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  1. [+] Parents of kids with high scores <99 and up: what 'extra's do you do to mentor your k... 21 replies

    • you don't do a single thing out of the ordinary?...
    • their baby to shoaky influences. Unless you're like one of those parent who would name their baby Hitler or something....
    • since infancy. That got his language developed early. I am a single mom, so I suppose I do talk to him about the world more than other parents may. My friend told me once that all of the other...

    Talk : : April 10, 2012

  2. [+] 50 year old father of two here. I've been dating for about 3 years now (divorced for ... 121 replies

    • common with a never-married childless woman to even attempt a single date. I didn't realize that age difference was such..., if they have things in common (like both are parents)...
    • might be sleeping with others simultaneously. I hadn't been single since mid 90's and everything seemed so different. I...time and getting put out about "exclusivity"'; claiming every single woman you have recently dated is crazy, arrogant, shallow,...

    Talk : : April 10, 2012

  3. [+] Any advice for constipated toddler? We are already doing Mirilax every single day. Po... 57 replies

    • countless hard work later, I am NOT easy on parents who play with their child's health, self...are thin now but eat atrociously and too many parents who say I can't do anything--bullsh*t....
    • ^ and too many parents who say I can't do anything--bullsh*t....be advocating that it's okay for modern parents to follow in your mother's footsteps....
    • be advocating that it's okay for modern parents to follow in your mother's footsteps....

    Talk : : April 10, 2012

  4. [+] Are things going to get worse if I tell DH that I have had enough and his parents are... 51 replies

    • do on the weekend but can't because his parents are over and then give him an incredible bj...
    • my home is always open (even to parents who stop by hungry), as is our wallet....he must lay down the law with his parents to stop their complaining. so emphasizing just how...a way btwn my not going to every single visit, letting them babysit now and then, and of...I'm asking because I'm Hispanic and my parents have no sense of boundaries whatsoever. They invite...

    Talk : : April 10, 2012

  5. [+] Is it normal to constantly be reminding 9 & 1/2 year old girls to brush their teeth, ... 56 replies

    • she already knows that means go do it. Please tell me how you suggest I "man up & parent"....
    • My dds are the same way, they are 8 & 10. I have to remind every single day or they walk out the door with unbrushed hair and teeth. I'm at a loss. One time I was really sick and forgot...

    Talk : : April 10, 2012

  6. [+] Moms - what do you typically do with your DCs when you go to the bathroom? Bring the... 20 replies

    • Keep the door open. DC is now 3 and is losing interest in accompanying me every single time....
    • with me. I've worked with children for years and I know they can make up stories, and I do not want a parent accusing me of doing something inappropriate to their child....

    Talk : : April 09, 2012

  7. [+] Hijack from the post below, ds will be 3 in August and doesn't know his colors. Is th... 11 replies

    • Oh come on, do you really think it's that important for your kid to be able to spout off every single color of the rainbow at age 2- I mean, for reasons other than Dalton admissions? Why not just let him enjoy childhood?...
    • np: OK, "intrusive" is perhaps not the best word, but I know what she's getting at. These uptight parents who constantly correct their toddler's imperfect speech ("It is 'Daddy and I', Olivia, not 'Daddy and me', say it...

    Talk : : April 09, 2012

  8. [+] Have to vent. Every single night I get in a fight with my dc over homework. It is tru... 14 replies

    • No more fighting, no more yelling. It's his responsibility. Let him face the consequences at school. Parents are WAY too involved in homework IMHO. It's not teaching DC to be responsible at all....
    • me for a quick pee, but she doesn't need to see me change a tampon. I have worked for some crazy parents, and even the most overprotective has never had a problem with me doing this....

    Talk : : April 09, 2012

  9. [+] If you were single and poor but 30 years old, would you have a baby? 73 replies

    • realize that right? The vast majority of poor single mothers are not able to offer their children...You don't think that the kids of single mothers face an incredible disadvantage using pretty much...scholarships and opportunities for less "fortunate" children, a parent must be willing to put their time into...
    • i was a single parent at 23 - hardest thing i ever...you to school and develop your child. Most single moms in this country don't have the...

    Talk : : April 09, 2012

  10. [+] My husband and I are both attractive and dc not so good-looking. It is really embarra... 24 replies

    • us. We are very average and my dc is very attractive and I had a parent comment on how surprised they were about it. She didn't even get that it...
    • The 'true for us' post was me responding to the 'entirely ordinary parents' and somehow it ended up other this other post....
    • for the ignorant: she's one of those brown skinned people. For you to single this child out of the other adopted and biological children of Jolie and Pitt as...

    Talk : : April 09, 2012

  11. [+] As a mom of color, I feel as though divorce is either not an option for me or only in... 33 replies

    • It's related to the reason why many african american single women refuse to marry outside of the community. This idea...the subject? There is notoriously an invisible wall between single and married women regardless of color. Of those friends how...be the best in order to provide the ideal--two parent family. Now...or become involved because of the vitriol directed at single mothers and especially those who can't say they...

    Talk : : April 09, 2012

  12. [+] At the risk of being flamed, I am a pretty vain person. And this is what is stopping ... 55 replies

    • it's probably all genetics. what do your parents/grandparents look like?...
    • critical. If she could change her personality, all the negative attributes associated with it would go away. This isn't a single issue, but a symptom of a larger issue. Can't fix one and not all of it....

    Talk : : April 09, 2012

  13. [+] I don't know what to do about my ILs. MIL asked what we were doing for Easter (I'm Je... 70 replies

    • it sounds like Easter has been an issue every single year. OP should bend over backwards to be accomodating...easily could have said, let's not -- your parents may want to do something....
    • if dh doesn't want to see his parents, she is probably even less likely to want to...himself said he prefered to not see his parents that day. What is OP going to do,...'t want to spend the holidays with his parents? Then what? SHe should override him?...

    Talk : : April 09, 2012

  14. [+] Any other couples here on UB into swinging, group sex or other alternative lifestyles... 38 replies

    • key parties blew my mind when I found out my parents generation did stuff like that. Imagine Carol and Greg Brady...'s always like the Twilight Zone to find out your parents can be human, or into sex. Victorian porn and erotica...: I found a copy of The Pearl in my parents' bookshelf when I was home sick in high school. Needlessto...a completely separate, secret "alternative lifestyle," hooking hook up with singles and couples with his roster of "girlfriends." He found...

    Talk : : April 08, 2012

  15. [+] To all you really successful people: How did you know what you wanted to do with your... 48 replies

    • Er, I'm single and embarrassed to say that I'm in my...'s income. Anyway, I try to encourage that parent to pick it up again and find a...if I can so easily. Basically, is my parent correct, successful people?...
    • college. Second? 2As, a B, and an F!! Parents wouldn't fund my downward spiral lifestyle. Went...be careful. Dealing with a difficult or struggling parent is hard. And when you're both grieving...

    Talk : : April 08, 2012

  16. [+] Neighbor with really smart dc says that if her dc doesn't get into NEST or Anderson a... 86 replies

    • year later was exonerated), there was lackluster demand from the parents (i.e. people did not list it like they listed BSI...too cumbersome. DOE has a hard enough time keeping the single preference system straight. Why make it more complicated?...
    • to put younger sib at a citywide. Studies show that parent involvement at a school has a significant impact on...of kids who qualify down to about 400. And the parents advisory groups are always dead set against it. So...

    Talk : : April 08, 2012

  17. [+] Every time we go to my in-laws DH wants to bring laundry like we're in college. His m... 9 replies

    • How much could a single load of sheets possibly cost? Tell your DH I will personally mail him $5 every time you was sheets, so he can leave his poor mother alone...

    Talk : : April 08, 2012

  18. [+] I can't believe some of youladies wait a month before having sex with a guy you're da... 23 replies

    • all women had sex on a first date. As they say why buy the cow when the milk is free? While I may be old fashioned-the divorce rates speak for itself. Is it really worth being a single parent?...

    Talk : : April 07, 2012

  19. [+] I want to stop engaging anti-teacher mom. I just can't stand it that I have this job... 29 replies

    • for the school district. I wrote my other post "Parents please talk to us about your kids" because so...want to hear, etc. etc. It really is the parents that are difficult to get along with and make...I can't really bring that up unless a parent seems desirous to know. I don't even know...out he had shit his pants. Coupled with frustrating parents I can't do it anymore. My last hope...times I don't love, I respect. Every single conference I thank my children's teachers for...

    Talk : : April 07, 2012

  20. [+] Best UB post ever is too broad. Let's categorize them. Name the category, or name t... 127 replies

    • mentioned here: California broad who has a live-in slave and brags about how little she pays her and how she does every single thing to maintain the house/kids....
    • that your DC is being abused and you don't know it, that he is going to die crossing the street, etc. Parenting is all about being afraid for her....

    Talk : : April 07, 2012

  21. [+] Walked in on ds 17 and his girlfriend having sex. I apologized. Am I missing anything... 154 replies

    • answer this question, you need some therapy or at least parenting classes....
    • I honestly cannot believe the sense of entitlement that certain parents foster in their kids...
    • think we have a single poster who thinks being a BFF to her DCs equates to parenting...
    • is not unreasonable. Having sex in the house while parents (or - younger siblings!) might possibly walk in is...

    Talk : : April 06, 2012

  22. [+] Who needs friends? My sister asked me if dh cheated on me, who would I feel comfortab... 16 replies

    • My two best friends. I tell them every single thing. They probably know more about me than DH....
    • dh's head if I stayed with him. Can't think of a female friend I would tell though. I would tell my parents, too....

    Talk : : April 06, 2012

  23. [+] Wwyd? My 10 yo dd wants to become a vegetarian. I cook almost every night and I spe... 133 replies

    • call other people controlling for making their own parenting decisions. You can give your opinion without implying...Vegetarinism for young ones is nutrion lessons for parents of young ones....
    • Of course,but being a parent doesn't mean you have to be a...story straight? I haven't lied about a single thing. She has always enjoyed meat. She eats...though. She was unable to listen to one single opinion that went against her own, had to...

    Talk : : April 06, 2012

  24. [+] Sigh...just got back from a girls trip in the Caribbean. 8 of us lovely ladies- mid 3... 19 replies

    • years old), it would be tough for most dads to handle for more than a day, i think. I'm a single mom, and even i remember how tough it was to take care of DB alone without any help when he was newborn.... I agree it's a big job but DH would never in a million years consider it not a part of parenting and being in a partnership....
    • poster above here: I'm still a single mom, can we share your DH? He sounds lovely :)...

    Talk : : April 06, 2012

  25. [+] is it better to be divorced with children or never to have married and be without chi... 12 replies

    • i should have asked this on some young singles site. it's a theoretical question and i...LOVE being divorced. I can be the best parent alone (couldn't with the wrong man)....
    • have a wonderful marriage with no DCs. Every single person who responded picked wonderful marriage over being a single mom...are plenty of other ways of being a single mom that don't require co-parenting with an...

    Talk : : April 05, 2012

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