Posts by purplerose

Well, the day I wrote the OP, my daughter came home, called the shelter, and had her boyfriend take her the next day. They had to wait around after school, then take his siblings home, then clean his car or something, and then they...

My parenting style comes from my upbringing...my parents did not do much in the way of helping me. For example, if I were to forget lunch or an important assignment at home, they would not have brought it to me to school. Not even...

in my house, we preach birth control and self-respect. i was taught abstinence, and got pregnant at 17. most girls i knew in strict religious homes were either secretly sleeping with lots of guys or ended up pregnant...

teens:stop being lazy. stop being dramatic. you freak out like the world is ending and hours later it is a-ok. stop hating on your little sister. pre-teen:stop being obnoxious to your sisters. stop being loud. stop saying weird...

my mom tends to roll her eyes and comment, "it's amazing y'all survived your childhood!" yeah, bc new health/safety info never comes out these days. i try to keep all this in mind for whenever i am a grandmother.   something i...

wow, mine was only $200 from an ad in the paper! it is nice, has a mirror on top. i would love to trade it for an electric piano, bc once the piano gets put somewhere, that's pretty much where it stays until we move LOL It takes 6+...

Sweetsilver, it took me 8 years after my high needs baby to be ok with getting pregnant again. and some of those years I knew I would never want another baby. I am so grateful I went for it, though. Itwas a tough decision..

When I had my high needs baby, my cousin had one a few weeks younger. Her baby would lay happily in the pack and play, staring at the TV or out the window. All the grandparents bragged about this, repeatedly. (the same grandparents who...

please try the eggs everyday! google lecithin. it really helped me, i couldn't believe it!

rdehoff-us- I get that totally!! my dh can repair just about anything and the inlaws were constantly calling him for help with cars, or building things or whatever. sometimes week after week! It finally got to where I'd speak up and...