Parenting - November 2007

He is very loving and gives great hugs and helps around the house. There are times when he just ignores what I say or what my hudband says and he doesn't think he has done anything wrong. He has hit me in the face with a shoe, told me he wished that I would go back to Iraq and die, and now I just had a miscarriage and he is being mean and then when he feels like he is not in a bad mood anymore he wants to make up so he can ask for things like toys, snacks, etc...I always get up every morning with him and make his lunch for school and make sure I help him with his homework. He is 6 years old and acts like he is 14. I am at my wits end, I have PTSD and am trying to hang on but I am not doign too well. I do not hit him or cuss at him I put him in timeout and give him attention when needed I don't know what to do if anyone has any suggestions it would greatly appreciated.

2007-11-03 08:06:12 · 9 answers · asked by adorableitalian 1

I was 23.

2007-11-03 07:44:57 · 50 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-03 05:53:08 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

I swear he's masturbating! I 'caught' him a few times. I know I'm a guy and should know this but does anyone have similar experiences?

2007-11-03 05:22:54 · 11 answers · asked by radman2035 4

2007-11-03 04:27:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter is very petite and smallest in her classes. This friend of mine that has a daughter the same age likes to hit, alot, and I used to just have her come tell me but now I allow her to hit back once and then come tell me. She did for a while but the other little girl kept hitting her back (shes pretty big for her age too). After that, my daughter says she doesnt want to hit back because its not nice and the girl is her friend.

Well in this situation, maybe it is best if she walks away and tells someone? Im worried about her being bullied in school and if that happens I want her to have a plan BUT like I said shes smaller than the other kids (I was too all throughout school years) so I worry if she hits back she may get hurt badly..

2007-11-03 03:46:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have some Tylenol plus cold and cough... am I supposed to throw this away? Thanks to answers.

2007-11-03 02:06:20 · 5 answers · asked by Janessa 4

Based on yahoo teen section . why arent parents teaching young kids about sex & demanding schools teach precom

Looking at the teen section and pregnancy section its bleedingly obvious that teenagers are starting to be sexaully active as young as 12, only being utterly clueless.

The the most common mistakes getting kids pregnant is not knowing about precome & how you can get pregnant when not having 'proper sex' but 'fooling around' or thinking puling out works or safe times of the month.

Its nothing to do with encouragement or peer pressure or the media.

People develop feelings, find someone they like, want to be close, kiss and go further due to hormones and needs,desires and love feelings

& would do so on some desert island with no magazines, TV, Films, sex ed, condoms, relgion or lack of it or peers pushing them.

The reason why none know about precome & sperm on fingers & morning after pills etc is they aint been told as it would involve covering 4play, bjs, finger

2007-11-02 21:18:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was just wondering if your child has to actually commit a crime (e.g. theft) before you can legally put them there.

2007-11-02 18:49:16 · 15 answers · asked by Steve S 2

Well im a single mom at 19 and I get alot of negative attention from EVERYONE! I feel like I have to prove myself to other women who have kids who are much older than me. I have a harder time because im a full-time student taking 8 college courses I have a six month old who is blind and who also attends school which I have to supervise and Im going back to work.

Should I try so hard? I really want to finish school and obtain a well rounded education but this really ticks other moms off who are stay at home moms with little to no education.

2007-11-02 18:10:59 · 17 answers · asked by littlemissmay 4

My daughter is almost 6 years old she has been an only child and we just found out I am having a baby in May. She is really excited now but I know it will be different once the baby is here and she has to "share" me. I need to know some good ways to make her feel and know that she is not going to lose me or my love when the baby arrives. Because even if one of my friends brings over their baby and I hold it to long she wants me to put the baby down so she can sit with me.

I know that she will be an amazing sister once the newness wears off but I want to know the best ways to divide my time between her and the new baby.

2007-11-02 18:03:51 · 10 answers · asked by butterfly 4

Get along with the kids you now have? How would you interact? Better? Worse?

2007-11-02 18:03:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

First of all, I am a bachelor, so this is a hypothetical question, but:

Most people say that they don't want kids, because they are too expensive.

But my #1 reason for not wanting to have kids is because:

There is no guarentee that my child would be born heatthy. I don't deny that science has made great advances in preventing specific conditions, BUT-There is no guarentee that my child will be born healthy.

Now many people would say that this is just being selfish, but I KNOW that I do NOT have what it takes to bring up a disabled child! That is why, (IF) I ever get married, I would never want to have kids!

I am NOT knocking those who ARE raising disabled kids-I have nothing but the greatest admration for you-it's just that I don't have what it takes-THAT is why I would never have kids.

Am I being selfish, or just honest?

2007-11-02 15:30:28 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

My son has wanted to become a vegetarian for a LONG time. He is 15 and I don't think that it's a good idea for health reasons. Plus I think that he got the idea from tv. I have asked a few friends and they say "no." My husband and I have told him "no" many times, but now he is back with it, only now he wants to be a VEGAN, and won't listen. He keeps trying to buy soy and legume stuff and suddenly eats fruits and vegetables, but I don't think it'll last and he needs meat, right? Please help, I am concerned for his health and Thanksgiving is coming up!

2007-11-02 14:47:06 · 25 answers · asked by Regina P. 2

I'm having a hard time with this. It's not easy to explain. My 5 year old son was molested @ his Dad's house by his new wife's 14 year old foster-daughter, on numerous occasions when the kids were there, while my 4 year old girl watched. The 14 year old has admitted what she's done, my 4 & 5 year old kids are in Therapy @ Children's Hospital. My Family Court case is this Wednesday to solidify legal & physical custody of the kids.

The issue I'm struggling w/today is my reaction in wanting to confront this 14 year old girl & tell her she's going to burn in hell, etc. She is a victim of incest by her Father herself, that's why she's in Foster Care & has been in Therapy since she was 8 or 9? It seems to me if she's had years of Therapy, she should know better & wouldn't want to introduce other children to the types of issues she has dealt with.

I know it's wrong for me to confront her, but my head really ran with what I would say to her today.

What Would You Do?

2007-11-02 14:44:33 · 10 answers · asked by Susan 4

Or is it how she deals with what she has?I am not pro-SAHM nor am I pro-working mom. I am pro-mom period. One thing I have noticed on here is all the back and forth bashing between SAHM's and working moms. Perhaps many don't mean to, but I have to say I have noticed some SAHM's making "digs" at the working moms, saying things like "I don't want strangers raising my kids." "I value my kids above money." "My kids mean more to me than my career." Working moms feel pretty much the same way, but many feel as a mom they need that second income to properly support their kids.

We have alot of SAHM's where I live who don't properly support their kids. They get on welfare, medicaid, WIC, food stamps and any other type of public assistance they can. I don't in any way think that these women are superior to me, just because they have the title SAHM and I work outside the home.

Is it the title that makes one mom superior to others, or doing what she thinks is right for her family?

2007-11-02 14:10:32 · 22 answers · asked by Pink Cowgirl 4

if both the mother & the father tell the child they are a worthless piece of sh*t
and when the child grow up enters into an abusive marriage
and stays cos the marrige reinforces what they were told all their life,

wouldnt it be obvious then,that the child must really be a worthless piece of sh*t othewise they would have had atleat the love of 1 parent,or a spouse that saw them as worthy

is it true some peopel are simply worthless

2007-11-02 12:45:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

What should i do? I'm a 15 yr olds girl and this guy keeps approaching me. he asked me if i had a boyfriend. He kept looking at my butt and licking his lips then he asked when i would turn 18. I'm scared because i feel he's older tha me and he keeps calling me sexy and saying i'm almost ready. How do you stop a guy from looking at you? I mean theres another 20 yr old and he keeps pouting his lips at me?

2007-11-02 12:15:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I work in the hotel industry & in the past ten years we've lived in 4 different states because of job switches (always better). There's another great oppurtunity opening on a beachfront property in 2009 that I've just got to go after. It's in the same state we're in now but 5 hours away. We have 3 daughters ages 15-9-8. My husband says that our children will grow to resent all this moving around. He said it's called the "army brat" syndrome. That the kids will never develop relationships or have roots. My husband is a tattoo artist, so he can relocate his business wherever we go. I always ask my kids what they think before I go for a job, and they're always excited and eager. Am I really harming them with my Gypsy attitiude?

2007-11-02 11:43:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

When do you think is an appropriate age for teens to start doing the dishes? Should boys be doing the dishes?

2007-11-02 10:47:18 · 27 answers · asked by fitness 1

I love my hubby and I know he loves our 9 and a half month old son Colin too but...he spanks or slaps Colin's hand whenever he does anything that he would consider wrong. I try to tell my hubby that he is too young to understand. I tell him that he is being too rough and I don't want him doing that anymore...I've told him probably a hundred times but he still does. Colin isn't really physically hurt by it. It's not like my hubby spanks/slaps his hands hard or anything like that but I don't like it. Anyone know how I can get through to him to find a different way to handle Colin? He doesn't like that Colin makes messes sometimes or if he cries. He doesn't want him to self feed because he makes a mess when he does it and I try to tell him that is a part of learning. He was the second of 8 kids so I don't understand how he got this way.

2007-11-02 10:04:48 · 22 answers · asked by Dani Marie 4

What does "washing the mouth with soap" mean in your house? Did it work with your kids? Will you repeat it if they swear?

2007-11-02 09:05:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you were a sahm and you were to babysit kids when people called you and needed you. what would be a good hourly rate to tell them? and what is too much? in your opinion? and if their is more than one kid how much?

2007-11-02 08:51:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Isn't this selfish?

2007-11-02 08:47:57 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I did not go to college myself, and feel pretty clueless about what I need to do to get my kiddo there. She is a Jr. in High School right now. I would love to hear advice from people who have "been there, done that". Some helpful hints, websites, books, anything at all. Thanks in advance. :)

2007-11-02 08:25:25 · 3 answers · asked by undone 4

Yesterday I learned from the news that this mother 'forgot' to take her infant to day care, and she went straight to work and worked all day. An 8 hour day. She gets off of work only to find that her baby boy died from being left in the vehicle all day in the heat. The article mentions that experts say the increase of children dying in vehicles coinsides w/the practice of putting children in the back seat where they are more easily forgotten. How can 'experts' excuse a parent by saying that these particular incidences coinside with putting the child in the back seat? How is it that parents "forget" about their children? I'm a parent, and there is no way I would forget about my child. What in the world is going on with parents now a days? They leave their kids in their cars/trucks to suffocate, I just read of another mother/father that left their two toddlers to wonder an apartment complex on their own. Kids drowning all the time in their own pool. Why the increase in children's death?

2007-11-02 07:23:09 · 12 answers · asked by lady_bella 6

2007-11-02 07:22:52 · 3 answers · asked by blank 4

What do you think? If you have children is there anything they could do that would stop you loving them?

2007-11-02 06:52:48 · 40 answers · asked by Stitch 4

i wanna know whyyy do grown up children goes back home they wanna be grown but when you go back to your parents home your not considered grown you have to follow rules and help pay some bills and dont come back without nothing in the door im going through this im not by myself but i dont think kids dont really need to go tback home to thier parents because you dont wanna pay bills rent work ect thats a lot of burden going back home to mother and father orsingle parent be independent i never went back home i left when i was 17 and never been back im 38 now i have 3 grown kids 25-21-18 25 year old wanna come back in the door he had a apaprtment things didnt go well with his girl he split when he had his palce he didnt want to even call me wish a happy mothers day his father fathers day his sisters bithday graduation a card ect now he wanna come back i took care all my kids its time to be responsible dont go back home

2007-11-02 06:25:57 · 6 answers · asked by mcgloson@sbcglobal.net 2

AS a Parent would you want your childs nanny ,of more than a year ,to tell you if she felt that your child had some learning/social issues?

2007-11-02 06:17:12 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous