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How do I get my 15 yo daughter to stop texting this boy nonstop
Posted Thursday June 23 2022, 9:50 am
As background, my daughter had been dating Carter for about a year when her friendship with another boy got between them. He confessed his feeling for her and not wanting to hurt him (according to her) continued contact with him. Carter knew of the friendship but was very jealous and my daughter eventually broke up with Carter over it. She and Carter are still in contact, but she claims she only wants him as a friend even though he clearly wants her back. She and this second boy have continued texting nearly all day and sometimes all night. I confronted her on the after hours and now I believe she just uses other apps to communicate with him at night so I can't see it on my cell phone report. My problem is that my daughter basically c...
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Who is in the wrong? Me or my husband?
Posted Saturday October 30 2021, 4:51 pm
My daughter is 14 and I’ve been married to my husband since she was three. He has always been there for her as a great stepdad. My daughter’s room is downstairs and even though she is 14 he still goes downstairs every night to sleep next to her after I fall asleep at 3:00am. Then comes back up every morning around 7am. I know nothing is going on and my daughter is completely comfortable around him, she says nothing but good things. I have talked to her and she insists that she is fine with him doing this. However, I am not fine with this because she is fourteen and doesn’t need a grown adult sleeping next to her every night. I told him how I felt and that he doesn’t need to do that anymore but all he says is “you can’t tell me ...
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I Don't Deserve My Children
Posted Tuesday October 22 2019, 3:15 am
I don't really know how to start, so I'm just gonna jump right in. Let's say that I am the mother of seven beautiful, wonderful, amazing, talented children including six boys and one girl. We were gonna quit after the fourth child, but we're surprised by a set of triplets There's hardly a day that goes by that I don't feel like a bad mother. I deal with guilt and self hatred almost on a daily basis because of it.
There are so many things that make me feel like a bad mom. I'm always worried about how well I'm raising my children. They're good kids. They're all well behaved, well mannered, kind, loving, compassionate, selfless, generous people. People compliment me on how sweet my children are and every time, I wonder how much...
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First time mom fighting years of depression
Posted Saturday September 28 2019, 11:28 am
I'm a 24/f wife & mother. I live with my husband and his side of the family, and my family is in another state. My husband and I work part-time on alternating schedules to take care of my now 8 month old daughter.
Ever since I had my daughter I have lost nearly all of my friends, and the ones I've kept always seem to be too busy to ever hang out so it's like I don't have any. Since my husband and I work alternating times we don't get much time to spend together, and when we do get time he just plays his videogames and doesn't really want to do anything else together. I'm always the one taking care of our daughters needs and I have to nag him for help and he makes a big deal out of it. We lost our place a little bit before...
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Trying to understand why the hell my daughter did this to herself
Posted Friday August 2 2019, 3:28 pm
This past weekend, I noticed that my high school age daughter seemed to be scratching her head quite a bit. I asked her what the problem was and she calmly relayed to me that she had head lice. I was shocked and alarmed, of course, and couldn't understand how she could be so casual about this. I asked her why she hadn't said anything. Her answer? She had deliberately contracted them.
A few weeks back, it seems, a friend had confided in my daughter that she had head lice. My daughter expressed that she was curious to know what having lice is like and so the friend agreed to infect her. They then sat on the friend's bed, back to back with their heads resting against each other, while they listened to music.
Natur...
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problems at my house
Posted Saturday July 13 2019, 12:22 am
By various problems my mother left me to take my brother (smallest brother 10 years old) and my sister (middle sister 14 years old and I'm the biggest one) because my father have a diseases so for the treatment they went India. OKAY! now what happen that,so there was no adults in our house to take care so one stranger man whom my mom trust told to look after us. OKAY THAT'S OKAY!! but now it getting overboard OKAY he's cook'in for us OKAY he sometimes brings food from outside OKAY he sometimes touches us weirdly but I know self defence I can protect but now it's getting overboard now he's threatening us if you say somebad things about I will tell mom that I'm go'in and cause ur daughters are say'in bad things and I'm go'in. why!? why he's s...
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I dont know how to let my mom know things need to change.
Posted Saturday June 8 2019, 4:27 pm
So....Its alot so my mom has been ill my whole life and when I was little, I saw her as my hero that she could do no wrong and my world revoled around her..I would have a gut feeling about some of her actions... but I couldnt possiablely go against her because she was always right...So as Im getting older I'm starting to realize the things she use to do would influence me... She hates my dad when I was little she would talk about him about an hour and make him like this evil man and things including my grandmother, who had taking care of her when my mother was extremely ill. My grandmother made her food and cleaned did a lot...My mom would talk behind her back since my grandmother has dementia and says the neighnbor are doing meth and thing...
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I'm Going To Be a Terrible Mother
Posted Tuesday July 10 2018, 4:22 am
Long story short, part of me wants to become a mom pretty soon, but the other part is terrified that I'm gonna be a horrible one. I don't know if the fears I'm having are common and normal or if they go beyond the typical doubts people tend to have about their competency as a parent.
Until a couple years ago or so, I didn't doubt that I'd be a good mom and having children was by far the thing I wanted most from my life. I was raised by the best mom ever and I've had other good role models whose example I can follow, but I have learned things since then that make me think I might not be cut out to have children.
My sister had a baby (my nephew, Lane) back in August 2015. Since then, I've been around Lane for abo...
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Should I take my daughter up on this unusual offer?
Posted Wednesday January 10 2018, 7:18 am
My 12 year old son acquired a pair of police issue handcuffs as a Christmas present from his uncle (who works at a security supply store). I don't know what gave him the idea (maybe he saw a clip from an old sitcom online?), but he persuaded his 10 year old sister to spend a day cuffed to him. I didn't protest as they were both willing and I figured they'd both be sick of it within a couple hours. But I was wrong. They remained cuffed until bedtime, having a blast the entire time and without complaining once.
My oldest daughter (age 15) was as bemused by this as I was. When she was challenged by her little sister to try it before knocking it, she agreed to spend a day cuffed to her the following weekend. They asked me to hold...
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How to convince your girlfriend not to get an abortion
Posted Saturday November 25 2017, 6:38 pm
What do I do if my girlfriend wants an abortion but I want to keep the baby?
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How can I get my mom to say yes about plucking my brows
Posted Friday November 24 2017, 10:58 am
Im 12 yrs old and i hate my eyebrows who ever sees me or looked at me they say oh you're brows are so thick and they are connected with you're hair i reply yeah ik and smile it seems that I am careless but im really tired of them i asked my mom about plucking them but she regrets so please guys help me
And sorry if I have any mistakes cause im from lebanon and I'm trying my best in English
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How to be a good single mother
Posted Saturday July 1 2017, 12:57 am
I'm gonna try to make this really quick. I'd like advice on how to be a good single mother. I don't know if anyone can really help me out with that much or not, but I'd greatly appreciate any help I can get at all.
Long story short, I'm a single mom and I feel very guilty about it quite often. I've started to see a lot of reasons it's important for my kids, especially my boys to have a dad, but they currently don't have one in their lives at all and I'm not sure what to do about it. I'm not sure I want to get married and even if I did, there's no telling how long it'd take to find the right guy.
My step dad has been an amazing a male role model/father figure to the kids. My uncles have helped a lot in those way...
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My nephews dad sent him a friend request on facebook!
Posted Thursday June 22 2017, 3:10 pm
My mom has full custody of my nephew and has been raising him since he was 3 he is 13 now. My mom has been raising him because my sister and his dad were both found unfit. His dad hasn't had any involvement in his life since he was born, but the other day he sent him a friend request on facebook. He told my nephew to call him. My nephew asked his grandma if he could call him? She said yes and dad said he was coming to see him. He hasn't bought anything for Christmas or birthdays or even called. I remember last year on his birthday his dad walked by the house and my nephew was outside and his dad didn't say a word to his son. Should we allow visitation?
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Psych ward for 12 year old?
Posted Friday February 17 2017, 10:51 pm
Does anybody know of a mental institution or psych ward near Murfreesboro or Nashville, Tennessee that will accept a girl of 12 years of age?
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26/f want to get pregnant
Posted Sunday January 15 2017, 9:46 am
Hello,
I'm 26 years old and I'm ready to have a baby. I have a master's degree in education and I have a great job. I'm financially stable right now. I own a house. I have the space, time, and resources to have a baby. I got my period when I was 9 years old. I don't know how long I'll be fertile enough to get pregnant. I'm ready to be a mom. But, I have some issues with relationships right now.
First of all, I have some issues with sex, overall. For the most part, I find sex to be very painful. It's not something I enjoy. I have been diagnosed with a condition called vaginismus, which means that my vagina pretty much rejects sex. It closes up when a penis is trying to enter. I find the idea of oral sex repulsiv...
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Son failing 4th grade
Posted Saturday December 3 2016, 10:12 pm
My middle child and only son is 9 almost 10 and we moved in June and in august my older kids started at their new s schools apparently my son has been doing awful he never mentioned anything and neither did the school and now as the semester is ending his teacher sends us a note about his poor grades how do I help him with school please take into account i have a new job and 4 daughters that also need me
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My kid only eats one thing?
Posted Wednesday August 17 2016, 3:58 am
My 11 y/o daughter used to eat many different types of foods, vegetables, fruit, meat, etc... even if she didn't care for a particular vegetable, she'd still manage to eat it anyways.
Since about three weeks ago, she's only wanted to eat one thing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner: Two scrambled eggs and one maple sausage. Sometimes she'll have orange juice/ a breakfast essential drink to go with it.
I've tried arguing, offering special meals, but she only wants to stick with eggs and sausage. I'm worried she might eventually lack the nutrients she needs.
Is this just a phase?
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how to convince mom
Posted Tuesday July 5 2016, 2:55 pm
I am f 12 almost 13 and it is summer time and I have to go to bed at 8 curfew of 630 I think this is ridiculous and because of it have stopped being invited to parties and friend get togethers I have even tried talking to her and she says last year you went to bed at 745 u got a extension my early bedtime is mostly caused by my little sisters 8 wanting to go to bed the same time as me how do I talk to her
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resonable bedtime
Posted Monday July 4 2016, 5:32 pm
I have three kids oldest daughter 12 only son 9 and youngest daughter 2 my oldest daughter 12 has a bedtime of 830 every day and it is summer so she always tells me but it is summer why does it matter when I go to bed what was your or your kids bedtime at this age
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My daughter is gay... or is she?
Posted Saturday March 26 2016, 3:32 pm
My 14-year-old daughter identifies as gay. Let me make it clear right from the start that I have absolutely no problem with that. If she wants to date girls, I'll treat her girlfriends exactly as I would her boyfriends, and if she got married to a woman someday I would totally welcome my new daughter-in-law into the family.
The thing is, I'm not sure she really IS gay. The reason is that those who I have known who are gay say it's something they've known all their lives (I've certainly always felt hetero). That's not the case with my daughter; in her childhood, she talked about "cute boys" and such, and she's even said that this is something that evolved in her over time. And I don't think it's that she was afr...
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