Parenting - September 2007

I have a 4 and a 3 year old. They are well-behaved. I just don't know whats wrong with me. They get on my nerves so bad, with every little thing they do, I can't seem to get over it. I used to feel so close to them, now I just feel like I can't get away from them enough. What is wrong with me?

2007-09-16 19:17:06 · 20 answers · asked by Hicktown girl66 6

love her. What do you think I should do to show her that I love her? It's just that I understand that she has gone through some though stuff , and despite all her good qualifies, she is still blind in a way. It's so weird, because I used to be so mad at her for not being there for me emotionally--but I totally forgive her and want her to feel loved like she deserves.

I'm 17 by the way.

2007-09-16 18:38:50 · 10 answers · asked by Tiffany 3

2007-09-16 18:11:49 · 23 answers · asked by applebeer 5

My 11 year old son, when I tell him to he will go in the tub. He only sits in the water for about 5 minutes, He is expected to wash his hair, wash his body, and use lotion (he has very chronic dry skin). But he never does any of this.

I am getting pretty frusterated, why won't he actually bathe and what can I do ?

2007-09-16 18:09:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have full custody of my kids and I was wondering?

Usually its the women who end up with the kids and everything else. With that in mind, men are the ones who have to deal with the woman's kids if there are any.

How would women deal with the kids that live with dad full time? Or, does it matter to them?

2007-09-16 17:54:43 · 25 answers · asked by Bones 5

I am trying to teach a friend a lesson about parenting and wanted to buy one of those fake babies that cry and need to be fed. If anyone has any ideas that would be great!

2007-09-16 17:44:17 · 9 answers · asked by jaysimper88 1

Im having issues with my ex-husband regarding my daughters last name. When she was born we were seperated, and actually he was served with divorce papers when she was 1 week old. He was in a relationship with someone else, and questioned if our daughter was really his. So I gave her my maiden name, which is my only last name, and left his name out of it. He rarely see's her, or makes any real effort to be part of her life. He just got remaried and has another child on the way. He now wants our daughters name hyphenated to reflect his and his new families. I am completly against this. What do you think?

2007-09-16 16:25:21 · 18 answers · asked by rebecca 1

2007-09-16 16:06:19 · 20 answers · asked by Heather M 4

Ok lets just say my new wife and ex wife do not get along. The problem is i share custody of my 8 yr old with my exwife, we have been divorced for 4 yrs.Hear are my 2 problems.1. My ex wants to have joint b-day parties for our son but my new wife wants us to have seperate ones(meaning my son has 1 with us and 1 with his mom) this is how we have always done it since the divorce but my ex want to combine them now to "share the work/expense" 2. My ex does not want my new wife to attend parent/teacher conferences with me.My new wife feels she should go as my son lives with us 50% of the time and my ex should not go with me since we are divorced and my ex should go on her own. I agree with my new wife but i want to do whats best for my son.

2007-09-16 15:42:36 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

She is mentally and emotionally abusive. I dont' let her see the kids much and want to stop it all together, but moving really far away. In the meantime I am pacifying her by letting her see them once ever now and than. I am worried she will go to court as here we have 'grandparetns rights'. Menal and emotional abuse is very hard to prove, and even harder when she is a 'pillar of the community' pastor's wife. Since I have cut back contact, my anxiety attacks have stopped and my kids have self confidenece.. my oldes child acutally plays and gets hyper (she used to be a serious and shy child). My kids dont' even have tempers and burts of sudden anger anymore! I am worried if she takes me to court because emotional abuse is 'he said, she said'. Can she MAKE me let the kids go around her? I am going to go to counselling to help me out, but also so there is documentation.. but that kind of documentation is more 'she said...' kind of stuff.

2007-09-16 12:06:56 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-09-16 11:00:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

My former foster mom used to get upset when bill collectors would call for my former foster grandma (her mom), & we'd tell them she's dead. Well, she is dead. & she told us we should just tell them my foster grandma is really busy & to call back later.

2007-09-16 10:48:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thinks that we're having sex. We aren't. We've been together a year and 7 months and we're only 15, we aren't stupid enough to have sex at 15 but as many times as my bf tells him that he keeps thinking we're having sex. Yes we kiss & make out a lot but we truely do love each other, our relationship is based on trust and loyalty, we talk about everything, most importantly we dont want to have sex..We know we love each other so the way we see it we're in love, we'll be together a long time, there will be plenty of time for that kind of thing if we get married, but no one believes that we dont believe in sex before marriage. And yes, his parents had him very young and they aren't together anymore, thats another reason we want to wait, but his dad only focuses on the way he was when he was 15. Believe it or not some of us do want to wait! So can someone please tell me why parents always assume that kids are having sex? What's a way to convince him for good that we aren't?

2007-09-16 10:14:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems to me that society is being screwed up by parents who refuse to use the word "no" to their children. Most kids today seem to have more toys than they know what to do with, and don't know the value of anything.

A bit of smacking wouldn't do any harm, either.

2007-09-16 09:40:02 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

the other day i was in the pool with my 2 year old. she was standing on the steps and i was right next to her. well she stepped down to this one step that is slightly below her mouth and ducked under water and just looked at me. scared me a bit, but when i picked her up she just laughed at me and said "scared ya huh?" i had to fight back the laughter so hard cuz i didnt want her to keep trying to scare me but i had a good laugh later

2007-09-16 09:15:50 · 5 answers · asked by someone 2

I just asked a question about a freind wanting to open a daycare.. She experimented with marijuana when she was young and got caught... She was 16 then.. now she is much older, has a nice house, a husand, her own kids... and so on.. A wonderful person..
The responses I got were that they would never leave there children with her..
Now tell me people.. You guys have never experimented with marijuana? Tell me also why you dont think someone can change from there childhood when they become an adult..
also tell me, why everyone thinks that people cant change.. because people can... People change all the time...

2007-09-16 09:04:08 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do children of single moms behave worse than children with a mom and a dad? I have noticed that children who have a single mom don't listen, act up and throw fits more than children who have a mom and a dad. It seems you can always tell a child who only as a mom because they behave so badly. Why is that?

2007-09-16 07:48:12 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-16 06:38:47 · 56 answers · asked by drofwarcja 1

Mine does this all the time! If I'm at the computer or working on homework and I don't hear him making a mess with his toys I look over and inevitably he's got a hold of something he shouldn't have.

2007-09-16 04:42:16 · 24 answers · asked by Sarah S 4

My daughter will be turning 3 in December, She was always considered a 'good eater', but my question is, can she eat TOO much?
My daughter is healthy, very active, and doesnt have an ounce of fat on her. Yet when it comes to eating, she will eat about 3 drumsticks of chicken, macaroni, and pick and poke at veggies. I understand that her stomach is about the size of her fist, but when she gets done eating its almost impossible for all that food to fit in her. Is this ok? She stops when she's done, but i dont think ive ever seen a child eat so much?

2007-09-16 04:39:11 · 12 answers · asked by *Bella Reveuse* 3

My daughter who is 6 years old is being bullied at school, I have been up to the school but she has a new teacher,and it has started again, one girl in particular is telling eveyone else not to be my daughters friend and to make things worse the girl lives not too far away from us, and it has started in our street aswell (talking to the parents is not an option - yet) I am going up to see her teacher tomorrow, but any advice wil be greatfully recieved thanx

2007-09-16 03:01:20 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok today i was down the street when my 13 month old threw a tantrum, so like i would at home i just left him in the pram and let him scream it out, a few women came up to me and told me to sort him out that i shouldn't leave him screaming and that people like me don't deserve children, which of course brought me to tears and i left the shop fast.

should i just give in to him when we are out and about or ignore him like i do at home?

2007-09-15 19:54:49 · 27 answers · asked by M 5

For me, my mother should have worked on improving my self-esteem. She also should have explained the way men are better to me.

2007-09-15 17:44:14 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

versus formula? I am so sick of people that give a thumbs down because someone even dares to mention the word formula in their answer! My son was almost 3 months early and I pumped breastmilk to be put in his feeding tube. When he came home 10 weeks later he had to go on formula and he is now 3 years-old with no health issues, and can read his own name. Breastfeeding is not for everyone and we do not need it forced down our throats or have our answers voted down for answering someone elses question regarding formula!

2007-09-15 17:21:37 · 32 answers · asked by Ryan's mom 7

I cant stand it.. they want me to sit down there every night and eat dinner with them while my mom nags me about stupid stuff and while my dad slurps and make the most abnoxious noises.... i get soo annoyed with themm.... ii cant wait til i go off to college!!!!

my mom does this thing about the room.. she never has to see the room but she is always saying that is annoying to her.. i can live with a messy room and that is all that matters./.... is still have four more years... well not even... i can not wait!!!! my parents want me to go to coollege in my hometown too.. that would mean that i live with them.. like i am goinmg to do that... i am going to get as far away from this stupid little nasty town as a can... thanks for listening!

oh i can deffinently stay mad for a long time..i am never not mad at them...i wish that

2007-09-15 15:09:51 · 19 answers · asked by Theresa 3

I want to make a rewards chart to get them motivated to clean. Can somebody please suggest how I should format the chart and also I'm having a hard time finding a reward to give them after they do their chores for so long. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

2007-09-15 13:57:14 · 9 answers · asked by Jamie 2

ok i'm really wanting to move from the trailer parks to the city nearby but my 2 daughters(13 and 8) don't want to move because they enjoy living at the trailer parks. the city is like 30 miles away as well. my daughter really do seem to enjoy it here and have alot of friends here but i'm really wanting to move into a bigger place and the closest place to here and the city about 30 miles away but i also don't want to hurt them. what should i do?

2007-09-15 11:43:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok so here is what happened. i have 3 kids. 7,12,14, so me and my husband went out with some friends, and my oldest son had a friend over to help him watch his younger brothers. when we got home, my youngest was locked in the bathroom and the middle child was duct taped to a chair.

what would you do if it was your son, would you punish him.
should i call his friend's mom, or just let it go?
and how do we get the duct tape off of my other son, because they took his shirt off first, and its stuck to his bare skin.

thanks for the help.

2007-09-15 10:58:44 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

and we have nobody to watch our kids. They are 13 and 16. Would you leave them buy themselves. They would have to get off to school, make dinner and go to bed all by themselves. They are very responsible children, but would you leave them alone??

2007-09-15 09:21:51 · 25 answers · asked by ndfightingirish1394 2

I've been struggling for the last three months.
My wife died in childbirth. I'm left to bring up our daughter, Scarlett. I love her to pieces and want to give her the best possible chances in life. I work night shifts as a paramedic and she is in child - care a lot. I've never had a child before, but I know the basics, I just need a bit of advice on the best nappies and bottles and stuff.
I would be very thankful. :-)

2007-09-15 09:09:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous