It’s a slow process.
Do you have a redneck baby? Will he or she become a Democrat or Republican when grown up? The following list of indicators and tests help to determine their future. There are ways to influence the outcome, but remember that children are typically geared toward Republican ways. Nonetheless, see the below list and decide what …
Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.” Said the little old man, “I do that too.” The little boy whispered, “I wet my pants.” “I do that too,” laughed the little old man. Said the little boy, “I often cry.” The old man nodded, “So do I.” “But worst of all,” said the …
Children ask why because it gives them power. When my child asks WHY? I don’t dismiss it as attention deficit disorder. I have a list of responses to offer. But first, let’s admit the annoyance that comes with serial askers-why children: Louis C. K. offers the funniest reality on the challenges of having to answer …
Donald Trump is unwilling to compromise, unabashed and unlikely to stop at anything short of getting his way. Young children in the U.S. want more of this type of behavior, so Bumpkin.com has gathered nine reasons children love Trump and how Trump always gets his way. 1. Trump eats whatever he wants Numerous journalists have …
You might be surprised the reasons my pregnant wife won’t sleep with me. It’s mind-boggling that it could come down to these five things, but once I learned why she wouldn’t have sex with me I got her back. Extracurricular Overload: Who Stole my Sex Pot? Her activities are established with a positive intent …
When I was just a dumb kid our gang liked mini-golf, but it was more than that, really. We went to a place my friend Bill called Slut Putt where it was rumored we could get help with more than our putting. (I didn’t know kids could get lessons, either, but then mine was an …
The first time I took my child to a rehabilitation center was the hardest. This video shows five benefits from teaching empathy to a child at a hospital. Whether visiting a rehabilitation center or long-term care facility (often called a nursing home), a hospital environment will be both different and familiar to a child. While …
Is your child attempting to negotiate by screaming and crying? Don’t pay a bounty for quiet when you can silence a screaming toddler with love. Reasoned love demands a whole bunch of patience, so forget the unicorns and rainbows and bite the bullet while closing the door on your way out of the room after …
So, you came to your wit’s end and spanked your child. Now what? First, the facts – you’re not alone. In fact, around 65% of parents in the US approve of the practice of spanking their child. This figure has been the norm since 1990. But in practice, only 50% of Americans spank their child. …
My baby was perfect in every way and I was the proudest dad in the ward. Then the guilt started. This dad’s postpartum depression bonding issues were real. Not feeling bonded with my baby felt to me like a form of patricide. Mind you I did everything to protect him in those hours and days …
Spanking your child is one of those subjects best discussed after talk about religion and politics has already cleared the room. Yeah, we’re willing to discuss both the good and bad, the perils and perks of spanking your child. Constructive conversation on the subject of spanking your child isn’t helped when the media reports on …
“Where does your child go to school?” the stranger asked. I looked at my 6-month-old and 26-month-old nestled in the single stroller. School? Anyone could tell my children were too young for school. Who sends a six-month old and a barely two-year-old to school? “Your children need to learn to eat and brush their teeth. …
Anti-helicopter parenting can reinforce the confidence and tools children have to avoid kidnapping. But parents must play an active role in preparing children – especially those parents who want their kids to live free and apart from the always watchful eyes. It’s important that parents talk with them, practice with them and encourage them to …
The recent uproar over parents telling their kid she’s going to jail has caused quite a stir in the political correctness circles who say threats are dangerous to kids’ sense of well being. “Should I threaten my child with jail?” is a question you’ll have to answer for yourself. However, as this video portrays, sometimes …
As a mom, there are times that I want to walk up and tie my kid’s hands together – and tape their mouths shut. Anything so I don’t have to listen to them bicker. But sibling rivalry is good precisely because it is teaching them how to resolve conflicts. After spending several years trying to …
We’re celebrating the parents who are with Toya Graham, the Baltimore mom who recently beat the crap out of her kid she caught red-handed. “I was shocked. I was angry, because you never want to see your child out there doing that,” Graham told CBS News of the moment she spotted her son, Michael, 16. …
I was so horny I chased my husband around the house with a belt! Was that normal? When pregnant our hormones can do a number on our bodies and minds. Many times the questions we want to ask seem silly to us, so we don’t ask them. Here are answers to some of the pregnancy …
The water lapped at the walls of the holy place where I’d just settled into prayerful meditation. It could have been an ashram located far from human habitation, in a forest grove next to a river or beyond the last vestiges of human machinery. It could have been among the candles of a great and …
Have you ever wondered why some kids do not share and others do? Have you ever gotten tired of telling your child to share? What about listening to parents put down the fact that your children are not sharing? Should I force my child to share? There are so many different views on how to teach …
A lot of us moms play video games with our kids and get fired up. Part of that emotion might result in cursing in front of a child.
Our culture is one that inhibits emotions. A generation ago we were taught to speak only when spoken to and hide your emotions under that sleeve. But that's a lot of baloney. Demonstrating emotion in front of children is healthy and natural. That's what cursing in front of a child is good – it teaches them that momma is human, too.
