Archive for May, 2008

What would you put in a gift for tired parents and a new big sister?

Friends of ours are about to pop out baby #2 (gender unknown), and we wanted to get them all something.
Obviously getting things for baby #2 is easy. Neutral baby things. Woo!
The new parents need relaxation and also have a 3 year old to entertain!!
For the parents:
–Massage oils maybe?
–Any other ideas?
–We don’t live in the same [...]

Parenting classes?

I just had a thought, why don’t we make every parent take a a few classes on how to be a good and loving parent, and teach you some tricks to make life easier on you.
Only problem is rounding up people who get pregnant, it’d be kinda hard to track em down for parenting classes.
I [...]

What makes you a good parent?

How do you know you are doing it right? Im a single parent with 2 grown-up kids. Im a 34-yr old woman and my kids are 17 and 14 (boy and girl). I keep wondering if Im raising them right and if Im talking to them about the things that matter, if [...]

Young parents are usually beset with so many problems when it comes to rearing and caring for their children. Because of the ever-increasing cost of living in the country, both parents now need to earn a living to keep the family well provided for. Since both parents now have careers outside of the home, there [...]

How do you measure if you are a good parent? By the fact that your children are safe, happy, responsible?

Healthy, successful, good people, have necessary life skills to overcome obstacles??

How can we put a new floor in my parent’s basement?

The original floor treatment was asbestos tiles. After a few sewer backups the tiles are starting to raise up and buckle. I think it would be cost prohibitive to have the tiles removed and discarded because they contain asbestos. Is there something that would seal all this in and allow us to [...]

And while it can be a lot of fun to pick out your new kitchen, the new floors for your bathroom, it also requires your full attention. That’s a luxury members with children don’t always have.The two DirectBuy franchises of greater Denver — DirectBuy Southeast Denver in Westminster and DirectBuy Northwest Denver in Englewood — [...]

parenting tips.related child behaviuor?

parenting tips…….related child behaviuor………..their moods……….their demands………..eating habit………..my child is 18 mounths old

I remember, when my children were little, I, as a single mother of three, would come home tired and ragged by the end of the long day. Too many times the first words out of my mouth were something about the kitchen being a mess or the chores not being done. Even in my more [...]

How do I tell my parents about bad grades?

Ok I got a C and a D in science, how do I break it to my parents? HELP!!!!!!!!!!