When you have more than one young child how do you do birthdays?  I have seen families who give more presents to the child whose birthday it actually is but the other young children in the family will still receive gifts so that they are not upset or jealous. 

Recently, I had a little cousin who had a birthday and I thought about bringing his younger sister a present too in order to avoid any jealousy that might occur.  Sharing is something we are all trying to teach my little cousins but I began to think that bringing presents for everyone may not be the best idea.  I mean it is one thing to share your toys with your sibling but should you have to share your birthday simply to prevent the other child from whining? More Here...

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Dora the Duckie here is Little Miss Sugar’s favorite toy. She has had it since birth, and likes to play with her pretty often. She sometimes even brings Dora to the table to have lunch with her while “they” watch cartoons.

Yesterday when the living room floor looked like Hurricane Katrina ran through it, I asked the girls to clean it up. As usual, their reaction was as though they had to clean poo off the toilet.

I understand first hand how much cleaning sucks sometimes. But if I continue to clean up after them, they learn nothing, and I am a maid for the next 16 + years. Yea, that's not going to happen. More Here...

Me and my fiance have been discussing kids lately. One of the main things we talked about is taking interest in what our future kids do.

I think it is important to be involved in my kids' lives because believe it or not, being there for them is extremely vital in their maturity process. I mean, you can help them make healthy choices about sex, school, drugs, or things of that nature. Being there also doesn't have to mean scolding them all the time. We can just listen to them and encourage them whenever they need our support.

Having said that, those tools I mentioned in my last sentence will help your kids to succeed later in life and will also show them how to lead a fruitful and happy life. I'm so glad I had a mother who was so encouraging and supportive of all the things I have done or am going to do.

Some parents may not realize this but you guys are a big influence on how your kids think and what they do. More Here...

Opster25's children

I was taking a break turned my chair around to see 4 happy kids and a happy puppy. They where playing together and having a blast. And it occurs to me I have a GREAT family.

I have been with Dan for 10 years now, and we have 4 great kids, a great dog, then there is Ace the cat and the snake -we all have an outcast in families (just kidding we love them too). I have spent the better part of the last 10 years trying to "fix" my family.

Dan and I are both foster kids. More Here...

Today my brother was watching cable tv in the front room while on the computer. No problem, but he didn't change it back. There's no tv/video button on the tv, so I couldn't change it back to the DVD player. I didn't know where the remote is, so I asked my mom for help (as always). Eventually she makes him come inside during his turn shoveling and he says "ask her where the remote is". I said "I don't know where it is you used it last." He used the remote to turn it to cable in the first place he did use it last.

Then I have them both yelling at me! Now I don't yell unless being yelled at first, so why is she yelling at me?

He slams the door and leaves to finish the driveway, she opens the door and yells at him for slamming the door. She only yells at him for slamming the door? Then proceeds to yell at me when the whole time I was trying to tell her he used it last.

A couple months ago my brother pushed me hard during a fight, I was lucky that the arm of the couch was behind me and caught me. My mom saw this and just talked away. I later asked her why is it okay for him to touch me? She said "oh I talked to him about it". But she walked away, she was right there.

My brother's anger is getting worse. I'm honestly scared he's going to hit me, and I can't defend myself. More Here...