Question: I have two children, my son is twelve and my daughter is six. He told me that the reason he wants to live with his Dad is that he doesn’t want him to be lonely. Keeping this in mind, there are some things a parent can do to minimize the irresponsibility the other. Keeping arguments away from them and avoid criticism of the other parent. Being able to talk to the other parent about their needs (even though it may be hard sometimes).
My husband and I are divorcing and my son wants to live with his father. Good advice here coming from Divorce, it’s just the beginning blog’s We Assume a Rational World . There are no quick fix answers to any of these questions....
For those who don't, there is nothing wrong with offering a carrot to help them develop parenting skills. But clobbering them with a stick is unlikely to
Richards invoked the "I'm a parent" clause whenever Behar would ask her to give up the dirt on Charlie and his lifetime night of destruction.
Parenting????
Mar 24, 2008 by . | Posted in Parenting
WOW i just read a article that gave info on parenting and discipline, apparently negitive reinforcement ect, is demeaning to children, upsets them and kurbs their creativity! wtf??? so now parents are to be their childs friends rather than parents i can
A: Yes I see this quite often. Punishments are bad bad bad, demeaning and will hurt your child's feelings/psychological well being. All I have to say to that is horse crap.
I'm not about to not give consequences/punishments to my children
parenting?
Dec 25, 2007 by Hmmmmmm | Posted in Parenting
if a mother and father is not married.and they have a child together and the mother yakes the child and skips the country without telling the father is that kidnapping? how can it not be concidered kidnapping?how can it be kidnapping? kidnapping is when
A: It's abduction, not kidnapping, when the non-custodial parent takes away the child. If it's the custodial parent it's fine.
Why are people required to take parenting classes before they become a foster parent, but not a blood parent?
Oct 14, 2008 by Lois Griffin | Posted in Law & Ethics
Why is it that the law requires people to take parenting classes before they become a foster parent, but..
When a couple is expecting a biological child, the law doesn't require them to take any classes.
That sounds one-sided to
A: There is a fundamental right to have children (assuming you are biologically able to do so), just as there is a fundamental right to marry. There is no fundamental right to adopt, so reasonable standards and procedures may be implemented by the state