Posts by jdsf

Sorry, we're in Texas, which is part of the reason why we're getting on this now... probably won't be long til they take away second parent adoptions here :/  

 

DP and I are having the same dilemma. We thought about asking DD's father but he has a child with another woman, and we already knew she would not be okay with that, even if he was. Same with DP's brother. He had previously agreed to...

Hey y'all,   I figured I'd introduce myself even though we're still at least 6 months away from insemination. We've been planning this baby for years, waiting for "the right time", but we've realized I'm running out of time so...

As someone who became a parent at 22, I still work a crappy job even though I have a Bachelor's degree because I don't have the time or resources to go back to school. Obviously, kids are more important than money, but having children...

I thought about this a little as I was picking DD up at school and noticed one of her clingy-er friends grabbing onto her as she left - this kid could easily be this girl. OP, you mentioned that she does have siblings, so the only...

If you had a kid anywhere near her age, I could see this being a little more "normal", but otherwise, no. I was this kid. My parents weren't abusive or neglectful (well, actually I guess they were, it's not like they didn't feed me or...

Okay, so after mulling all of this over, I remembered that I have a friend who is an ADHD "coach" and I talked to her about it. She said because she does show an ability to focus when necessary and is very organized and neat and...

I just wanted to share something interesting that happened to a friend of mine they other day. She is a very butch lesbian who works with inner-city teenagers after school, 11-15, and this is an exchange that happened to her the other...

Yeah, the doctor gave that recommendation not as a "cure" for ADHD but to cut down on any behaviors caused by heavily processed foods (which is more what I meant by "carbs" - empty foods generally packed full of preservatives and other...