Who has influenced your sah/woh

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Who has influenced your sah/woh
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Thu, 02-09-2006 - 2:39pm

opinion to DIFFER. What I mean is--is there anyone on this board or in real life whose opinion/reasoning/debating/facts started to make your thinking more to the middle? As in if you thought sah or woh was best & then after some discussion/thought, you began to think that whatever is best for each family--really there is no one best way, etc.

We just really needed a new thread here!!!!!!!!

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Registered: 01-18-2006
Wed, 02-22-2006 - 10:52am

***Wouldn't they then need at least 5 or 6 servings for the day? In that case, the cheerios and a sandwich wouldn't cover them for the day.***

Sure it would. It is within the 4-6 servings per day. Like I posted later, this morning
my son just ate 2 pieces of toast with jam and a bowl of oatmeal. Then he took 1/2 of dad's eggs. He also has a sandwich in his lunchbox for school. So today he got 6 servings. His sister ate a cereal bar and cheerios. She is at 3 servings. She is requesting PB crackers for lunch already so I think she is covered as well.

***Not only that, but you didn't say they have 2 servings of cheerios and not just one. 2 cups of cheerios sounds like a lot of cheerios at once, even for an adult. Even so, that plus 2 slices of bread doesn't come to 6 or even 5 bread servings.***

2 cups of cheerios is not a lot. A bowl is about 3 cups of Cheerios. Who said it has to be 6 servings. Oh yeah YOU. The servings needed per day for children 2-6 yrs old is 4-6 servings per day. So yes it is within the range.

 

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Registered: 01-13-2006
Wed, 02-22-2006 - 10:53am

"We all hope our kids make the right choices-but they WILL have to make the choices."

Yep :)

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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 10:54am

So bread after lunch is what causes these flare ups?

PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 10:55am

LMAOROF.

***Beer, OTOH, is another story......***

Are we married to the same man? When we just booked our trip for SPring Break and I told him they had happy hour and serve free beer he said BOOK THAT PLACE!! LMAO!

 

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Registered: 01-13-2006
Wed, 02-22-2006 - 10:58am

"So you two wouldn't still be special or still friends if you didn't get it on at 15? Doesn't sound so special to me."

Please cite where I stated this :)

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Wed, 02-22-2006 - 10:58am

With the exception of open enrollment in schools (man am I jealous of that one) where we live

PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 10:59am
They were eating less dinner and more bread when we served bread at night. My little one loved to eat crackers with her dinner or should I say AS her dinner. So we cut those out and they are doing much better about eating their dinner. My youngest has the issues with trying anything new so this sort of gives her the opportunity of trying new things, or at least touching the texture of these new foods. These are tiny milestones for her. Really I don't think it would really be a huge deal for my son to eat bread with dinner as much as it was before. But since we can't give it to my DD we just don't serve it at all anymore.

 

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Wed, 02-22-2006 - 11:00am

What does a prenup have to do with it?


PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 11:00am
I didn't say you said that. I am asking you a direct question. I will put it another way. Is sex at 15 the reason you two are still special to each other?

 

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Wed, 02-22-2006 - 11:01am

are you comparing a college choice to a having sex choice jlk? while ita that chosing college is a choice only my child can make (and i will support), i don't hold that same conversation standard to sex. at all......the scenario i'm getting (sex related) from you is this:

YOU/MOM: well dd these are the facts about sex, pros and cons, medical diseases associated et al. the choice is yours to make honey, not me. YOUR DD: gee mom, thanks for giving me that choice. and thanks for information i already know. my role play would go something like this..ME/MOM: dd, you are going to be faced with a lot of pressures related to things like sex, alchohol, even drugs. this is where *i* stand on it. MY DD: thanks mom for sharing that with me.

what i hear you, dj and some others say is that this *choice* thingy does need to be shared in such conversation between parent and teen and i don't agree........the facts are what it is, no denying that and if it is shared in conversation, i'm all for elaborating such discussion.....but i believe kids form opinions, behaviors and attitudes about sex, drugs etc. more from influences than from text knowledge.

and if sex is something you feel your child should know is *her* choice to make (because of alarming statistics or because of some std fear?), then maybe teen sex should also be allowed in the comforts of your own home and bedroom.

 

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