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    Your daughter just had her first baby,but is unsure of when she wants to have baby #2.When would it be best for her to have the second baby?

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    My daughter would have the right to make her own choices on this issue.  I don't run her life.

    But, if my daughter would ask for my input - I would tell her that there is nothing wrong with having children that are spaced a little farther apart.  Of course - she would also know this for herself since she is almost five years older than her sister.  My advice would be to finish school and getting career started before adding a second child into the family.

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    Reasons a 13-year-old still can't use utensils properly?

      I have a stepbrother who is 13 almost 14. I've known him since he was 2-3 & after 10yrs he still can't use utensils properly. He doesn't know how to hold a fork/knife & is constantly having to grab things with his hands bc he can't pick up food with his fork/cut things with his knife. I only see him a few days a week, but whenever he does this, someone (dad, mom, or i) will usually try to correct it & teach him how to properly hold his utensils. It never sticks though & it seems like he just can't grasp how to use them. It doesn't bother me (though it does worry me that he's 13 and still can't cut a piece of meat), but it bothers our parents and he constantly gets yelled at for it. I want to figure it out so I can help him & he won't get in trouble. 

      I was wondering if there are any reasons he might still have trouble/possible ways to help him learn? His other motor skills are fine, so i dont think its that. He does have autism & I wonder if that might be a factor.   My family thinks it's a lack of discipline/poor parenting from his mom. I don't like that theory because it's very judgemental of a woman we don't know (plus the person who came up with this theory has a tendency to make their own conclusions about things they shouldn't. They've also decided that he doesnt have autism & that his symptoms/diagnosis are another effect of a parenting issue). I also think even if that was the problem, he spends enough time with us that he would have learned by now.

    7 Answers1 week ago
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    How would you react if your teenage son or daughter told you that they was having a baby ?

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    I'd have to accept it and probably ask what they want to do about the future.  

    14 Answers2 weeks ago
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    When a working mother is not available, isn't it better the child's grandparents takes care of the child instead of an uncaring babysitter?

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    What's best is up to the parent(s) of the child. She may prefer the babysitter for valid reasons, no matter how much the grandparents would like to be chosen for this.

    I used to babysit, and I was not uncaring.

    9 Answers2 weeks ago
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    Is it better to have a very small(12-21 month) gap between babies,a larger gap(4+ years) or somewhere in between?

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    This is a choice that each parent must make for themselves.  They must consider THEIR life goals and what they imagine their family to be.

    Next, they should consider what is medically healthy.  Most doctors will recommend waiting AT LEAST one year before trying to become pregnant again and many doctors recommend as much as two years before trying to become pregnant again.  That would place a two to three year gap between children just based on what is medically recommended.

    Some parents think that having children closer together will make the children "close".  This is NOT always true.  Each child is an individual person and just because of that, they may not always get along because they might end up with very different interests.  (one could end up being great at sports while the other one becomes more of  a comic book nerd).

    Some parents will space their children a little farther apart to avoid things like having two babies in diapers at the same time.  (after all, if your second baby is born before your first baby reaches the age of two, it is very likely that you would still be dealing with diaper changes and possibly other issues with the first baby while trying to care for a newborn)  So, then you would be working on potty training the first child while caring for the newborn.

    At different stages in the children's lives, there will always be points in which the older child is ready for something that the younger child can't do yet.  Parents will always need to make a plan on how to deal with telling a younger child "no - you can't do that yet - you are too young" even if the age gap is small.  (after all, a child who is ten years old and going to a friend's birthday party should not be forced to take their eight year old sibling with them)

    There really is not a "best" or "better" age gap between siblings.  I do believe that extremely large age gaps should be avoided.  Anything more than about six years is probably too much.   If you are having several children, you might end up with a six year gap or more between the first child and the last child and that would be expected in a family with several children.  But, between any two children, anything more than six years is a little too long.  I am twelve years younger than my next sibling.  We basically share very little in common and we have always been at such a different stage in our lives that there was never really any common or shared life events to keep us together.  For my children, my goal was a three year age gap.  I wanted to avoid having two children in diapers at the same time if possible.  Due to a few unplanned issues, the age gap ended up being a little over 4 years difference.  My daughters have had points in which they would be real close and other points in which they would fight all the time.  (when older one hit teens and younger one was still elementary age was the worst time frame)  But they are both adults now and they are very close.  

    4 Answers1 week ago
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    If a mom is very fair and dad is brown what will the child’s skin color be ?

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    It is a horse race.  My niece has brown eyes and brown hair and so does her husband.  The baby came so light and with blue eyes.  She looks exactly like grandma.  The DNA proved he was the daddy.

    6 Answers2 weeks ago
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    Do you find this acceptable?

    My 17-year-old daughter told me her volleyball coach made her run laps while everyone else was watching because she wasn't paying attention. Do you find this acceptable?

    39 Answers3 weeks ago
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    Should I punish my child for cracking the screen of the Iphone I bought for them?

    My child cracked her iphone screen, and as you may assume, I am furious. She doesn’t have the money to fix the screen and I am not paying for it, but should I ground her? or accept it and understand that accidents happen?

    24 Answers2 weeks ago
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    Should I feel bad about babysitting?

    I'm a retired 65 year old woman.My daughter and my son in law have been having me watch their 6 year old child everyday for a year since Covid hit.So since Mar.2020.But I can't help to think their starting to take advantage of me.It seems I'm their main person to call even when they wanna go out at night even.It was just suppose to be in the day time 4 times a week from 2-6.But now it's everyday even for 1 of their date nights.Also they just assume I'll watch their child whenever.They are moving to a new place soon and when my daughter was talking to me about their moving day plans they said, "We're gonna start about 8 AM and I'm gonna I drop (Name) off at your house." They even had an unexpected thing last night where my son got called into work and my daughter was sleeping.He called me saying "I'm dropping name off." So it's WHENEVER they need a sitter they just assume and I just feel like I always have to be on call? Should I tell them how I feel about it?Plus this is all for free and if I may add their child is also very disrespectful to adults.Opinions please.

    7 Answers2 weeks ago
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    What gifts do you get for a bad son?

    My boy has been a nightmare. I need gift ideas that neither reward nor punish the boy, but get the message across that I'm disappointed.

    4 Answers2 weeks ago
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    If you're a parent, would you have sex in your kids room on their bed?

    Even though kids are not making the money, still it would be wrong to disrespect them if a parent did that, because kids have feelings too

    People who are not parents can answer this question too

    6 Answers2 weeks ago
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    Question for parents/ counselors or anybody who don’t believe in spankings?

    Do you agree or disagree that it is fair for any other person outside the family or home to press charges on child & parents

    5 Answers2 weeks ago
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    How can a school be so neglectful?

    How many other parents have issues with their children`s school not looking out for their well being? My son, suffered a head injury yesterday, ( smacked his head against the school`s brick wall, and suffered a large abrasion on his forehead), the school never notified me.Have any parents suffered these issues?

    8 Answers3 weeks ago
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    My Dad can't stop making babies.?

    Let me tell you super weird but true story about my dad. My Dad has many kids from several different girls. He has 4 from his ex wife 1 from one of his hookups, 4 from his ex girlfriend, 6 from his other ex wife (my mom), and 1 from his current girlfriend who is expecting another child this year. So all together he has 16 kids. I've talked to him several times about birth control and all that. But he doesn't really listen or even care. He's immature, arrogant, and reckless. He thinks everything will miraculously workout. He says he doesn't believe in birth control. He says preventing child birth is just like killing a baby. There wouldn't be a baby if he used protection in the first place! He says that he will continue to have unprotected sex, and that if his girlfriend gets pregnant, so be it. He says that if a baby is made it's "meant to be". He doesn't think of the consequences of having children. There are responsibilities, financial aspects, and other factors to having kids. We are already financially unstable, and his parenting isn't the best. He can be manipulative, neglactive, impulsive, and immature. And he's getting old. He's already 60! And his girlfriend is 25. How will she take care of the kids when he's gone? Even now, how does he expect to take care of the new kids, when he is barely taking care of the current ones? He seems to be scared of being alone. He also seems to be somewhat addicted to sex/ porn. will he ever stop? This isn't normal, please help.

    10 Answers3 weeks ago
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    my computer broked how can i fix it?

    help tit was getting rweally hot so i unplugged it to coold own and now it wont turn on what do i do did i break it 

    5 Answers2 weeks ago
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    Is there really a right and a wrong way to raise your child?

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    Make them good people. That's about it. If they are good people then you raised them right. Whether that's with spanking or not, if you teach them empathy then that's all you can ask for. I didn't teach my kids table manners (I was never taught myself) but if they see another child getting bullied, they are the first ones there defending the child being bullied and I'm extremely proud of that.

    8 Answers3 weeks ago
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