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Comment on Mom friend break ups by Dawn Rogers

Dawn Rogers — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:21:35 +0000

Yes! Yes and yes.

Comment on Mom friend break ups by cindy

cindy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:24:15 +0000

I hope you really don’t think your kids suck if you can’t manage to want to be around your own children can you really believe others are going to want to be around you?

anyhow my family used to be really close to another family until the mom got into a lot of weird health/spiritual stuff I’m all for everyone believing what they will but it is hard to be around people who used to share your parenting style and are now pulling you in another direction that you don’t agree with. other times you really just are too busy I honestly only have time for one high maintenance friend at a time I want time to myself so if you are complaining a lot or don’t have things that make me really want to spend time in your company reading a book in my free time might seem like a a better option
it is easy to say that everyone is just a jerk but if you go around thinking everyone is a jerk then who is really the jerk? honestly if it happens a lot it probably is you suck it up look at yourself and see if you are really being a good friend if you can’t see anything wrong with your self eat some humble pie and look again I’m not saying you should try to change your personality but I do think working on your social skills cognitively is something every one should do if they want to be a good friend

my baby is sleeping for a min so I don’t want to wast my precious time proofing this I hope it is readable anyhow

Comment on Are picky eaters born or made? by Cynthia Raymond

Cynthia Raymond — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:54:19 +0000

Listen, nobody likes what I cook. I don’t even like what I cook. Why? Because I’m a terrible cook! That much being said, “Eat it or die.” Hungry enough, they’ll eat it.

Comment on Mom friend break ups by Cynthia Raymond

Cynthia Raymond — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:48:59 +0000

I have often been dumped because of my kids. I can’t blame the dumpee. Frankly, if given the choice, I’d have nothing to do with my kids either. Unfortunately, I’m stuck with them. A true friend would recognize that my kids suck and also recognize that I’m incompetent to raise them properly. A true friend would just suck it up and not dump me. No wonder, true friends are hard to find.

Comment on Are picky eaters born or made? by Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:51:37 +0000

Time Magazine just did an article on picky eaters and how they are born that way and links to other issues — like autism. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2004676,00.html

Comment on Are picky eaters born or made? by Joan B

Joan B — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:41:13 +0000

I wondered about this myself before my son was eating solid foods… Now I know that kids are what they are, not what we make them! My son eats like a bird, much to my dismay, and as much as I try to offer a wide selection of foods from vegies to grains to proteins, all he wants is fruit and cookies. I have learned to call a wide array of foods ‘cookies’, like healthy granola bars and cereal bars, and I pack his smoothies with tons of healthy ingredients.
It’s tough when I can fit everything my child has eaten in a day into my palm, but I do believe the advice mentioned in the article, that a kid won’t starve in a house full of food. I tell myself everyday that this particular eating habit is just a phase, and it will not last forever!
Good luck to all the parents of picky eaters! Any good tips or strategies? Share them please!

Comment on Letting your child experience disappointment by cindy

cindy — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:12:04 +0000

I totally agree my niece is 5 and a really sore loser her parents require you throw the game if you play with her I think this article is a great example of every day teaching moments

Comment on Resisting the Urge to “Help” by Lynette

Lynette — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:38:56 +0000

How about saying, “We all have those days, don’t we?” or “hang in there, mom, you’re doing great”

The mom is probably extremely anxious, thinking she is annoying everyone in the store. Sure, sounds cheesy, but this type of comment lets her know that not everyone is annoyed, and it might remind other nearby “well-meaning busybodies” to allow her to handle her own children.

Comment on Are some women destined to be bad mothers? by Lynette

Lynette — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:24:45 +0000

What an odd little nugget of scientific research.

So, they found evidence that some women’s brains are wired to be good mothers, and some are wired to be bad mothers. However, they do not investigate…

1. Does the mental state and general well-being of the woman during pregnancy relate to how many maternal neurons develop? (i.e. is the woman being emotionally supported by her mate/friends/family, does she have proper nutrition and exercise, does she have any symptoms of depression, is she enjoying being pregnant or not, etc.)
2. Does the background of the woman before pregnancy relate to the number of maternal neurons? (i.e. how many neurons did her own mother have, how did her own parents treat her as a child, did she prefer playing with dolls as a child or not, etc.)
3. Did any of these women take child-care classes during pregnancy, and was there any correlation between this and the number of maternal neurons?
4. Are they planning on checking if men who are neglectful or abusive to their children have differences in “paternal neurons” from other fathers?

While scientific discovery is important, we do need to be careful about drawing conclusions, because most of the time we don’t have the full story. It sounds like this scientific study had very limited parameters and tracked limited variables, so while it may be a starting point for predicting parental behavior, it’s too early to put much stock into it.

Comment on Taking Discipline into our own hands by Jess Twardzik

Jess Twardzik — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:29:10 +0000

Now I’m really nervous for our flight to Calif in July! Yikes! People are NUTS!