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Florida Ob-Gyns Turning Away Overweight Women {ParentDish}
May 18th 2011 3:05PM Untreated women will die, pregnant women will have complications during pregnancy. If you think being sued for injuries are bad, wait until the families come after you for failing to do your jobs, that caused the death of their loved one/s. Sounds to me like a group of people who claim to be doctors that don't know what their jobs are about nor whom they are supposed to practice on. Hopefully, by the time you figure it out it will not be too late.
Obese people are no less human beings than skinny people. They are due just as much respect as anybody else. They are mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, daughters and sons, aunts and uncles, cousins, grandparents, and more than likely you have somebody in your own family that is over weight.
Is Target Cheaper Than Walmart? One Survey Says Yes {WalletPop}
Mar 5th 2011 1:45PM This is not fair nor accurate. You should have done the comparison with items only regularly priced. You took items on sale at Target and compared them to regular priced items at Wal-Mart which is not an accurate test. Regular priced items at Target are higher priced than regular priced items at Wal-Mart. According to your tests the only way for Target to best Wal-Mart's everyday low prices is to put their items on sale. But, if Wal-Mart has a roll-back price on an item and Target has a sale on that item, the roll-back price is still lower than Target's. So, I can't say that I agree with your findings.
Octogenarians Fined $12,000 Over Cat {Pawnation OLD}
Jan 8th 2011 12:04PM It would be different if this were a rental property, then it is whatever the landlord states in their lease agreements that goes. But, this was a condo bought and paid for with their money. This property belonged to them, and therefore they can have whatever they want in it. Other people cannot dictate to you what you can or can't have on your own property. These people are responsible for taking care of the animal, and keeping their property clean and neat. This is not a health hazard, a fire hazard or a danger to any of the occupants of the other condos, nor is a cat loud and obnoxious like a barking dog keeping the neighbors up at all hours. And this cat was theraputic to the lady, which is a medical necessity, and not a rebellious act just because they wanted to keep the cat. And why was the fine so high? There were no damages incurred, or anything that would require such a high amount.Not only power and control freaks, but greedy money hungry hounds too!
SmackDown: Should Parents Give Gifts to Adult Children? {ParentDish}
Dec 5th 2010 12:03PM I am a parent of 4 children. Two are in their 20's, and two teens. The legal age is 18, and when they arrived at that age they were adults. My role then changed from parent to mentor, from telling them what to do, to giving them advice, and from buying all the presents for them, to exchanging gifts with them. The two older ones live on their own, have jobs, and are doing very well. Growing up is about how you perceive your role in their lives, and what it is you teach them. Not as to whether you buy them presents for Christmas and birthdays. My oldest son is 27, and this last year he requested not to celebrate his birthday. So, I honored his wishes. But, I still got him a little something for is birthday. I didn't wrap it or anything. But people who love you enjoy being remembered on special days. Just like you wish to be remembered on days that are special to you. It isn't all about giving and giving from the parents alone. My children wish to give back, because giving is just as special as getting. It is seeing the look on the faces of the people whom you bought for and seeing their reaction to it and how close you were to what they wanted. A present doesn't have to be expensive, or huge, to be appreciated from the people who received it. Love is something that can't be bought and wrapped, but it is given when the gift is given. That is the most important thing of all, and helps to keep people close as a family. When things are so hard, it helps to have family to rely on.
Mom Defends Son's 'Daphne' Halloween Costume {ParentDish}
Nov 8th 2010 5:34PM I know of many boys, including my brothers, who dressed up like women for Halloween. They thought it was the funniest thing in the world, and didn't care about what people said. There are a lot of girls who like to dress up like boys, and nobody cares. Children are taught tolerance in school. Too bad the parents can't learn the same thing. It is a shame when a child actually behaves better than their parents.
When Adult Children Fight, a Mother's Heart Breaks {ParentDish}
Nov 2nd 2010 1:40AM My sister and I are the same way. I am the radical one, she is the complacent one. But, it took both of us a long time to recognze that we both had the right of choice to be who we were. That we could be different, have different beliefs, and different ways of doing things, and that it was okay. Neither of us were wrong or right, we were the way we were meant to be, and that we had the right to be different if that is what we chose. It did not reflect negatively or positively on either of us. It is no longer a point of contention, but it does make it more difficult to find things that we have in common. Music, she likes country, I like rock and roll. But, we are still sisters and that it was counts most. We used to fight like cats and dogs when we were younger. Now we are best of friends. We just needed to get to the point where we were comfortable being ourselves, and not what the other one expected. It is not a power struggle, but it sounds like it. They will either resolve their issues or be forever enemies, but it will be up to them. There is only so much a parent can do. They have to do the rest themselves.
Teens Banned from Trick or Treating {Holidash News}
Oct 29th 2010 10:13AM I think it would be more productive if people didn't give candy to teenagers when they come knocking at the door. They would eventually quit going because they are not getting what they came for, which is the candy. Perhaps it would be better to throw them a halloween party, that way they could still have the fun of dressing up, but in a way that is closer to what adults do, and less like the children that they used to be. It also gives them the ability to socialize with others their age group, and gives them a fun way to celebrate the holiday. Also, if you give them a more positive way to celebrate, maybe they wouldn't become board, and feel the need to toilet paper trees or smash pumpkins, being creative instead of destructive.
Fat vs. Obese: Which Is Worse? {That's Fit}
Aug 11th 2010 5:48PM For doctors to be so ridiculous as to think you don't know you are over weight, has the ring of stupid to it. Like I can't figure that out when I look in the mirror and require being told. Telling people they are fat or obese doesn't make them skinny. It makes doctors look bad. What's worse is that they should be calling you by your name. Calling people fat or obese is like little kids calling names on a playground. It should be beneath them. I am a human being, not fat or obese. Both the words are offensive and should not be used in connection with patients. Doctors treat patients who have medical problems. Having excess weight on your frame should be treated as the medical condition it is, obviously there is a cause and there is a treatment. Not everything is as easy as it seems. Many people have underlying problems that cause people to overeat. Instead of name calling maybe they should concentrate on the more important aspects of being over weight.
Bill O'Reilly: Jennifer Aniston Is 'Destructive to Society' {PopEater}
Aug 11th 2010 5:03PM I am a single parent with 4 kids. I'm sorry to tell you this, but Jennifer is quite correct. It is very easy to have children by other means than husband/wife relationships. These methods were created by doctors and scientists, not Jennifer Anniston. Nobody will ever be able to say that parenting is easy, whether you are single or married. However, women today are much more aware that we are capable of raising our children, having a job, and doing many things that used to be done by men. Doing them well and by ourselves. It is easy to be a father, however, being a parent is very different. Fatherhood is biology, parenting requires skill, and a willingness to want to. Many men are walking away from their families, children, because they don't want to take responsiblity for what they helped to produce. This is also a fact, and Jennifer Anniston didn't create that either. Women are having to be more self-sufficient, and do dual parenting roles. It is not that those men who wish to be parents are not good at their jobs, it is that this option is available to women if they decide they want to have children and not a husband. Or feel that they may not be able to find a man that they want to spend the rest of their lives with, the time clock is running, and they have this one chance to have a child. Why shouldn't they take it? Especially if they have the ability, and are finacially capable of taking care of one or more.
Child's Tantrums Wearing Us Out! {ParentDish}
May 26th 2010 2:45PM In todays society spanking can get you into a lot of hot water. What he is doing is pushing your buttons. Walk away, let him have his tantrum. Once he understands that you are not buying into what he is selling he will quit. You have to give him the idea that it is your house, and you are the ones who run it. No means no. Say no, and walk away. Ignore the temper tantrum entirely. When he calms down and wants to talk, then talk with him and maybe make a compromise on the issue. If he wants a cookie before supper, that is a no. However, it may be possible for him to have a cookie after he eats supper, if he eats his vegitables. Right now, he is using the short cut to get what he wants, knowing that you don't like the tantrums, so he goes into one the moment he hears resistance to his want. He knows that you don't like them and will give in to his demand when he throws one just so he can have his way and you can have peace and quiet. Once he gets the idea that it isn't working anymore he will quit using it. He also needs to understand that tantrums are not acceptable no matter where he goes or who he deals with, and at age 4 he should be able to talk well enough and understand what you say well enough that tantrums are not necessary any more. Do you have Head Start or pre-schools in your area? And is he in one? This will also be helpful to him to learn how to deal with other people. He is almost old enough to start Kindergarten, and this behavior has to be dealt with before he goes there.
I do however agree that no two people are alike and two children in the same family will not do the same things. Each child has their own merit and their own way of dealing with things. They are both valuable and worth loving. Dealing with a difficult child makes it harder to see because the stress from the behavior is getting in the way. It is not a personal attack on you, it is the way that he is used to dealing with resistance that gets him the fastest results. Not only that but you will be rewarding him for his bad behavior. If he wants a cookie, you say no, he throws a tantrum, you give him the cookie, which rewards him for misbehaving and lets him know that that worked great. And of course will continue to use it because it works.
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