Women.....think, who spends the most time with the little boys when they are scripted from birth to 6 years old?
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Believe it or not, the people who spend most of the time with the kids is still the parents...except when parents are working second (afternoon) or third/fourth (evening/night) shifts. Then their kids stay with whomever the parent chooses as caregiver.\n\nSchools spend 7 hours per day, 180 days per year, or 1260 hours per year with the kids. However, there are 8760 hours in a year. This means that schools have the kids for less than 15% of the year. IF the kids are getting enough sleep, that's another 34% of the year they are sleeping. The rest of the time (49%, or 4292 hours) is entirely controlled and supervised by the parents -- either by being there for their children, or leaving them with caregivers (relatives, daycares) of their choice.\n\nOh, and if you're trying to point fingers for failure at women/mothers, perhaps you should look at the missing men/fathers who are not in their children's lives due to:\n--their own choice to abandon their children, or\n--court ordered restraint due to them being abusive, or\n--the mother running due to him being abusive, or\n--the man being in prison, etc.\n\nIt is still rare for courts to award custody to men in divorce cases, although they are wanting to and making more effort to provide equity in custody...wonder why? Hmmm.... And the statistics about failed parenting are based on single PARENT homes... single dads fail just as much as single mothers. There's just more single mothers doing the caregiving out there...\n\nSo you end up with these abandoned, often abused women who must not only try to care for their child(ren) but also work, often 2 or 3 jobs, to provide financially for their kid(s), so they're hardly ever home long enough to really provide parenting beyond food in the fridge...\n\nIf you want to fix things, be a responsible man and take care of your kids, both financially and by giving them positive time to do things with you, get to know you, and learn some values from you.  Even if you don't get along with the kid(s) mother, make yourself a regular part of the kid(s) lives, in a positive way (make it about them, not their mother, when you talk with them). What saves kids is to have TWO parents, who are consistently part of their lives in a caring and nurturing way (what a surprise). If you can't due to court restraining orders... well, you set yourself up for those, didn't you!
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Look at all the crap on TV, music, and in cartoons. I saw a Bratz Doll commercial where the girl couldn't have been older then 11 or 12, and she was getting ready for a date, wearing tons of makeup, a micro miniskirt and high heeled boots...oh and her date pops in her window while she's putting on her gigantic earrings. I also saw a Barbie My Scene cartoon that came in the box with the doll, and the My Scene characters are all 14-15 years old and obsessing over "does he like me??", who has the hottest boyfriend, and chasing boys. It's a sad thing, young girls start to think that's what life is all about. \n\nAlot of the girls that post those kinda questions are pre-teens and teenagers and barely decided to put away the Barbies in favor of chasing boys.
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she could have 4, 5, 6, or 7 boys. in any of those cases, at least half are boys.
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When I read this for a minute I was trying to think if one of my friends was asking the question. Lol. This is my mom! I have two kids, and she has only watched them a handful of times, and that is when I ask, like I have a doctors appt. ect. This was EXTREMELY hurtful when I had kids, because she too spends more time with her nieces, which are older. Anyway, I finally talked with her about it and she just explained that younger kids aren't her strong point. When they get older they are easier to care for and won't make one so flustered about getting into things. I've just learned to deal with it. I would advise you're friend to talk to her mom about it, I wrote a long three page letter, that wasn't rude, it was humble and got alot of things out in the open, that was probably one of the hardest things I've had to do. But in the long run, things have been SO much smoother between us now. And she understands that it would be helpful for me to get out sometimes with my husband. Anyway, hope this helps. Remember she can't be defensive and rude about it, her mom is not obligated to watch them. But I've been there and done that. Good Luck!
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Yes, my next door neighbor definitely lacks parenting skills and as a result her 5 and 7 year old boys are obnoxious to be around.  They have absolutely no chores.  All they do is mess up the house till you can't walk through it.  She encourages them to whine and whine for things like ice cream and the louder they whine and cry the faster and more ice cream they get.  She is creating two monsters with no manners or self-control.  She can't get a babysitter in the neighborhood because the boys have a bad reputation and no one will care for them.  The 7 year old starts fires at midnight on the front porch and breaks his neighbor's windows out if he gets angry.  They're completely hopeless.  I avoid them like the plague.....)(
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my daughters growing up.\n40
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Most of did marry little boys! it's up 2u to demand he grow up and be a MAN!
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Me too! I'm 35 with 3 kids 12, 7 and 2.  but I don't feel like an adult most of the time. I tease my kids like an older sister I want them to have a good humor mom   best advice i can give is P L A Y   Play anything freeze tag takes me back and so does nighttime hiden seek  have fun make a mess Ask you older sib if they stole your "Heart" tape. or your Banarama tape.  if you have digital cable put on the 80's music channel.
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I love that show, it's my favorite show.  To Adam M:  SAM AND DAVID ARE NOT ANNOYING!  They are the two most smartest kids I have ever seen, in a long time.  I feel the show is purely genuine.  I missed last night's show (forgot all aobut it).  Glad to hear Lucy's pregnant again.  I hope Simon and Rose don't get married.  Hope Simon comes to his senses and sees her for what she really is (which is a self-centerd, conceited jerk). Hope Ruthie meets that special someone, I haven't yet. What's going on with Sandy, Martin and their son?  Hope Simon marries Sandy; they are made for each other.  I think Eric and Annie are the best parents any family could have.  Well, that's all folks.
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Woo Woo Woo Woo. She's 45 he's 19. Hell no it ain't ok. Don't think about having kids nooo lord. Y'all need couselin. Or the Maury Show.
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I do and im a 31 yr old mom of 3. But only to see chris too. I turn it and watch NCIS when he isn't singing..lol...But yeah..40 yr old men kind of creepy!...
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My mother! We always do everything together. While she was away a few months ago I went nuts.\nI'm 33 too which is really funnnny\n☺
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Sweet 16\n\nthese Parents are on national TV getting disrespected by their snotty nose Daughters and they pay Thousands of Dollars for their 16th Birthday. \nThey look like fools and the Girls have the worst attitudes ever.
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There are more boys than girls born, but women live longer.  I don't know at what age women become the majority.
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Oh my goodness.  Great question.  I suppose I should say I'm 34 so that puts this in perspective.\nCurrently, I'd leave my husband for William Hague.  \nI think my rock bottom would be Vic Tayback (remember, the owner of Mel's Diner on Alice?).  Yeah, and I was like 12.  He's dead now, you know...cardiac arrest.  It was a sad day for me when I found all that out.\nWilliam's much hotter though.  I think I'm improving with my choices?
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After 16 years, my hubby has finally gotten up enough nerve to shut her up as soon as she starts anything. I'm so proud of him, because he WAS a mommas boy, BIG TIME.\n\nHe actually started standing up to her about 11 years ago, but it just keeps getting better every year, sometimes I wish she would start something just so he can tell her off... wow, I'm terrible aren't I?  Too Bad, she has it coming!!!
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LOL.\n\nThey are picked their husbands ( in the east) at a early age. They have no say.