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Mother of Young Teen Wants Birth Control, Needs Support and Advice
You could use the analogy of a rose being passed around from young man to young man, & she is the rose. By the time the rose has been passed around to all ...
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- Dear D., First of all, there is no such thing as "Safe Sex". Children that have sex WILL become parents- (unless they are infertile). It's just a matter of time. ...
- You are so lucky that she is honest with you, and that she is keeping the lines of communication open! So many girls that age would never tell their parents something ...
- I am not the mother of a teenager yet. So take this with salt. I am however, the daughter of a young woman who did not use birth control and I exist because my fathe...
2 Year Old Is Taking off Diaper and Pajamas for Attention?
One analogy my mom (very successful mother of 11) gave me about this was something like: If you felt you weren't getting enough attention from your husband ...
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- My son started taking everything off around 23 months old. He was just reaching new milestones--you don't want to let them use it for an excuse to see you more when i...
- Aren't 2year olds fun :) I have found with mine (8,4 &1) that attention things like that can be resolved, but it takes patience and resolve. The suggestion that I ha...
- When my son was 2 yrs old he did the same thing. We bought a bunch of onesies and those worked because he was unable to get the snaps open. (Also, overalls worked fo...
Santa Clause
But I'm certain that we'll reference God in some analogy... perhaps that Santa represents God and the gifts that Santa brings us represents all the ...
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- Hi: I have a 10 year old and a 6 year old and last year my 10 year old ask me about Santa. I told her the story about who Santa was and how he helped a lot of peopl...
- I was just asked what I was going to tell my kids by my over-bearing, no-nonsense sister. She said she didn't teach her 4 kids about Santa, that she thought of it as ...
- I was 10 years old and still believed and would argue with classmates as well. I found out because my mom let me fall asleep on the couch and I woke up to her putting...
How Do I Stop My Toddler from Throwing Food on the Floor During Mealtime?
Excuse my analogy, but animals will never understand more than a few words, so other means of discipline are necessary like a slap on the nose or a crack of ...
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- Hi A., Sorry to say I am laughing right now, but I guess you don't feel like it, but once you pass a stage and look back you can find the humor in it all. The good...
- Ignore it. She is looking for attention and she's getting it, all be it negative attention. You could also just end dinner time right then and there. Both worked fo...
- Get a dog! When my 11 month old throws her food it never actually touches the floor! :-)
7 Year Old Talking About Sex!?!
Make the driving a car analogy - bodies just aren't grown up enough when they are 7. Hope this helps! 1 mom found this helpful. Helpful? ...
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- You may want to start out the conversation by asking her what she thinks sex is. She may think its something different than what it really is (my son thought it was k...
- I have two daughters ages 10 and 12. We have chosen to homeschool so we have been able to regulate what they are exposed too. They did however go to public schools f...
- B., She probably has heard the word and a bit of the context but doesn't really know what she is saying. Last year my daughters (6 and 3) were talking about "oh tha...
Dealing with My Child's Teacher
When you have a square peg (just an analogy, meaning a child is different), it just doesn't fit their round holes and makes it harder for the teacher to do ...
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- How do you deal with a teacher that is obviously set in her ways? I will break this down for you P....wait until JUNE and thank God that you won't have the same teac...
- I think you should focus on your son more and not the teacher so much. You have said the teacher is good, which says a lot for her, so I feel she is doing the best sh...
- We had problems with my stepdaughter's 4th grade teacher who told us that with her 20 years of teaching, she knew better than we did... We met with her and tried to...
3Yr Old Son Has Costipation Alot
Sorry for the crude analogy! I put it in the Go Diego Go Gogurt. It is small and just give it a shake. My son loves the gogurt and will finish it every time ...
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- Try apple or prune juice.
- Good that you were sensitive to your son's bowel habits but laxatives are a last resort...often , too much cheese or other foods will constipate....Be sure to give him...
- Check with the doctor, but my daughter was put on Miralax for the constipation. It is a tasteless powder that you can out in water,juice, or another drink. It gets the...
Thoughts on Teens Dating
Here's an analogy for you to consider: when I am on a diet, ALL I can think about is chocolate and ice cream. 1 mom found this helpful. Helpful? ...
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- I agree with Shannon B. If you are too strict--you will wind up with a wild-child jumping out the window in the middle of the night to see this boyfriend. Encouragin...
- I think that at her age the boyfriend/girlfriend thing has a different meaning than what an adult places on it - try not to over analyze it. At out house the rule is g...
- Encourage her to do Group dates and activities... she can still have fun without a ton of pressure to do things that should wait until later. My parents encouraged my...
Premature=Developmental Delays??????????????
One of my friend's children has some special issues and as she was adjusting to how her life WAS, rather than how she imagined it- she used the analogy of ...
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- M., I worked with kids with special need and Autism for 9 years prior to retiring to be a full-time mommy, and some of my "developmentally delayed" kids had all thre...
- My son was born 2 weeks early but stopped breathing when he was born. They started him breathing again but I think it has something to do with his slow development. He...
- Hello M. My oldest son 3yrs old this last July, was born at 1 lb and 7 oz at 24 weeks. For my son it is being dirty. Can not stand it any thing on his hands it's...
7-Year-old Keeps Saying He Hates His Brother -- Is This Normal?
Dec 23, 2009 ... It's an absurd analogy to us, but really that is how children feel when a new sibling joins the family. There is really only one effective ...
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- you might try giving your 7 year old more alone time for himself. maybe he's feeling smothered by his brother since they're both home together.
- Hi B., Happy holidays! And, yes- this is absolutely normal behavior. Try to imagine if your husband came home one day with a new wife who was smaller and younger...
- Consider that you older son knows what he means when he says he hates his brother. I know those words are hard for you to hear, but all the same, you don't want to sh...
