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Created on : Thursday, June 30, 2005, 12:48:44 pm

Author : dataimport

What is your parenting style, and is it meshing with your child's personality? Are you an authoritarian or a permissive parent? And is your child rebellious or passive? There's no magic formula, so use this message board as a tool to define your styles, problem-solve, find support and share ideas.

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brookie52

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January 29, 2009, 1:43 pm PST

Getting a 4yr old boy to not want guns!

Does anyone have any help for me???? To get him to liston a little better????

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vbarbie32

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February 23, 2009, 7:17 am PST

I dont know what to do

I was a teneger mother. I had my daughter when I was 17 yrs old. I raised my kids with there father but we didn't live together. We have a good understanding with each other and his wife. I think my kids have three parents,but we have a little of diffrent rules in some levels. When it gets hard we call each other explained what happends and then we decided what to do,but I dont think it has work for us.

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maineboysmom

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May 8, 2009, 2:42 pm PDT

who is the parrent

Quote From: brookie52

Does anyone have any help for me???? To get him to liston a little better????

My son went threw the same stage. try reading the hunting rule law book and tell him he is not old enough to have guns . but when he is a grown up he can. Donot cave on this issue, at that age they have a hard time with real and make believe. also tell him guns are for hunting and he needs to maybe join cubscouts to learn from a professional you don,t like them they scare you and its your rules in your house! and lastly guns don,t kill people people kill people. rembemer your the Parrent bottom line. good luck promise in a few months he will want every pokeman card on the planet or well you get what i mean take care that was a great question.

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lizabeth214

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May 21, 2009, 3:16 pm PDT

Dont want to see my kids any more

I dont even want to see my kids any more...I try and try to be a good father and a role modle..I am a fire man and I am very protective of my kids, but their mother is the total opposite and she tells the kids to lie to me...I just found out my son was smokine weed..and she didn't even care...she took him to take a blood test and was like ...see he is ok...But my son confessed to me I told her..and she just hung up on me...I call the kids all the time just to make sure that they are ok and she tells them not to answer..today was the last straw..I was talking to my kids because they didn't tell me that they didn't have school and they never answered my calls..she didn't even answer my calls and she said it was not my business were the kids were....and my son told me he didn't want to hear it any more..for me to stop talking to him mom like that...I was sooo angry..I told him not to come over any more..he is 17..thats just half of it....omg

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lizabeth214

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May 21, 2009, 3:25 pm PDT

its not bad

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Does anyone have any help for me???? To get him to liston a little better????

its not bad..the more you dont want him to have one..the more he will....I know..I have a nephew that was that way....and he really loves them..and its kind of weird because he is sneaky about it and he gets his grandparents to buy it and he hides it...thats not good..

me on the other hand..I buy toy guns all the time..i even have brought paint ball guns...just show them the fun in guns..not just that its bad..you never know......My kids are very good kids straight A and all.....they could care less about their toys any more...just keep showing diferrent things with out making it a big deal.....they will move on..

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acadiawith3

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July 3, 2009, 1:26 pm PDT

Should i get a job &take my daughter to pre-school?

My daughter is 3 years 9 months, she doesn't want to go to Kg., and i want to get a job. Lucky me i find a job in her school, but still she wants to stay home one year more. She doesn't want me to leave the house or get a job. She said (mamy please i want to sleep, mamy please i want to stay home). I don't know what to do, is she still young to go to Kg.?

Please i need help, tell me what you think, i feel so guilty, i feel i'm a bad mother , am i?

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afreelisa

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July 24, 2009, 1:42 pm PDT

You will always be their father

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I dont even want to see my kids any more...I try and try to be a good father and a role modle..I am a fire man and I am very protective of my kids, but their mother is the total opposite and she tells the kids to lie to me...I just found out my son was smokine weed..and she didn't even care...she took him to take a blood test and was like ...see he is ok...But my son confessed to me I told her..and she just hung up on me...I call the kids all the time just to make sure that they are ok and she tells them not to answer..today was the last straw..I was talking to my kids because they didn't tell me that they didn't have school and they never answered my calls..she didn't even answer my calls and she said it was not my business were the kids were....and my son told me he didn't want to hear it any more..for me to stop talking to him mom like that...I was sooo angry..I told him not to come over any more..he is 17..thats just half of it....omg

As in my title you will always be their father. You need to stand firm and try to get along with the mother. When I was divorced I hated my husband, my daughter was five. Two years later God answered my prayers and now we are friends. We do things together with his wife and step children. He does not see his daughter much at all anymore for some reason. She has paid the price with rebellion, and costing me a lot in therapy for her which she blocks out. She looks to guys for attention she is 14 yrs old. If she had her father in her life I think things would be better. As a single mom I can only do so much. I cant feel the hole in her heart from this. I pray and ask God to come into her life and protect her. I do discipline my child. She sees me as weak but her father as strong. When she does see him her eyes light up. I pray everyday that he will see the light. He is a goo dad but not to his own. Children need their fathers in their lives even if they dont admit to it they do. They hold their feelings inside. I see the pain in my childs life. Dont make that mistake. Sounds like you are a good dad, but dont ever give up on them, they are yours. God bless you in your life with your kids.

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