A collection of parenting advise

If you are a parent, please enlighten us with your words of wisdom on raising children.   If you are a child, please enlighten us with what your parents have done that worked on you.

Does this constitute extreme (ly bad) parenting

 

Forced parenting classes and psychological evaluation before having children?

Most Americans are blind to the underbelly of our society, in which millions of children and babies are neglected, abused, forgotten, and unloved. Me, I'm for sterilization. Of course, that's never going to happen. Is there anything else we can do to reduce the number of child abuse/neglect/endangerment cases? By the way, it really is a downward spiral. Abused children are far more likely to grow into unstable adults who abuse THEIR children, and so on, and so on.

Should a parenting class be part of high school curriculum?

  Should a parenting class be part of high school curriculum?    If so, should it be required or be an elective?    To make time for a parenting class other classes may need to be shortened.  Which ones should be shortened?   What things should be included in the class?  Here are some ideas.   Basic care like changing diapers, feeding, sleep schedules, child-proofing the house, potty training, etc. Discipline Understanding the different cognitive developmental stages of a child Teaching children social skills Food & nutrition Dealing with autism and other common developmental disorders Child care options Educational options Adoption Parenting resources  

Which Parenting Style is Better?

I was reading reviews of the book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" and I was wondering which style or parenting is better, or is there some blend of the two. Should you push your child to the maximum and decide their lives for them, let them grow and learn on their own, or some middle ground? 

Is This Good Parenting?

  --Apollo

Truth About Planned Parenting

1. Less than 3% of what they do is abortion related. And abortion is *not* NOT pulbically funded. I cannot emphasise that enough. 0 tax dollars go toward abortion anyway. 2. The vast majority of what they do is breast exams, cancer screening, etc. 3. Pregnancy prevention methods like the pill is estimated to prevent 2million unwanted births a year. This would equal aproximately 800k abortions according to statistics. Therefore it actually prevents abortions - it prevents far more abortions in fact than crazy people outside protesting. 4. For a large portion of women planned parenthood is the only place they can receive healthcare. It's estimated catching disease, providing reproductive care, etc is estimated to *save* billions a year. So ending it would actually increase our national debt in the long run.

We should reject tiger parenting

I am gonna go on a debate for it (we should reject it) so much help would be appreciated. thanks.

Should parenting classes be mandatory in high school?

Parenting has reached an all-time low...

Example here of disgraceful parents:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-13015823

Hospitals should request parenting class..... agree or disagree?

I have an argument that I need replies on.  Even though it wouldn't hurt to have it done, the psychological evaluation and the "parenting class" as the debate says, thats not what I want. I want to see mothers who are having children being educated about children. There are many things to know and to learn. Infancy and what is needed to keep them healthy. The proper toys and activities at the proper age as they grow older. I want them to be taught what teachers, nannies and day care providers go through to be able to handle children on a daily basic. Just because a women is a women and she is having a baby does not mean she knows what she is doing. She can go to her mother, family/friends and a baby bog website but she will not learn what she really needs to learn and to know unless she wants to. Many mothers don't want to because of their personal life, they don't have time, they don't have money, they just don't care or maybe they don't even know that this is available to them. I believe it should be the hospitals that send out the information and encourage. I don't believe, unless someone starts a protest, that the gov't of the United States would take this as a law. Hospitals though, can do what they can to try and influence, and advertise a parenting program or ad to help them with their children.

This House would make all parents attend parenting classes

The question of the best way to raise children is one which is widely debated in all liberal democracies. It is also commonly believed that decisions regarding childcare should be left to parents in the private sphere of the home. Typically, states become involved in questions concerning parenting only when there have been serious failings on the part of parents - such as cases of abuse or neglect. However, given the increasing concern over bad behaviour in schools, youth crime, substance abuse and a perceived lack of respect for society on behalf of young people, questions may be raised as to whether unaided parents have the competence required to raise children and whether they should enjoy absolute freedom when raising their children. A radical proposal is to require that people who want to become parents obtain a licence (just as they do before if they want to drive a car). How this measure would be implemented in the case of natural reproduction (as opposed to adoption, custody, or assisted reproduction) is controversial. Parenting classes are a possible solution to assist new parents and parents who encounter difficulties in raising their children. Should classes be offered on a voluntary basis or made compulsory for all prospective parents? Is the state justified in using preventive measures or should it intervene only when problems occur? At present no state requires compulsory classes for all would-be parents, but the British government has shown interest in “early intervention” strategies including parenting classes for families where children are thought likely to grow up posing problems for society. One interesting proposal is that the state can offer parenting classes to all children in school as part of their compulsory education. This measure would make people aware at a very early stage of their education of the skills and knowledge base required to deal effectively with children. The arguments below concern the proposal to make parenting classes compulsory to all would-be parents, and the proposal to offer specific parenting classes to parents who experience problems in raising their children.

Should parents be required to attend parenting classes before being permitted to raise chi

ADHD Meds - Accurate or just laziness?

Should anyone be allowed to reproduce?

Spanking

Do you think Spanking is still the answer or do you belive in positive discipline for children

Should children have to listen to their parents?

If you think they should provide facts for your opinion.

There are no such thing as "bad children", but bad parents.

  Can you find it to be true that a child only acts bad due to their parent's behavior. Or are there other baring factors that define a bad child? 

Should Spanking be Banned?

Do you think it's more selfish to have children or not to have children? Why or

Why or why not? Do you think that it's culturally instilled in us or just our natural need to reproduce? Or do you think it's a cultural growth in choosing not to have children? 

Should parents of morbidly obese children be charged with child abuse?

Should parents who over-feed their children, making them morbidly obese, be charged with child abuse?  Obviously this shouldn't include children who are obese due to medical conditions.  This is only about about parents who over-feed their children. 

Kicked out of a wedding over email...

So I'm fifteen years of age and my father decided it would be appropriote to tell me through email that he didn't want in his wedding and that he is kicking me out of it, I was his best man   -__- I love my dad i guess, but he is a real prick. Anyway I'm not sure what to do about this Email, 1. Do I suck it up cause he is my father and send him back a "yah w/e" kind of email  2. just ignore him and not reply 3.Come up with something witty that'll get past his numb exterior and really hit him at home; possibly throw some guilt in there just to spice things up.

5 year old giving oral in preschool wtf?!

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/calif-preschool-closing-alleged-sex-4-5-year-olds-ar-old-girl-article-1.1254417 Where were all the teachers? Are these parents even paying attention to see what their kids watch or listen to? Or did the child learn this from their perverted disgusting parent? What the fudge! How do you fail so early as a parent you only had the kid for 5 years

Children dating

To my utter disgust I was today forced to attend Church *shudder* because my friend whom is quit religious needed a lift to his 'sunday ritual' and was staying at my place the previous night. Well after the hearing, or whatever the hell the 'church session' is called, everyone went outside (needless to say I was first out the door) and a bbq had been set up. As much as I hate Chruch I love my hot dogs, and the money was going to a good cause so my friend and I stuck around. In the middle of my hotdog I was rudely interupted by some 30-odd year old woman that looked like she had eaten one-to-many hot dogs (if you know what I mean). So for around 10 minutes she was talking to me about how great God was and all this other nonsense. I restrained myself from ranting at her until she brought up the 'issue' of her son dating. She said her son was 15 and she had caught him on a date with a girl!!! WOW!!! A guy going out with a girl?!?! Don't you think that's truly mind-boggling? Because she certainly did. After she lectured me about how her son was too young to be dating I asked her; why? She asked what I meant, and I responded by saying; "Why don't you want your son dating? Didn't you say he was fifteen?". She then promptly replied by telling me that she would not allow her children to go out on dates until they were at least seventeen. SEVENTEEN!!!!!!! As soon as she said this I kinda yelled, kinda ranted at her about being an over-protective cow that was going to fuck up her kids social life. Needless to say, I was asked to leave by most people there, and my friend was less than impressed with me. I can accept that some people have different views on life, but controlling your kids dating life (especially making him wait until he's 17) is, in my opinion, utter stupidity. If I remember correctly (and this was fucking YEARS ago, so give or take a few months) I was around 12 when I went on my first date. So what age do you think is acceptable for children to start dating (by children I mean kids under 18)