dulin08

@dulin08 (23)

United States • Age 56

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Can't spank kids under the age of 3

lifeiseasy @lifeiseasy (2292) • United States 20 Jan 07

California wants pass a law that parents can not spank their kids unles they are older than 3. Who decides that you can't spank your own kids the government or you ?? How do you feel about this law??

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dulin08 Spanking a child is used for guiding the child in learning right from wrong, good behavior and bad behavior. Abusing a child is out of ignorance and no self control, poor parenting skills, etc... Spanking is a long, long way from abusing. This is insane. The...

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What is the weirdest thing your child has ever Eaten?

Sweetpeas @Sweetpeas (738) • Australia 4 Feb 07

My 3 year old son seemed to be really into eating his chalk and crayons at one stage, which made for colorful toilet trips i can assure you LOL. Just wondering what weird things your children where into eating or if there was one...

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dulin08 My son ate Floam once. That stuff that is for kids that molds into different shapes. He pooped little tiny styrofoam balls for a couple of days. Uckk.

4 Feb 07

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Should babies sleep in the bed with parents?

babykay @babykay (2131) • Ireland 4 Feb 07

My 7 month old baby boy sleeps with me in the bed. He is breastfed and it is very handy the way if he wants a feed in the middle of the night, I just have to give him the breast, no hassle. However, I know some people strongly...

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dulin08 All six of my children slept with me in the beginning, when they got a little older and didn't need to nurse all the time they started sleeping more and more in their own beds. I had a difficult time with only one of them not wanting to sleep alone. I think it...

4 Feb 07

I dont know what to do...

nicejah12 @nicejah12 (75) • Philippines 25 Jan 07

Women out there will you give me advice? Nowadays My husband and I always compete to each other. I dont know where will i put myself when it comes to explaining my opinions or ideas. I dont even have a chance to defend myself. He...

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dulin08 I think you need to be able to say what you think and feel. You are suppose to be equals in this relationship, it's not suppose to be all about him all the time. Is there a reason he feels that he needs to behave that way/ low self esteem, or maybe he feels...

4 Feb 07

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Have you ever sacrificed something for your family??

saunty @saunty (604) • India 4 Feb 07

In your life time , it may happen that your family is in severe trouble and you need to sacrifice something very precious to comfort your family, have you ever faced any such kinda situation?? if yes then please share..

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dulin08 Most parents have sacrificed things for their family. It may be selling something that had meaning to them, to not going to college, working a job they hate,to putting off their own needs. I know when I was a struggling young mom with four little ones, I did...

4 Feb 07

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My Friend Wants To Commit Suicide. Shall I Act?

Geoas @ashjoe76 (1422) • India 4 Feb 07

I thought it was just for fun, but my friend talks all the time about committing suicide, the different methods that can be used for it, and so on. She even writes a lot of poems about death. I am not sure whether she means it,...

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dulin08 Please do something. At the very least tell her family. The guilt that would follow you around if she did do something wold be overwhelming. Plus, her family would wonder why you never acted. She may be doing it for attention, or a weird curiosity, but still...

4 Feb 07

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Fat or Sexy?

lafavorito @lafavorito (2959) • Philippines 4 Feb 07

The woman in the picture is a victoria's secret supermodel turned tv host named Tyra Banks, she recently received destructive criticism from people saying that she's FAT. I personally thinks she still looks beautiful with her...

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dulin08 Tyra looks great, like a normal healthy woman. That is what is so wrong with our society. If a women is healthy and not a size 1, we call them fat. Crazy!!! Maybe we should just accept people in all sizes and shapes, and stop being so superficial.

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Do you beleive in the "Indigo Children"

peetred @peetred (272) • United States 16 Sep 06

Are you one? Do you have an indigo child? Indigo Children refer to the color of a person's aura.

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dulin08 Indigo children are not Asperger children. Sorry. Indigo children are something unproven and a theory. Asperger children are on the autism spectrum, considered by many to be high functioning autistics with slightly different characteristics. Does anyone read...

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child support

KANSAS13 @KANSAS13 (38) • United States 1 Feb 07

why is it that some and i mean some fathers don't want to pay child support? and why do some fathers think that the money they do pay in child support will benifit the mother? i have a child who's father refused to pay child...

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dulin08 Working with kids for years and years and having been divorced myself I have seen this a million times, from both women and men not wanting to pay child support. I agree that there are those who do not spend the money appropriatley, they blow it on things...

2 Feb 07

Have you got a moody teenager in your house?

BittyBiddy @BittyBiddy (2903) • Ireland 1 Feb 07

I do! This evening my daughter (14) asked me could she go to a teenage disco. I said I wanted to know where it was and who was running it. That was ok. She says to me "Can I go with my friend" and I say "No, I want to bring you"....

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dulin08 The teens years. Fun, fun , fun. I have teenagers too. My oldest is a girl. The drama. I think that it is a strange stage to be. They are drifting close to the adult level, but yet are not quite mature enough or realistic enough to make all their own...

2 Feb 07

Missing Person (my son)

oldwood @oldwood (9) • United States 29 Dec 06

My son Daniel has totally disappeared. The first 5 years his name kept comming up when I ran searches in different places. I would fly down to southern Calif to look up the addresses but would be devistated when it was not...

missing person

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dulin08 I am so sorry. I'm sure this as been devastating. Our family is in a similar situation. My brother Joshua, my only sibling, my parents only son has been missing since April. Why is it that you say he had depression? Do you think he may have committed...

1 Feb 07

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What do you say to someone that had a loved on die?

juls2me2 @juls2me2 (2150) • United States 13 Oct 06

Do you say, "I'm sorry for your loss?" or is there something more comforting to say?

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dulin08 We recently had a memorial for my brother. He is missing presumed dead, but we don't know for sure. For other peoples grieving process we decided to have the memorial. It really aggravates me when people say things like "time heals all wounds" or "he's in a...

1 Feb 07

What do you do when your past catches up on you?

iamnumbed @iamnumbed (164) • Philippines 1 Feb 07

I've done some terrible things in the past.. things i am not proud of.. things that made me lose some of my friends. it has been a two years since i started over. just when i thought its all in the past, i saw a friend of a friend...

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dulin08 Every ones of us has done things we wish we could change. I am not proud of some of the things I have done. But, we go through those things to grow and then we become the people we want to be. Our mistakes makes us human, we were not meant to be perfect. The...

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Do you love your family? Tell us little about your family.

shedii @shedii (1486) • India 1 Feb 07

My family is my parents, brother & of course me. And yes, I love my family. My mother is very sweet, polite & cool spiritual woman whereas my dad is very systematic, practical & quite high tempered person. Then I am cute,...

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dulin08 I love my family more now than ever. My mom and dad are wonderful and I have one brother. They have always been there for me. Last year my brother disappeared, he is still missing. We have been searching for him for over nine months. It has devasted our...

1 Feb 07

How can I not make mistakes?

faylinn_chaeli @faylinn_chaeli (1619) • Philippines 31 Jan 07

I hate it, I hate myself. I guess I am not perfect, for all we know nobody is perfect. In some way or another we make mistakes. If I could just delete or edit some of my discussions here, I don't know I just want to. Do you feel...

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dulin08 You are bing way too hard on yourself. If we were perfect then what a boring world that would be. I know what you are saying though, when I look at things I wrote, I worry people will think I'm an idiot, but really the meaning comes through no matter how it is...

1 Feb 07

My two year old can be so Terrible at Times!!

ronita34 @ronita34 (3921) • Canada 1 Feb 07

love my 2 year old daughter more than life itself don't get me wrong, but, she is terrible. I ain't sure what to do and i want to see if any of you can give me some usefull advice for me as how to deal with it and to not get...

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dulin08 Wow it sounds like you have your hands full, but it also sounds like you are a wonderful mom. I am a mother of six kids 17yrs. old to 5yrs.old. From my experience alot of it is just that kids are fearless at that age, your daughter is definetly smart. But, we...

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Anorexia

jennichad217 @jennichad217 (275) • United States 22 Nov 06

Has anyone here ever had or knows someone who is anorexic. Or has any other eating disorder. What do you think of this disease. What do you think emotionally causes this to happen to a person.

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dulin08 I am a recovering anorexic and bulimic. I have been in recovery for 13 years now. My message is somewhat similar to others you have heard, except I did not really start practicing my disorders until I had my first child, I was only 19 and afraid of not being...

1 Feb 07

Favorite days

sikabayan @sikabayan (144) • Indonesia 30 Jan 07

in one week 7 day,what days its favourite or special to you..?

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dulin08 Without a doubt it would have to be Friday. My kids don't have school on Friday, and I am always looking forward to the weekend with my husband. I line knowing I have two more days before starting the week all over again.

31 Jan 07