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LynM

teenage dating

my 16 year old daughter seems to think she is in love with a 21 year old boy. I have threatened everything and I need some support.

PamelaChurch

8 year old stealing how can i make her stop?

I am so embarrassed, I am sitting here with tears in my eyes as I write this so much so i can hardly see letters on the keyboard. For the third time in as many weeks I have caught my 8 year old...

ask2005

i have a 10 month old daugther and she use to love baths and now all of a sudden after she was sick she screams everytime i go to take her for a bath all the way up until i take her out. what should i...

kabbiatti

what about naps?

I have a five month old daughter that will not nap in the afternoon. I am so lucky, she sleeps 10-12 hours a night but only cat naps in the morning and refuses to sleep after 12:00 even though she is...

SC00BY

Is it ok to leave a baby/child if you work away from home.

Could I just get some opinions regarding leaving a baby/child if you want to go back to work. Im talking about for 2 or a maximum of 3 weeks at a time. Just in theory. Has anyone done it? The baby...

halfwit

chewing gum and hair

how do you get chewing gum out of a childs hair

jackie0

Brushing

IIs it OK to brush my 1-1/2 yr old's teeth once a day - in the mornings?, and not twice. He sleeps off with his beaker of cow's milk while drinking it, then puts it aside. Is milk bad for...

Stuartgraham

newborn nights

Our daughter is now 2 weeks old. We fully expected broken nights sleep, but not in the way we're getting and wondered if anyone could help. Cindy, my wife went into labour at about 10:30pm and Siena...

hopie1122

cat & dog

can a dog mate with a cat? I have a one year old dog that if trying to mate with my 1 year old cat

happy_face

women and push chairs

Why is it that so many women find it necessary to walk in two's when both pushing prams or buggies ? I appreciate that it's nice chatting but the rest of us always get pushed out of the way. I...

KittyGlitter

Not liking animals

I know a couple of people who have told me they don't like animals and they grew up in a household without pets. I find it really hard to relate to, as I can't imagine not going soppy over a cat or...

Momof2

Spanking...

My children are 1 and 3 years old. Both girls. We do not play favorites or discipline one child different from the other. They both get in to their equal share of trouble and are faced with known...

parkerwayne

discpline

how to discpline a child of two any ideas dont want to smack

tartwitahart

parents

why are parents so anoying they always worry about you and kiss you and tell jokes that arent funny and its soooooo embarassing cant they just leve us alone???

slimfandango

Qualifications

If I want to be a doctor I have to sit exams and show I know what I'm doing, if I want to be a psychologist the same, if I want to be a nuclear scientist the same, if I want to be a London cabbie I...

slimfandango

They **** you up your Mum and Dad

I was discussing parenting with a mate, he has had the worst of times with parents, and quoted me, as if it was fact, a line from a Philip Larkin poem "They ***k you up, your Mum and Dad". Larkin...

pjm007

Blame the Parents

I watched a programme on BBC2 last night called 'Blame the parents' and quite frankly, according to what i saw last night, i do ! How can the parents possibly expect thier children to be nice...