Parenting - September 2007

2007-09-18 02:15:03 · 9 answers · asked by sophieb 7

If you agree to this, star it to let it be known.

We Listened to Heavy Metal and Pop, Our parents gritted their teeth but we survived. They listen to Hip Hop and Rap, hopefully they will survive.

We had Cutoff holey Jeans and Long hair, Our Parents couldnt understand. They have Peircings in every place and Like to show off their underware. We dont understand.

We had wild beer parties and smoked pot. We survived. They have WIlder Parties, even sex parties, and do who knows what drugs. Hopefully they will survive.

Yes, we of the 80's Rebeled, and we survived, swearing we would never be like our parents, but we have become parents now and ARE our parents now. Hopefully, WE and THEY will survive to see them do the same. Even if we try to kill them over it and it kills us to see it.

Agree or disagree.

2007-09-18 02:09:16 · 11 answers · asked by Common Sense 5

2007-09-17 23:59:46 · 25 answers · asked by MNMG 5

I often hear Michelle and Jim-Bob (?) Duggar described as "perfect parents" and to be honest I just find them a little odd. Sure the children are good-mannered, healthy, educated and generally well looked after and the Duggars have no financial issues, but surely raising your children in this sort of bubble is going to have disastrous consequences when the children are finally released into the real world? It seems in a way quite selfish to have so many children. I find it interesting aswell that they chose to homeschool all their children, knowing deep down that every one of them would have rebelled agaisnt the careful system they have created at some point had they been mainstreamed and allowed to mix with other children. In my opinion the Duggar children haven't been given the freedom to discover who they are, what interests them, what they believe in and explore the world around them, as they have to keep to a strict timetable created by their parents. Its almost like a cult.

2007-09-17 23:30:06 · 19 answers · asked by Antonia 2

yes i wear them

2007-09-17 23:11:40 · 3 answers · asked by ? 1

If you loved your partner and they had a child / children, would you be able to accept them as your own?

2007-09-17 21:56:24 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

my dad and uncle loved to play with toy guns and swords made of sticks as kids. they are wonderfully rounded people and great parents. My son and his little friends (he is 7) made a catapult, they were playing goodies and baddies. not bothering anyone, just being a bit loud. they were in and out of our garden and also their friends, making war cries and such like. most of the nieghbours were out, saying how nice it is to see the kids playing. but 2 neighbours said they would call the police, and our kids should have asbo's. the kids are polite, respectful and always helping the neighbours, but 1 day they decide to play a game, that kids have played for generations and people react like that. why??
if the kids were running riot and causing probs i could understand, they were just being kids. we were also supervising their play.

2007-09-17 21:29:54 · 11 answers · asked by bemusedconfused 3

(And her daughter in law), when she can't even see herself how stupid and wrong she is?
Why can't YA just get rid of her for being a public nuisance?

2007-09-17 16:16:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 14:41:09 · 23 answers · asked by Mr. and Mrs. Q 3

Last year my son was only 2 months old for halloween. we went to grandmas and took pictures. this year, my son will be 13 months. he can walk now, and i'm not sure what we should do this year. pictures again, costume, one or two neighbors houses for candy? i know he won't remember this down the road, but i want him to have fun. ehhh, i'm curious.....what did you do with your child at this age?

2007-09-17 13:40:33 · 25 answers · asked by Paige 2

people always got little comments to say like "you lucky you don't have kids", "you don't need no kids", "you shouldn't have kids" and more. it is really making me mad because some people make you feel like you are unworthy if you don't have any.

i am trying to have a baby but they don't know that. should i be worried about there comments?

thank you in advance.

2007-09-17 13:38:36 · 8 answers · asked by Blessed and Happy 5

I mean, why do they love me so much? It's not like I'm amazingly spectacular and always doing chores for them...

And your always an amazing angelic being in their eyes...

They don't seem to judge you at all.

They just love you.

But why do they unconditionally love me like this?

:)

2007-09-17 13:22:37 · 15 answers · asked by updo 3

I watch my sister's son in the afternoon. Lately I've been taking him to the local range a couple of times a week. I even bought him his own .38 that stays at my house. He's not allowed to have it without adult supervision. He's been through the NRA approved safety courses and takes safety seriously.
My sister found out and hit the ceiling. She claims to not be against guns but thinks that ten is too young even though Dad took both of us out when we were much younger and let us shoot.

2007-09-17 12:29:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

from an estranged family member. Though she is my blood mother, she has mental problems and tried to take my daughter from me when she was just a baby. The package was from Macy's Dept Store and the only way I could tell that it was from her, was that she had put her phone number on the order, but no name. It was addressed to my daughter and newborn son. I don't know what to do or think?

-A Concerned Mommy

2007-09-17 12:22:10 · 10 answers · asked by Somebody'sMother 3

I thought she was talking about waxing or tweezering when I agreed she could have her eyebrows done. She meant piercing, and now she thinks I have gone back on my word and am making excuses.

Until she reaches the age where I legally have no choice, I would never give her permission to get facial piercings. Its not that I don't trust her to look after them or anything like that. Its that a lot of employers don't like them and I don't want to let her screw up her future.

Can you think of something I could offer her as a "sweetener"?

2007-09-17 12:02:36 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 18 years old and I was raped around 5 months ago. As a result of that, I am pregnant. I've decided to keep the baby. No matter the way he/she was conceived, it's still my baby. With the help of my wonderful family and friends, I can give my child a good life even though I'm so young. My mom had offered up the idea of adoption, but that would make the situation worse...well, it would to me anyway.

My question is, when he/she starts asking about his/her father what do I say? Obviously I can't tell what happened when he/she is young...but what about when he/she (sorry for all the he/shes but I don't want to say "it") is older? I guess I'll have to to tell what happened but it's just an awful and terrible thing to have to tell anybody. I know I have plenty of time before I have to tell him/her anything, but it's on my mind....

Any general advice for me?

2007-09-17 11:34:57 · 25 answers · asked by Angie 1

I'm really wanting to try to get intimate with my husband again even though it's only been a few weeks since delivery. I had a 2nd degree tear which isn't as bad as the first time. I had a 4th degree the first time around and couldn't do anything for almost 2 1/2 months. Do you think we should go ahead a try or should we wait a few more weeks. I don't like waiting this long, plus I think my husband would like to also, but he did say he doesn't want to hurt me if I'm not ready. Any suggestions?

2007-09-17 10:34:00 · 7 answers · asked by Andrea W 3

I just want to now people's opinion on when a child is old enough to remember or to understand. Right now he is 9 months and I have his crib in my room.

2007-09-17 10:26:16 · 10 answers · asked by sXe Halovixen 1

i've tried ever cleaner available. nothing works. help!!!!

2007-09-17 10:23:41 · 5 answers · asked by Trace 2

2007-09-17 09:04:37 · 9 answers · asked by tazz 1

My husband and I have been together for almost 7 years now, we just recently got married and have a 3 month old daughter together. He has a 10 year old son and a horrible ex wife who has always tried to cause problems between us but since she found out we married the problem has gotten much worse with her, and his son has also started alot of whining crap about my husband not " putting him before me and the baby" those were his exact words. when we have his son now, he is mouthy to me, he tells me he doesn't have to mind no one but his dad because his mom said so!! he hates our new baby, and he listens to grown up conversations through doors and runs back and tells his mom, then she ( the ex wife) yells at my husband. Then he gets mad at her and takes it out on me. he won't say anything back to her b/c she uses the kid against him and won't let him come visit. I feel like this is ruining my marriage but how can I tell my husband that without making him mad at me? Help

2007-09-17 08:38:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay a few weeks ago my father In-law passed away and my mother In-Law cannot do anything for her self so I offered for her to move in with us she does not want to move she wants to stay in her house but in the mean time my husband has to do the lawn, pay her bills, and go there every day and if he is not there then she will call him like 5 times in 5 hours. She is putting allot of stress on our relationship and we are fighting all the time. We have 2 kids 5 and 2 1/2 . His brother is an alcholic so we are having some more problems with that being he complains all the time about it but never says anything to him about it. I wake up every morning do laundry get my self and both kids ready for school get them dressed feed and off to school I work from 8 to 4:30 then when I get home from work I have to cook dinner and get the kids bathed and ready for the next day of school. My husband keeps making rude comment to the kids like mommy never plays with you or that I don't help with

2007-09-17 08:34:58 · 6 answers · asked by skyler 5

My daugther I am always with her cause I am not working at the time. But no matter how much attention I give her. If I am on the phone she starts whining. If am taking to an adult she starts misbehaving. Why does she act like that? Do all kids do that? Its starting to get on my nerves. Cause I can't have a normal conversation with someone on the phone because I hear her crying or nagging.

2007-09-17 08:11:20 · 15 answers · asked by latina 2

I mean big parties with like 10 or 11 kids.
My daughter is going to be 12-just a sleepover or movie and dinner with 3 or 4 friends is ok,right?
Just want to hear other what others do for older kids..Thanks :)

2007-09-17 07:26:14 · 10 answers · asked by Willow 5

My kids are outside a lot, and they all love to go barefoot. Which means, they track in dirt and mud every time they come inside. So i set up a new rule, you either wear shoes or you wash your feet when you come in (I set up a bucket of water and rags right outside the door). This worked for about a day. So i was thinking from now on, to charge them per pair of dirty feet (50 cents for the little kids, $1 for middle kids, $2 for older kids). We already have a swear jar ($10 bucks in the jar per nasty word said). do you think this would work? am i charging too much or not enough? thanks for all answers.

2007-09-17 04:48:54 · 17 answers · asked by Trace 2

a homeroom mom for one of your children?

2007-09-17 02:28:18 · 8 answers · asked by evian 6

yes or no and why?

2007-09-17 02:22:28 · 14 answers · asked by melissa 3

Just the other day, my daughter asked me:
What's the difference between sit up and sit down?

2007-09-17 01:24:55 · 12 answers · asked by Westport 2

So far this week my lovely daughter of 17 has told me me that she hopes my house burns down with me in it, and since she pays for her phone and the minutes she puts on it she can talk to whom ever she wants, which included the 'guy' that gave her a black eye a busted lip and a long scratch on her face alone with a broken front door and broke lights in my kitchen that I HAVE TO PAY FOR!!!.. (yes, I have called the cops on him and am pressing charges.)

The other day while we are at her P.O. office she proceeds to tell her po about the F*CHED up childhood she has had...

OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD!!! I look at her and ask about this and what was so F*CHED UP about it... ? NOTHING... She can't even come up with a a lie to go alone with this..

And people wonder why I want to sit on her head and punch her head into the carpet..

Ungreatful, pain in my A$$. God knows I love her to death but It may her death and not mine..

2007-09-17 00:41:28 · 35 answers · asked by LadyCatherine 7

My biological mother married an abusive man when I was 3 years old. A year later I was in foster care. She chose her husband over her 4-year-old first-born daughter.
I have never maintained a relationship with this woman. She was told by her parents, my grandparents, when I had my children and never made contact. But never contacted us in anyway.
Two years have past since the birth of my Twin boys where born and we have never received a card or phone call from her.
Today I received a phone call from my grandparents, asking if my biological mother & my two half brothers could come up to my house and stay for a couple of days. Met my family. Apparently she is going through a tough time at the moment with a divorce, blah blah blah.
I do NOT want her any where near my family & I –FULL STOP!!
I feel she couldn’t raise me so why should she think about seeing my babies??
Am I justified in denying her right to see my children??
SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

2007-09-17 00:23:59 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous