · asked by Kayley x 1

That as children they're born with a clean slate and are innocent, or that truly children(humans) are born as "monsters" and it's the job of parents to tame them. (think lord of the flies or other situations regarding free will and conscience). Which do you think applies?

Personally I believe in the second one a little, and the latter as well because of christian beliefs - (the nature of humans).

["Kids can be so cruel", so you have to teach them not to be].

2007-08-27 20:03:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mother & I are very close, or so I thought. We also both struggle with depression & always knew if we ever were having problems to just call the other day or night & talk it through. I tell my mother everything b/c she's my best friend. Well lately she's been "hinting" about thinking of suicide & I got worried & although I know its wrong I went into her email knowing her journal is there & read it to see if she was planning it. Instead I found out that everything I told her in private she was telling her friends online & even making up things about me that weren't true! Saying I was a bad mother to my kids & then in her journal wrote that I'm the reason for her depression in the first place & that me calling her to talk to her about my problems triggers her depression & makes her "not look forward to life". She's never said anything like this to my face & I feel so betrayed. I never had a father & felt my mother was all I had & now this. Why would a mother do and say those things?

2007-08-27 19:54:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have 4 kids and the list they send in the mail are just getting bigger and bigger, plus not counting the extra stuff they require after they start school.
Paper towels, hand sanitzers, certain color pens, to only using mechanical pencils, to every child has to have 3 pencil sharpners on on . Heck next they will tell us the kids have to bring toliet paper. My youngest has to bring in dry erase markers for the teacher.
3 boxes of tissues for each child.
how much does parents spend just on supplies for school, not clothes or anything just the list of things required?

2007-08-27 17:24:57 · 16 answers · asked by diane33michigan 4

We have been having problems getting my daughter to sleep in her crib. We have been doing the tough love, where we put her in the crib and let her be. She cries herself to sleep, then a few hours later she wakes up crying. Since, we share a room with our daughter, we eventually give up and bring her in our bed because we need to sleep and it's just easier. I know that I should just deal with it but I like my sleep. Since, she likes our bed so much, we're not sure if she doesn't like the confinement of the crib or maybe it's her bedding or maybe it's seperation anxiety.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, although if it's not constructive please don't leave a message.

2007-08-27 17:13:11 · 15 answers · asked by Robyn's Mama 3

I've seen someone on here tell a single mom to "find an adoptive, two parent, married family to raise your child."

2007-08-27 17:10:21 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was at the park a few months ago with my kids and my son had to go be. We were about to leave to go to a timmy's when a lady says to him " Go behind that tree" I told him no and of course he did it anyways. Now he tries to do it at the park all the time and I don't know what to do to get him to stop. HELP!!! He's 5 , he'll be six in October

2007-08-27 17:01:15 · 5 answers · asked by whatprofilenamesareleft 1

I am babysitting my 12 year old nephew for 12 days. his mother out on a trip.

I ask him to do things, he never listens. I told him put away the dishes and he said "go hump a dog *****". its been 3 days now and he still never took a shower and I told him too and he said "make me you cow". He never listened to me once, does not go to bed the time I told him and always uses cusses and cusses towards me.

So I put a soother in his mouth and put a diaper on him, I treat him like a little baby and cuddle with him if he was a 2 year old. I even give him the routine of I give him a long bubble bath at 7:15, I scrub his hair and take him out at 7:45 and give him a lotion massage until 8:00, then tuck him into bed and kiss him goodnight.

I think he is getting extremely emberrased, I phoned his mom and told him what I am doing and she is fine with it.

Is this a ilttle too harsh, or is it what I should continue.

2007-08-27 16:08:28 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it wrong not to want kids?

2007-08-27 16:02:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have 3 kids, 10, 4, and 1 1/2. My 4 yr old is deaf and takes a lot of attention and my youngest has been in and out of the hospital and also requires a lot of attention. We don't really go places. I had to stop working a move in with my dad so my money isn't what it use to be. I have tried to explain it to her but she needs one on one time with me which is hard since no one can really take care of the youngest. My 10 yr old doesn't talk to express herself or her wants and needs unless I poke and prod it out of her. What do I do? Where should I take her? What do 10 year old girls like to do. I try painting nails, doing small crafts or watching movies. She also spends HOURS doing homework (she has prob. w/math so i give her practice work. No more than 10 probs) on the weekends. This past weekend she literally spend 20 hours sitting at the table doing work for 7 problems. What am I missing? I know she daydreams instead of working, but there has to be more to it...doesn't it?

2007-08-27 15:36:12 · 9 answers · asked by angel951747 2

I need to find a pediatrician in the Upland California area. We have health net insurancne, and want to find a dr who works out of San Antonio hospital. Thanks!

2007-08-27 12:20:26 · 1 answers · asked by parental unit 7

they are trapping these men and sending them to jail! it is not right, i mean if the guy was not really talking to a child then why are they going to jail. It is just role playing. These men ae not monsters if anythign the "kids" should be the ones in trouble for entrapment

2007-08-27 09:06:35 · 45 answers · asked by ashleigh s 1

if yes, how old are your kids, and how long do you allow?

2007-08-27 08:05:55 · 12 answers · asked by Mama Carrie 1

sometimes i think it would do them more good than harm, but other times i have second thoughts about the matter. opnions?

2007-08-27 07:58:16 · 20 answers · asked by Connie 1

2007-08-27 07:46:52 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I see questions on here at least weekly about putting a baby on their back to sleep or giving milk or not using a bummper etc. There argument is I was given x or my mom did y and i am fine. Yes you are fine but 1,000 if not 1,000,000 of babies were not fine. They died, developed allergies, got sick etc and with research they found out that what parents were doing were not right. Yes you may be ok but the best science we have today says don't do it. Why would you want to chance your child life because it was good enough for you?

2007-08-27 07:44:45 · 15 answers · asked by Big Daddy R 7

I think that if you have children, one of the parents should stay home until they are old enough to be in school. I think if you PLAN it like you should, you should have enough money to live off one income. I don't believe in day care, if you want to be a parent, then stay home and PARENT. I don't think it's right to have someone else raise your children. Don't have children unless you can afford to. My boyfriends mom called me a "freeloader" because I mentioned that when I have kids I want to stay home with them. I mean I have a full-time job now and have for 10 years. My boyfriend agrees with his mom that stay-at-home moms are freeloaders just looking for a free ride. Who is right?

2007-08-27 07:11:56 · 79 answers · asked by Vwgirl18 4

she refuses to use public bathrooms or go to the bathroom outside. so she would keep wetting her pants and she did ask that she could just wear diapers on car rides and at 1st i did say no but about a month later she asked again and i finally said yes even though i wish she would use public bathrooms and stuff and i once tried carrying her to a public bathroom and i did make it but then after that she wouldn't hold it and would just let it come right out.
what should i do?!

2007-08-27 06:01:21 · 17 answers · asked by alix p 1

My friend lives next door to me. We now have an arrangement where she babysits my children once a week for 1-2 hours while I go to class, just until my husband get home from work. For this favor she asked $8 an hour. When I do favors for her I get no reimbursement (giving her rides, watching her dog while she vacations, lending her textbooks etc).

She has decided that she doesn't want to go back to her work-study this semester so she has a lot of free time on her hands now. She has asked if she could babysit my children on Tuesday and Thursdays while I am in class. I currently take them to a daycare center. She says she could use the money, plus this way she can "do her homework and stuff" while babysitting which she couldn't do at her work.
My problem is that when she babysits she is rarely on time, thus making me late. She also does things like asking for their carseats so she can run errands and grocery shop etc. She sometimes takes them to her house so she can cook and clean.

2007-08-27 05:50:53 · 19 answers · asked by moira77 4

Well my wife and I have six children and all are boys. Aged 11,9,7,(twins)4, 6 months. We are from South Africa, a sport mad nation and we also have a sports mad house. My wife and I have a really open relationship with them and stuff and they always tell us their problems and worries. The problem is that the three older boys Daryll, Stephen and Brent always want to play rugby, hockey, cricket and football. We know that sometimes they concentrate to much on sports and not so much studies and we want them to keep their grades up as well as their sports ability. They are really well behaved kids and they never really gotten into trouble but we know they can do better in school if they concentrate a little more. So my wife and I told them that they will only get to play sports if they do well in school. Is this to harsh or something or are we doing a good thing? If we know give them sporting time will their studies go down hill again? Is this what u would do?

2007-08-27 05:38:37 · 8 answers · asked by Proud Pa of 6 Boys 2

As a parent I was shocked by the amount of profanites used on the Teen Choice Awards last night! Granted that they bleeped them out for TV, but I saw little girls in the audience who couldn't be any older than 5 or 6! Avril Lavigne said motherf*ckin for crying out loud! We're so worried about our kids looking up to Britney, Paris and Lindsey, but they seem to not be the only ones we have to look out for!
Not only that, Miley Cyrus was certainly wearing a low cut dress! She got up for an award and had to "hold herself in her dress" before she popped out! Not to mention the various other teen rolemodel celebrites that were scantily clad as well. I just think it's sad that young girls are growing up thinking that's what they have to look like. What do you think of all this?

2007-08-27 05:29:02 · 12 answers · asked by starlight_940 4

MIL is incredible overbearing, and possessive over the kids. I don't mean affectionate and loving, like a normal grandparent, she actually tries to stop me holding my own son, she was trying to get my 4 year old daughter to call her mommy, and constantly refers to them as 'her' kids.
She isn't critical of me, or anything like that, but what she's doing is so innappropriate, the other day in Walmart a woman was 'clucking' over my son in his stroller, and MIL picked him up and said "yes, he's my beautiful baby boy". The woman thought she was his mother!
What can I say to her, this stuff is happening almost daily, and it's driving me insane.

2007-08-27 05:14:08 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

People always assume that they're doing it for the money, and decide to 'tell them off' for not thinking about loving the child?
For heavens sake, yes, you absolutely should be doing it for love, and I'm fairly sure that the majority of foster parents, just like the majority of ANY parents, are doing it for love not money.
But the fact is, it costs money to raise a child! Sometimes people are in a very hard financial position, and need to know if foster care would even be viable!
Why are people so judgemental?

2007-08-27 02:37:55 · 15 answers · asked by ♥♥Mum to Superkids Baby on board♥♥ 6

2007-08-27 02:16:01 · 12 answers · asked by memememe 3

You are welcome to come over for free lunch if you want to claim that she doesn't know what she is doing. She is exceptionally smart, which means that she knows right from wrong. I quarantine her in her crib or playpen. She looks and acts about 18 months old, but thank goodness is not yet walking, just standing. I love her to death but I've never seen so much personality at such a young age.

Please stick to the question without second guessing. If you want to know what she did wrong, in this instance, she hit me when I took the phone away from her.

2007-08-27 01:31:37 · 25 answers · asked by Sleek 7

My baby is 11 month old or is he? He was born on sept 25th 06, Its been 344 days since he was born, which makes him 12 months already! This is really weird, this means that we are all older then we think we are! It is odd cause when a baby is first born, thier age is counted in weeks/months, but like i said if we still counted our age in weeks we are actually older and our birthdays would be on a different date each yr! Am i right or is there something im missing? lol

2007-08-27 01:15:43 · 25 answers · asked by clairelington 2

I have a nephew of about 4 who constantly asks for stuff...
'can I eat this...'
'can we go out to...'
'can I have this toy...'
My question is, how often can you 'give in' to their requests without spoiling them?

2007-08-27 00:32:30 · 15 answers · asked by e-man 3