Parenting - November 2007

2007-11-21 03:17:50 · 3 answers · asked by becky1 1

hey there, im the father of a beautiful baby girl. she is my life! i understand the constant worry of making sure she gets the best and is never hurt. and because of this i was thinking the other night and this is the most difficult question i have ever asked myself.

If you were told when your child was born that they could only read one book in their entire life what book would it be?? would you choose an informative book to teach your child about the world? or would you choose a fairytale to give your child sweet dreams? would it be a love story to help his/her heart grow? a comedic book just to make your child smile? an adventure story to give them ambition to explore? or educational book to expand their minds?

i have sat for days thinking about this. what are your comments and what would your choise be (if you can make a choise) id love to hear your comments

2007-11-21 01:35:36 · 18 answers · asked by TEMtogether 1

I am doing a final year design project at university and am trying to find out about children taking showers; If they dont like them then why? Is there anything you think would help to solve this? Is it easier for you as a parent to bath or shower them? How old were they when they first had a shower?

Any information will be greatly recieved, big or small.

2007-11-21 00:48:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

if it has to do with diet change, what would the diet consist of?

2007-11-21 00:45:51 · 10 answers · asked by littlesweety14 1

2007-11-21 00:36:05 · 7 answers · asked by anielyn t 1

She has been very naughty. How can I give her a birthday or Christmas present? I'm thinking of giving her a card and a dollar. It is hard, but her other relatives who don't know all the details of her crazy year can reward her unconditionally. She has put our family through the ringer with her grades, defiant attitude and sense of entitlement this year. So, what to do. Believe she is disciplined, but she has so much 14 year old angst.

Thanks!

2007-11-20 23:50:14 · 15 answers · asked by Sleek 7

I am 6mnths preg and have a 5yr old & a 3yr old.
My hubby & I have no direct family and no body ever babysits for us to go out, the last time we went out without the children was Nov last year for my 30th birthday anyways.... My husband has won an all expensis paid weekend to london through his work, it's a top hotel with harrods shopping a meal on a boat & to see a musical and we have to be in london on friday afternoon until sunday afternoon.
Friends have offered to pick the girls up from school one friend to have them friday night, swap them to another friends saturday night and then they will take them out until sunday.
Would you go? I feel bad for my girls being shipped about all weekend, they are not used to people looking after them & normally they are at home with me but I really would like to spend the whole weekend with my husband & what with our 3rd baby on it's way.. Hubby doesn't seem to care who looks after them he just wants 2 night of unbroken sleep in a posh hotel !

2007-11-20 21:57:11 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous

The other day I walk into the kids playroom and they where having a tickle fight I have a 14,10 and 5 year old I wasn't sure what to do so my kids never saw me but I had to leave to take a call. What are your views?

2007-11-20 20:33:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

The baby's dad dumped me the very MOMENT i told him i was pregnant, he also demanded an abortion. i didnt get an abortion so i went through the pregnancy alone , supporting myself, i called him from the hopstail, he didnt come to see the baby. i even took the baby over there he wouldn't even look @ her. I am pursuing child support, and now he is requesting a paternity test. its absolutely ridiculous becuase he already admitted he knmows hes the father, it was never in disupste, he knows i dont sleep around. Anyways, im worried he is not a good guy to have around the baby. he is 30 years old, has mentla problems and is obsessed with mary kate and ashely and hialry duff movies. his dad is also very strange. I could use the child support money becuase im broke and single BUT i dont know that its worth it to RISK him filing for custody or visits, and my daugheter might have to spend time alone with him - it scares me. shuld i just go on our way and not go for child support?

2007-11-20 19:04:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

why are you letting your child be unsupervised by traffic in the first place?

I wonder the same thing about the hot stove, too.

And, if you put them in a dangerous situation where they didn't know right from wrong, already, where they didn't understand the gave danger that they could be in if they made the wrong move and, then, they randomly chose to do the dangerous thing, why are they the ones getting hit or punished? Why not you?

2007-11-20 17:31:58 · 5 answers · asked by ivegotaquestion2 1

Does anybody think that it is child abuse to give your kid medicine to make them go to sleep just to get em out of your
hair cause my mom use to do this to me and my sisters all the time when we wouldn't go to sleep and star trek was coming on lol

2007-11-20 16:20:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-20 16:12:49 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

My middle son (just turned 12) is very white. I want to give him a tan? I would NEVER bring him to a tanning salon, however is there anything I can do, any sunless tanners/lotions or anything?

If you have anything good I can do, please give information!

thanks.

2007-11-20 16:10:58 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous

my daughter its driving my ex-girfriend insane saying that she its going to leave and do whatever she wants after she turns 18 i have a great relationship with her and i wanna have a reasonable talk with her and help her to understand that her 18th birthday its not a license to run away but to become a responsable adult please help.

2007-11-20 13:28:32 · 4 answers · asked by iday_iday 3

2007-11-20 10:37:59 · 9 answers · asked by Hannah C 2

I had a one night stand with an ex and had a sweet little boy 9 months later. The "father" made it very clear that he wanted nothing to do with us and is now married to another woman. My husband and I have raised this baby as our own son and we are very happy and now live in another state. I am scared that the biological father will come back some day and demand that he be able to see his son. Does he or will he have any rights to our son? Do I need to get him to legally give up rights (he openly denys paternity) to put this to rest? The thought that our family could one day be torn apart haunts me and I need some advice. Thanks!

2007-11-20 09:00:40 · 6 answers · asked by kell54329 2

First off, I'm not pregnant, don't have kids, and I won't for a while. Anyway, back to the point...

I don't want any of my future kids to believe in Santa. I never really did. My parents never said he was real, but never said he wasn't either. I thought the whole thing was stupid when I did find out for myself.

So, I don't even want my kids to start off with that belief, I think it's unnecessary.
My question then is this: How would I keep my kids from telling other people's kids that Santa isn't real? I know some kids get really traumatized when they find out, and I know a lot of parents want their kids to believe.
I don't want to offend anyone or have other people's kids come home crying because my child said there was no such thing.

It's a delicate subject I think, and I want to know the best way to go about it.

2007-11-20 08:55:56 · 21 answers · asked by Pomagoldendoodlecockapoodoo 3

I was talking to a girlfriend of mine. She is recently remarried to a great guy who has an eleven year old son. Every other weekend when the son comes over she has to sleep alone. The dad and son sleep together in a different bedroom. She hates sleeping by herself and thinks the son is old enough to sleep alone. . .I agree. . .but how could she approach this subject with her husband?

2007-11-20 08:36:52 · 14 answers · asked by sparkles9 6

my parents have weird parenting styles. i'm home for thanksgiving break and my 17 yo step-sis and Zac (her boyfriend) were arguing (they had been at it for about 10 min. and were screaming at each other by the time trace (her dad) walked in" they were at the point of "breaking up" when Trace (the dad) said "woah, woah, woah, what's going on here". the dialogue (not word for word):
Audrey (sis): nothing
trace: it looks like something to me
rey: zac just needs to go home and get the ---- out of my life
zac: don't worry i'm gone
trace: no, you're staying. get your butt over here. you mean to tell me that you 2 have been together for 4 mo., then when something hard comes up, you break up and move on to someone else,and you keep repeating the cycle until what? your empty and miserable. can you both honestly say you have 0 feelings for each other anymore?
zac and rey: (both remain extremely silent......)

2007-11-20 08:23:18 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are you, as a parent, talking to your teen about sexual issues (STD prevention, contraceptives, risks) or do you count on school programs to inform them?
Or, if you aren't a parent, had your mom/dad told you what you needed before having sex? Was this an easy or difficult thing to hear and/or bring up to them?
Please help me, as I'm looking for statistics to encourage/discourage how teens learn about this issue

Thank you

2007-11-20 08:22:00 · 13 answers · asked by willow_falls 1

2007-11-20 08:14:32 · 2 answers · asked by Alexandra 1

Tell very thing you believe in about the topic thank you

2007-11-20 07:27:10 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

And if you already have kids, what is your experience overall, honestly.

2007-11-20 07:08:12 · 25 answers · asked by Next On Line!! 3

Or how old are they if you still are 20...

for me: mum - 52, dad - 57 which I think is fairly old compared to most of my friends.

2007-11-20 05:31:39 · 40 answers · asked by stardustlost87 3

I recently learned about the idea of teaching with love and logic, and want to start parenting this way as well. My son is only 8 months old though. :D What is an appropriate age to begin, in your opinion?

2007-11-20 04:14:10 · 5 answers · asked by rainwriterm 7

Santa?

2007-11-20 03:44:12 · 68 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok so toy makers wanted to save some money so they took jobs from us in the USA and took them over to China. Now with all this Lead crap they are lossing money. They did not think that one threw very good, did they.
I think the Toy makers just need to suck it up and bring the jobs back to the USA. Just emagin what this would do to our econamy or even unemployment rate.
I know if they did that our childrens toys would be much safer. This is the Toy makers resposibility and they have let us down.
Does anyone else agree with me?


My family is now digging threw the shed to find all my old Toys, we found Johnson and Johnson Toys made in the USA.

2007-11-20 01:47:45 · 6 answers · asked by JustAsk'n 3

I saw that on the news a few days ago.

2007-11-20 00:59:36 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

They're 2 and 4. I gave them some Ibuprofen and they are supposed to see the doctor later on today (I couldn't get a morning appointment).

In the meantime, what else can I do for them? They're pitiful. :(

(I don't have a mother, so I have to turn to you guys for help on this stuff)

2007-11-20 00:01:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think that spanking/smacking a kids bottom for a punishment is appropiate?

2007-11-19 23:34:20 · 19 answers · asked by tbeargin 2