What to Expect When You're Expecting: Teen
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Do All Babysitters Expect to NOT Report Income?
Asked by C.L. from Charlottesville
on February 3, 2012
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I'm peeved. This is kind of a follow up to a question (rant) I posted a couple of days ago about deducting summer childcare payments on my taxes. I asked my sitter ...
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- Baby sitting out of one's house is a major cash business. Years ago, my son's sitter worked from her home, but she had the tax discussion with her parents up front...
- Exactly everything Live Bold said. You can still claim it. She does not hold the power here. Talk to your accountant. As providers we are not required to give this inf...
- if its a business yes id expect her to file. but not if it was just my kids. this is something that i think should have been discussed before the start of using some...
Advice on Age of Teen Dating
Asked by J.P. from Victoria
on December 27, 2006
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I have triplet daughters wanting to date.... I am not ready for that X's 3. They want to go places with friends & hang out.
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- Hi J. P. I am feeling your growing pains. I have a daughter who is 14 yrs. old and she occasionally asks to go to the movies with friends (all girls). I do allow h...
- I thing you should talk w/ your daughters Individually to see how each one is emotionally and mentality mature. Then you should set ground rules first let them go out ...
- I have a 4 year old daughter and am expecting twins in June (don't know the genders yet). I am hoping the following will suffice for my daughter, but only time will t...
School Attendance
Asked by S.B. from Alexandria
on April 23, 2008
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I having trouble getting my 15 year old son to attend school, he says that he thinks he is stupid and that he can't pass. I know that he is not stupid, I do know that ...
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- This is a really hard situation for you to be in, however, there are no public school systems that are set up to address anything much outside of the kids showing up a...
- First, your son is entitled to a free, fair and appropriate education. Period. They are required by law to accommodate him so that he can learn. If he is having tha...
- Have the dad to pay child support with that you can get him in a school or program to help assist your child with his learning. Don't let the dad skip through life wit...
Big Sister with a Baby Brother On-the-way!
Asked by A.D. from Kansas City
on July 15, 2009
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Hi ladies!
You always have such great insight...so I thought I'd just pose a question...
We just found out yesterday that we will be welcoming a baby boy to the fami...
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- my kids all get along great. They hardly ever fight and my daughter has always adored her little brother. I have boy 16, girl 14, and boy 9. When the youngest was b...
- A., Congratulations! We were blessed with a little girl and my husband fully expected we would be blessed with soley girls, I think he almost fainted when we found ou...
- Congratulations! That is very exciting that your daughter is excited to have a little brother. I have a daughter and son with the daughter being the older one. My d...
5 Yr Old Asking Questions
Asked by J.B. from Dallas
on April 1, 2007
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I'm 33 weeks pregnant with my 3rd daughter and my 5 yr old daughter is asking questions that I really do not know how to answer. A few examples are: "How does the ba...
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- I found a great book by the same woman who wrote "What to Expect when you are expecting" It's Called "What to Expect, when Mommy is having a baby". It is children orie...
- My daughter did the same thing when I was pregnant with her little sister. Everything I read just said to give a very vague answer, to which most kids are happy with. ...
- First of all - CONGRATULATIONS! :) My boys are 5 years apart so my eldest had a lot of questions. I was always told to just answer his questions with as broad an an...
Special Way to Tell the Family We Are Having Another Baby
Asked by C.S. from Orlando
on August 31, 2008
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I have 15 year old and 2 1/2 year old daughters. After my last one my husband and I agreed we wanted to try for a boy but financially decided we could do it. We told...
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- I went through infertility issues too, while my SIL got pregnant at 17, not married. Got pregnant again to a different man without being married. it was hard to deal w...
- Your daughter is probably afraid that another baby will only make her a permanent baby sitter. She's a teenager and will start asking for more independence. As for you...
- Hi C., First of all, congratulations! Being in your sister-in-law's shoes myself, it won't be easy hearing the news. So I would mentally prepare myself for that. Bu...
How to Tell My Pre-teen About SEX......
Asked by A. from Tampa
on February 20, 2008
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my daughter will be 12 this summer. last year in school she took a health ed class. they went over things regarding the human anatomy and even got into a few things re...
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- My daughter is 13 and we have an open relationship. When she was younger I bought some American Girl books which helped ease into the subject of her body and what she ...
- My two are way young still but I know Tampa General offers a class called....Growing up, What you and your daughter can expect. I heard it's great!
- You could try reading a book to her about it. That's how my mom told me. I was a little younger (10). But, however you do it, you should do it soon, because she's k...
Stepson and New Baby Advice
Asked by S.B. from Salt Lake City
on April 21, 2010
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My stepson will be 15 in July. (I've known him since he was in kindergarten, and his dad and I got married when he was 10, so we have a pretty solid relationship, whi...
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- My stepson was that same age when my husband and I had our daughter, although I also had two sons from my previous marriage, so he hadn't been an only child. Anyway, ...
- Please don't try to convince him of anything. Empathize when he expresses his doubts about having a baby in the house. Or give a minimal answer, just to show you are l...
- It sounds like he's pretty open with you. In a way, he's really right. Babies are kind of boring, especially for a 15 year old who wants to be playing, kicking balls, ...
How Do I Get My Family to the Dinner Table When Dinner Is Ready??
Asked by P.C. from San Francisco
on October 3, 2009
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Ok, maybe I just need therapy, but I'm wondering if any other moms out there get **really** annoyed when they fix a nice dinner for their family, call everyone to dinn...
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- I yell out, "DINNER WILL BE READY IN 10 MINUTES" and it seems to help. Then they know I expect them to finish up what they are doing. If they are not busy I ask them t...
- Call dinner once, sit yourself down and eat, and if "they" aren't there to eat while you are, then clear the food away from the table and clean up. You are an "enable...
- Announce 5 minutes 'til dinner that dinner is ready... Anyone who doesn't sit down at dinner time gets no dinner or has to eat it stone cold. Usually this threat wor...
Need Advice on How to Handle Attitude in an 8Ry Old Girl.....
Asked by S.S. from Cincinnati
on April 19, 2009
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Hello Ladies,
Here is a bit of background on the situation real quick. My daughter is 8 years old, only child, home schooled, lives with me and her step father whom s...
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- I don't think you are going to like what I have to say but I am going to say it any way. You didn't say what you and your spouse do to act silly, but it is my opinion...
- Try to step into her shoes for a while...I remember being that age and my parents doing embarrassing things around my friends and I hated it (and in turn resented them...
- It sounds as if she's really just being disrespectful to you both. And, I wonder if there is something about how you are being silly that really bothers her and she d...
