Does anybody like their kids?

Mikeinsmd

Mikeinsmd

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Wenchy said:
Being a parent is not easy, even for a stay at home Princess such as myself. The kid's got home today, and I went into almost immediate time-out. "MOM< MOM< MOM"!!! "SHE DID THIS", "HE DID THAT"!!!
I do my best. They are all (2 of them...:lol:) fed, bathed, and alive.
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Do you have any chocolate? :snacks:
 
MMDad

MMDad

Lem Putt
Nickel said:
Didn't she also kill her babies cause she was afraid the devil would get them? :lol:
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On the serious side, I helped my wife through some post-partum. If Yates had a supportive husband, they didn't think they needed to live up to other peoples expectations, and she took her meds, the kids would probably be alive.

In an ideal world, kids would have stay at home moms, wouldn't watch any TV until they are three, eat healthy every meal, never get spanked, etc., etc., etc.

The truth is that most of us have to realize what our limitations are and do the best we can for our kids. Even if we take shortcuts to preserve our sanity.

My earliest memory is from when I was 4. We lived in San Antonio where my Dad was a chaplain. His girlfriend, Doris, picked me up in her Mustang. My mom stood on the front lawn biting her arm and muffling her screams in frustration. Officers wives weren't allowed to scream. My mom was on the verge of losing it Yates style for years. I'm just lucky she didn't go over that edge.
 
onebdzee

onebdzee

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Wenchy said:
:high5: More power to you for putting up with 5 of them. :lol:
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And ya know I forgot to add that I don't get sick either....I'm not allowed under the law....at least till all my kids are living on their own....figure that's when I am going to have a COMPLETE body and mental break down :lmao:
 
Pete

Pete

Repete
onebdzee said:
Ok....now that I got my "big girl pants on" I do have something to say



I don't get a CWS....EVER....I am a single parent of 5 children



I only wish my day was that easy....

My day consists of me getting up at 5 a.m. waking up middle school kid(5:30 am), getting her out the door by 6, puting load of laundry in the washer and folding the load in the dryer, waking up kids 2,3 and 4(6:30 a.m.) and getting them out the door by 7:20, taking a shower, getting kid 5 up, fed, and out the door by 8(making 2 to 3 business calls in the process), going to work from 8:05 to whenever I have to leave to go and pick kid 1-4 up from school because of various after school activities, which doesn't include night practice for whatever sport they are in at the time. Homework, cook dinner EVERY NIGHT, while that is cooking put laundry from washer into dryer-reload washer for the morning, eat dinner, clean kitchen and/or help kids do it, more homework, put kids to bed and back to finish whatever work that I didn't finish that day

Lot of "quality time" for me



I NEVER take a day off



I had my kids in daycare until I started my business and even when I had a day off for a holiday I didn't take them there cause I wanted to "get some stuff done around the house"....I thought I spent enough time away from them as it was and I love being around them....I also never went "shopping for myself" or "slept all day".



You have your kids go to "grandma's house" one day a week just about every weekend?....I don't believe you when you say it is moreso for them and not you....that is such a crock!....It is for you!....unless you stay there with them too....If you don't, it is more for you then them.

I don't have the advantages that you do....my mom live 3 hours away and I wouldn't leave my kids with her unless I stayed also




I don't have issues with my 5 kids....If I did I wouldn't have had them and I wouldn't have fostered someone elses....the issue I have is with people like you that drop their kids off with the daycare and with grandma so they can have a day off and do whatever it is that they want to do and call it a "day to unwind"....

Some of us don't have nor want that option....we like our kids and and we like having them with us as much as possible....time is short and they grow up faster than you can believe....So, we don't drop them off with other people to get break from them to think about ourselves on our "day off"....We don't get a day off
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I kinda do all.....well most..........well OK some......of that stuff and I don't have a vagina. :ohwell: I take mine to see his mom for a weekend about once a month and I look forward to it alot. I admit it :yay:
 
crabcake

crabcake

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:howdy: I need a day off from time to time, and I ain't afraid or ashamed to admit it! Single parenthood isn't easy -- I ain't biatchin'; it's my choice. But it's also my choice to determine if/when I need a break for some 'me time' ... Taking a step away from parenting is no different than taking a day off work -- I love what I do and the people I work with, but who doesn't need a mental health day every now and then? :shrug:
 
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Wenchy

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Pete said:
I kinda do all.....well most..........well OK some......of that stuff and I don't have a vagina. :ohwell: I take mine to see his mom for a weekend about once a month and I look forward to it alot. I admit it :yay:
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It's great to get a break, and makes you even better to admit to it.
 
Pete

Pete

Repete
Wenchy said:
It's great to get a break, and makes you even better to admit to it.
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In the summer I get a 6-7 week break. At first I didn't like it but now I look forward to it.
 
kwillia

kwillia

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I am a firm believer that it benefits the parent AND the child where there is a seperation for a weekend or so. :yay:
 
onebdzee

onebdzee

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Wenchy said:
It's great to get a break, and makes you even better to admit to it.
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I get one every once in a while....have to plan it for about 2-3 weeks in advance....make sure all of the schedules are coordinated and the moon is in alinement with the sun and at least 2 planets :lmao:
 
Nickel

Nickel

curiouser and curiouser
kwillia said:
I am a firm believer that it benefits the parent AND the child where there is a seperation for a weekend or so. :yay:
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I'd like to know who decided (and when) that people were supposed to feel bad about wanting an occasional break. :shrug:
 
kwillia

kwillia

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Nickel said:
I'd like to know who decided (and when) that people were supposed to feel bad about wanting an occasional break. :shrug:
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It's not just giving the parents a break... it's also exposing the child to how another household is run and to the fact that there are house rules elsewhere too. And should the case be that they end up going to the other parents house where there isn't much structure... they recognize that they do need structure and nurturing.
 
Nickel

Nickel

curiouser and curiouser
kwillia said:
It's not just giving the parents a break... it's also exposing the child to how another household is run and to the fact that there are house rules elsewhere too. And should the case be that they end up going to the other parents house where there isn't much structure... they recognize that they do need structure and nurturing.
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I agree. My mom has already claimed my little one for spring break and a week in the summer. She wants to spend time with him too, and I'd be evil to deny that.
 
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