Archive for the "Parenting" Category

23
May

My sixteen year old son was diagnosed 3 weeks ago with clinical depression. His girlfriend of 3 years committed suicide. And my son thinks it is his fault. He has not been sleeping, eating, he has been withdrawing, he has been crying himself to sleep at night. I am not sure what to do. Because […]

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22
May

I'm a single dad of 2 daughters. One teen and one preteen. They both live with me full time. Neither one of their mother's pay any child support. They don't think they should have to. I don't mind most of the things I've had to give up in my life. It doesn't bother me that […]

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22
May

tampon? I started wearing tampons at about age 15 or so.
Answer: There’s no set age. You can wear them as soon as you get your period if you are comfortable wearing them. Its all about comfort. For me I prefered tampons to pads. I started using them when I first got […]

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20
Apr

So I just came back from the city wide easter egg hunt at the local park. There were 3 age groups (2-4) (5-7) (8-10), and I was disgusted by the things some other parents are teaching their children. The way it works is you get an empty egg, and though some have stickers for better […]

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20
Apr

What if it had been 50 years since his last incident?
Answer: I'm going to assume that this is a joke, since no parent who actually loves their child would even consider such a scenario as a possibility inasmuch as to ponder the question.
Thanks for the two points.
Answer: Never - why would you put your child […]

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19
Apr

I was watching the news yesterday and they were reporting a house being on fire and 2 children ages 3 and 7 were killed and the the other 2 ages 10 months and 9 were injured. Their mom stepped out of the house to watch her boyfriend play pool at a bar and left the […]

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19
Apr

So what if he's gay.
Answer: What should you do about it…..just love him! We as parents can't choose what or who our children love. We can only love them for who they’re. You can raise them the best you can, teach them all you know, doesn't mean they’ll live by what you taught. so love […]

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18
Apr

Okay. Well last week my grandmother was taking a shower and she left mein charge of my 1 year old cousin Emmalissa. I was playing with her and singing to her and I picked her up and got her a bottle of juice. I put the bottle on the counter in the beedroom (which was […]

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18
Apr

Ok.. I know I'm going to get a lot of hate comments with this question.
I want to have a baby at a young age.
I'm almost 17 and I've been with my boyfriend for little more than 2 years. We love each other so much. He thinks we should wait until we're at least in college.
I […]

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18
Apr

PARENTS: what unusual or unconventional methods of discipline do you use to punish your children?
I make them swallow a teaspoon of extra spicy hot pepper sauce if they lie or break curfew. If they’ve any texts or emails that I don't like, it's a pinch of cayenne pepper up the nose and I take away […]

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