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celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 15 May 17

I feel as if I have run a marathon and I am sure my daughter was in one too. We work so hard some mornings to get my grandson (14, ODD) up and out to catch the bus that after wards it is as if we have run a race. This morning is...

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Mad This Morning

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 26 Apr 17

Had to call the police AGAIN because my grandson wouldn't get up. He stayed up too late and says he is going to finish watching something and then doesn't get much sleep. He has ODD and is very hard to manage at times. Most times....

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how do you feel when your child critize ur parenting skills ?

neo_matrix @neo_matrix (884) • India 8 Sep 09

lately my younger sister had been at loggerheads with my dad on every trivial issue possible.but yesterday it was too bad when she blamed dad for not being rich , for not being able to provide her with a comfortable life. i saw...

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Will you spank your kids?

DeaexDecora @DeaexDecora (9) • Philippines 12 May 08

I wanted to have a consensus from the community. A lot of people these days are refusing to punish their kids. They don't spank them, they don't put them in "time out", they just ignore them, and let them run free. I've seen...

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I feel like a bad mother

angelface23 @angelface23 (2494) • United States 31 Mar 08

So here's the story. Me and my husband and daughter live with my grandma cause basically we are terrible with money and can't afford to pay rent anywhere. She watches our daughter while we are at work. We never go out and do...

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Another mother with no parenting skills! She would rather watch American idol!

ctrymuziklvr @ctrymuziklvr (11057) • United States 6 Mar 08

The first thing I thought when I read this article was that when I had my ferrets I would never leave them in the bathtub alone! And these are animals!! This mother put a 1 and 3 year old in the bathtub and left them to get...

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Dads are good parents, too.

Sillychick @Sillychick (3275) • United States 13 Feb 08

Why do so many people assume that mothers are the better parents? I have heard women say they don't want to leave the baby with their husband because he won't take care of the baby the same way she would. Well, so what? Is your...

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Parenting Skills

sharon_ @sharon_ (1169) • United States 28 Jun 07

Did you learn a lot of your parenting skills from your mom/dad? Maybe you really didn't like the way you were brought up and decided that your son/daughter wasn't going to be brought up the same way you were.

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Children with ADHD

applsofgld @applsofgld (2506) • United States 29 Jan 07

I have a neice who is on medication for ADHD, she is so uncontrollable, even on the medication. She only started a few months ago, and is terrible without it. Can anyone send me any advice or offer any stories from situations they...

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