Posted on 11/19/2004 6:32:14 AM PST by grellis
Since we have several new moms and dads at the table (remember--you are a new parent to each of your children!), I thought it might be nice if we helped them sift through the barrage of advice they are now facing. What is the best advice, with regard to becoming a parent, that you have ever heard? The worst? Most ridiculous? Most dangerous?
It is a very famous quote from a very funny man, and is admittedly a bit risque for this thread. My apologies for the intrusion, and I hereby ask that the post be removed.
Freeper Family Table is a Fridays-only thread, just for parents. Each week we discuss a different topic relating to conservative family life. If you want to be added to the ping list, let me know (and PLEASE indicate if you are a mom or dad!). Its a very low volume ping list but a worthwhile thread!
Thank you for your consideration. You are a lady or a gentleman!
Hey, I never knew that!
Mom of 3 requesting being added to the list please!
WHOA - busy morning - I've got lot's of reading to do here!!!!
You will be taking so many pictures and giving them so much money that you might as well make some money off of the supply side of the equation.
Swingy chairs...God's gift to maternal hygiene!
So I should've kept going after 3? Aye carumba. I can't imagine.
Most people can't, but the reality is greatly superior to anything we could imagine.
"Spare the rod, spoil the child."
Exactly! Believe me, with 4 boys in the house, and all of them red-blooded boys at that, the rod doesn't get spared around here! :) I've been threatening for years to make myself a holster to wear so I can have easy access to my paddle at all times - "Look out, boys, Mama's packin'!" :)
Seriously, the Bible is the ultimate child training tool. If you live by the Word, pray over your children constantly and love them, I don't think you can screw up. They might rebel some at a few points in their lives, but I believe they'll come out right in the end. In fact, the Bible promises it - "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6).
Electric vibrating bouncer! Better than swings, for us, because our babies get so fat so fast that they burned out the swing motor!
Thank you, I would like that. I an the mother of 4 adults 18,20,22,24) and one 13 year old.
Don't try to become your kids friend. Remember you are the parent and have a responsibility to that child.
Only you can decide how many is enough. We left it dependant on prayer and my health. We had 6- one in heaven and 5 on earth. I would not give up one of them.
It just occurred to me that I posted today's thread in News, which explains why so many more people are seeing it! I usually post in General. Whoops!
Being a just and merciful God, when your children want to learn all the lessons that they have been teaching you, they have to get their own children.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
That may be a good thing!
So true in any situation!
Thank you! I am glad I saw it.
I just tell 'em, Life ain't fair, get over it.
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