Parenting - December 2007

My kids are both straight A students and I don't know how to show them how proud I am of them. Other parents are comfortable mentioning their kid's achievements but I'm not sure when to tell about mine in a way that doesn't come out as boasting. Any ideas will be very much appreciated.

2007-12-17 23:02:16 · 9 answers · asked by Stubborn Cat 2

"Stay in school" "Don't drop out you'll regret it" HOW can people say this who DIDN'T drop out themselves!? They don't know if you willl regret it or not! They only say that because they themselves would have regretted if they had dropped out of school. The only peoples oppinion that "dropping out will be regretful" are people who dropped out and got their GED right away. Why do people say this if you are going to get your GED, go to a communtiy college, and then later transfer to larger university anyway? This is what I am doing and am going to be a teacher. I have no friends, and dont care to go to a graduation, or reuinions etc. Also why do people say that you cant do as much with a GED? if you can get a GED and become a teacher of a highschool isnt anything possible!?

2007-12-17 18:50:36 · 9 answers · asked by Me 1

I like to be naked all the time, but my parents taught the belief that people should be ashamed of their naked bodies, but I have a different belief it is that nobody should be ashamed of their nude body or showing it either.

2007-12-17 18:25:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

If your child 17 or younger told you they were gay or interested in same sex relationships...what would you do or how would you react? How about if you mistakenly found out?

2007-12-17 18:19:15 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

just wondered what others thought as i stayed at home with my daughter untill she went to school as if i had returned to work i would have being working to pay child care! as we wouldnt get help with costs as my partner earns too much (things were still tight without me working though) - but i'm sooo glad i stayed at home she is very advanced for her age loving and caring! - i had a few people comment at me saying children are better off in nurserys - but i cant understand that comment at all - example of this is my friends child has gone to nursery since he was 3mnths old! he is a month older than my daughter - he still wears nappies and his speach is poor! - i dont see the point in people having children just to shove them in a nursey all day every day! i do understand that some people dont have the choice - and sorry if i've gone on just wondered wht others think

2007-12-17 18:09:30 · 25 answers · asked by lillypops 4

My daughter, 12, going on 30, has not exactly been disciplined well. I treat her like a friend. It just kind of happens. I know that is not ideal. Now she has no respect for me and treats me horribly and doesn't listen. How do I start from scratch here and get back on track? Please tell me it's not too late.

2007-12-17 16:13:03 · 16 answers · asked by secretsecret16 2

My husband and I are expecting our first child within days. Our families live 8 hours away. We invited our parents to come and stay at our house while we are in the hospital so they can meet the new baby. My inlaws have a German Shepherd, and I politely told them I preferred that they don't bring him this time because of the new baby (I have allergies and am worried about the baby being allergic, and he sheds, I want the house clean, etc. etc.) MIL said she couldn't come then b/c they can't put dog in a kennel because of one bad experience with a past dog, and she doesn't trust my 35yo brother in law to watch the dog. So, basically we left it at that- either I let the dog come, or they CAN'T come. Then my FIL suggested that I find them a hotel that allows pets, so I found several and that was the plan. Well now MIL told DH that she's afraid there is no place to let the dog out at hotel! She asked if she could sleep in garage with dog. I feel trapped by guilt. What should I do

2007-12-17 14:34:41 · 26 answers · asked by lisa_nicole 3

I am sickened by the porn rings and peadophiles and parents abusing and killing innocent children.As women and mothers we need to turn down the troll volume..I find people think it's funny to be smutty and ask sick questions...some women act like trolls and feed the disease...think next time you trolls make sick remarks to encourage perverts..they may be in their homes molesting an innocent child...

2007-12-17 13:47:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

well i have a big problem with my 14 yr old actually i am using her account since i dnt have a YA! so i am usin my daughters.

anyway this is what happend her teacher came to my house and haded me the paper which my kid had done and this is how she had handed in 600 lines given to her by her class teacher

""i will not misbehave in class or disturb the class ever again and i will learn to respect my elders" x 600

it is quite funny but i cannot just let it pass she is 14 years and cnt go around behavin like this her behavior is very bad and she is very naughty espesially in school she is a bit smarter than her age but i am certainly not pleased with her behaviour.

my question is can anyone tell me a suitable punishment for my 14 year old mischievous dauhter?

2007-12-17 12:31:25 · 13 answers · asked by Sandali 2

why not pursue further studies and become richer? Why not tour the world? Why not buy a bigger apartment? what guarantee is there that your child would not grow up to become a self-centered adult (which most of us are anyway)?
What have WE done to our parents anyway? HONEST REPLY please.. We all grow up to become selfish anyway... Right? Why then do some parents (esp. mothers) entertain this Utopian and visionary dream that their newborn/unborn bany would grow up to be another sacrificial saint? They are setting themselves up for disappointment. Why not work hard and play hard?

2007-12-17 12:25:34 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

To those of us who have children in our lives,
whether they are our own,
grandchildren,
nieces,
nephews,
or students...
here is something to make you chuckle.


Whenever your children are out of control,
you can take comfort from the thought that
even God's omnipotence did not extend
to His own children.

After creating heaven and earth,
God created Adam and Eve.


And the first thing he said was



"DON'T! "


"Don't what? "Adam replied.


"Don't eat the forbidden fruit."God said.



"Forbidden fruit?
We have forbidden fruit?



Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit! "

"No Way!

"Yes way!


"Do NOT eat the fruit! "said God.



"Why? "



"Because I am your Father and I said so! " God replied,
wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants.

A few minutes later,
God saw His children having an apple break and He was ticked!

"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit ? "God asked.


"Uh huh,"Adam replied.


"Then why did you? " said the Father.

"I don't know," said Eve.



"She started it! "Adam said.
"Did not! "

"Did too! "
"DID NOT!"


Having had it with the two of them,
God's punishment was that Adam and Eve
should have children of their own.

Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.




BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it,

don't be hard on yourself.
If God had trouble raising children,
what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT !

1. You spend the first two years of their life

teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you.
In fact,
they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
5. The main purpose of holding children's parties

is to remind yourself that there are children
more awful than your own.

6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.



ADVICE FOR THE DAY:

Be nice to your kids.
They will choose your nursing home one day.

AND FINALLY:

IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION
AND YOU GET A HEADACHE,
DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:


"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN"
AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!

2007-12-17 12:24:35 · 5 answers · asked by ♥FANCYS_MAMMA♥ 6

Our daughter just turned a year old and we have not received a birth certificate for her. We can't remember if the hospital even had us sign the papers to get one since we were rushed in and out so quickly. How do we get an original birth certificate for her?

2007-12-17 12:21:58 · 15 answers · asked by honeybear 5

either financially or physically, and the child passes on that the parent who was there has the right to ask for financial help from the parent who was not? Do you think the absent parent should be offended by the request?

*Not my situation.

2007-12-17 12:14:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter has been naughty all year. The last few weeks, I keep reminding her if she is bad that Santa will not bring her any presents. She just shrugs like it's no big deal.
She has acted out several times in her after school program in the last few months which has led me to being called out of work each time. We also had a meeting on how we can help her not act out so that we don't have to keep going through this.
This whole acting out problem of hers is making me loose out on hours & pay. Plus she has been suspended for a day as well, so once again another day out of work. Now every day she dosen't go to her afterschool program, or she has to be picked up early I still have to pay them.
I'm a single mom of 2 kids my daughter is 7 and my son is 4. Now with all the time I have lost out of work & still paying for her child care has put me now in a tight financial spot because I haven't worked as much as I should have. I am thinking about not putting ANY presents under the tree

2007-12-17 11:37:40 · 26 answers · asked by jenniferlemoine2007 2

Last night it was midnight at night and my 4 yr old daughter still was refusing to go to bed. Finally My husband gave her one swat on the but with his hand. It didnt leave a mark or anything but today my daughter went to prescholl and told her teacher that her daddy spanked her for not going to bed. I'm so scared we are going to have child protective services her investigating us!!! Like I said it was only one swat with the hand and it didnt leave a mark but still none the less I'm freaked out cause my daughter told her teacher. Should I be worried???

2007-12-17 11:15:03 · 15 answers · asked by Luv_My_Baby 4

a few days ago me and my dad had a debate though his pionts are better than mine i still believe that kids should be able to dress freely but they should really enforce the dress code. my dad sais that kids should wear button down shirts and slacks or a skirt. so they can tell if a drug dealer or someone who doesnt belong to the school is in it. and if a teacher tells them their clothes is in apropiate then the parent turns around and sais"why are you looking at my child like that? " and then the teachers is fired.

2007-12-17 10:59:50 · 10 answers · asked by kat 1

blanket roll child game kid him boy

2007-12-17 10:08:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

moms: would you ever dare your son (in a game of truth or dare) to wear girl clothes such as a bra, panties, skirt, dress
sons: would you do this if ur mom dared u 2
anyone: else what do u think of this

2007-12-17 10:00:07 · 16 answers · asked by What is Up 2

She lets them run all over her, and I have a hard time dealing with it. She dosent want this beahavior, but she was in a abusive relationship (with the boys' father) prior to meeting me. I think she equates punishment with anger and abuse. I just expect the kids to show some respect for her, and to do what they are told. Am I being unreasonable?

2007-12-17 09:24:12 · 9 answers · asked by Burninmike 1

Ok this is a person that needs advice from someone else because i need to know a site that will get kids away and off of my neck today i was teaching and the kids were done and the note that the teacher said to tale them to the computer lab and there they had to go to a non adult site for just kids and i had no where so tommorow have to go back and do the same thing can some one tell me where they can go please!!!!! p.s. and also somewhere for me

2007-12-17 09:10:00 · 3 answers · asked by XandA 1

2007-12-17 08:52:59 · 8 answers · asked by Sassy Shut Your Mouth 5

2007-12-17 07:41:10 · 13 answers · asked by ~~heavenly sent by god~~ 2

They are parents but man, they don't know their own children well. And they guided their children on a horrible path.

2007-12-17 06:56:08 · 5 answers · asked by MLeinart7 2

Do you expect different things from your sons and daughters? Do you want your daughters to be pretty and your sons to be strong? Or something else? Do you think of your children the same regardless of their gender?

2007-12-17 06:41:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

In 2003, my 14 yr old grandson begged me to take him & his 3 siblings in as he said their mother (my daughter) was neglecting & abusing them. It proved to be true and I was granted custody of the four children. I adopted them in 2005, bought a bigger house so they all had their own rooms, a bonus room, their own phone & computer. Bought a cool motor scooter for them. This was made possible by the fact that I have received adoption assistance income for these children so they have a great life now. BUT, the oldest turned 18 in Nov. and he now won't go by house rules because he says he is an adult. Since he is in high school (plans to join the Navy but failing 2 classes) I still receive income for him. SO he claims he being "paid for" and doesn't need to contribute. He works 8-20 hrs/wk. He won't do chores. Won't save & buy a car. Thinks he can come and go as he pleases. Threatens to move out. I said Go For It but he stays and ignores. The 3 younger children watch with great interest.

2007-12-17 06:31:46 · 32 answers · asked by Granny G 2

Please state housing requirements as well.

2007-12-17 05:47:11 · 8 answers · asked by billingspets 2

2007-12-17 05:41:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-17 05:04:28 · 12 answers · asked by devender s 2

I was looking on myspace at people I want to school with. Most of them are my age (23) or 24 and have 2 or 3 kids already. I feel like I'm falling behind cuz I don't have any kids yet. Hopefully that will change in the next 2 years cuz I'm engaged to be married in 1 year. How old are you and how many kids do you have?

2007-12-17 04:54:41 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

What exactly does "No child left behind"mean? They cant be held back in school if they fail?

2007-12-17 04:46:26 · 9 answers · asked by am 2