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When I take an OBject away from my son, he will usually start to throw a little fit by starting this whining/crying/upset sound while slightly bOBbing his little body. It's almost as if he's contemplating a bigger tantrum. I quickly tell him a firm, "NO GABRIEL, STOP" and he will usually stop within a couple of seconds. Other times when he doesn't stop, or if he's taking a little too long to stop, he receives a swat on his leg with the repeated command, and that usually ends it right then and there. My question is: When I have to tell him no, or when I have to take something away from him, should I spank him as soon as he begins his little tantrum? Or should I continu…
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Here's another question! How old was your child when they understood the command, "Come here"? My son is 14 months old, and I think he may understand what it means, but I'm not completely sure if he does. So, how old was your child when they were expected to come when called? How did you go about training them in this area?
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Is anyone on here a quiverfull family leading a quiverfull life. If so, I'd love to hear your story. Thanks, GMRLady
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My wife checked the log on the cell phone....calls at 2 in the morning. We stopped that. Then I confiscated a card phone.... Now they started slipping notes....I suspected and stopped that. What other ways do i need to know about? Thanks
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Dear men, as many of you know, we have a thread that deals with sexual purity, in the mens forum as well as in the open forum. I wanted to encourage you men today to take up your armor today and stand against the wiles of the evil one. For one, taking a stand for holiness in the marriage bed. Not only for your love for the Lord, but that for your wife. Who deserves our sexual purity in mind and body. We who are called to love our wives as Christ loved the church. Would Christ love the church by harboring hidden lusts in our heart? By watching things that feed sexual immorality? Indeed you will say . But I would be a fool to say that men don't struggle with such s…
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Just curious...for your family, what is your weekly budget for groceries and non-edible (cleaners, diapers, whatever)? Of course you can remain anonymous....
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My son is 13 months old. From the time he was born, it seems he has always been a very big handful. He is very clingy. If it were up to him, I would be carrying him around all day. I will feed him, change him, provide him with a sippy cup of fresh milk, play with him, read him books, and then when I get up to do some cleaning or cooking, it's not long until he's chasing after me, crying as he clings to my leg. I will tell him no, and how I am busy and cannot pick him up. I will detach his hands from my skirt, and he will fall on the floor and cry even harder. He will follow me, continuing to clutch onto my leg wanting me to carry him. I never knew if this would be an…
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So do you raise your kids the same as your parents, or different? I find myself doing things the same in some areas (not putting up with some of the same things) but different in others. For instance yesterday my kindergartener came home describing a snack he saw another kid having (which my husband figured out it was those Pizzaria Combos). He wanted them really bad. So today I went out and picked up a bag and he will be happy when he gets home. LOL. I know my kids don't have to get everything they want, or be like other kids, but I would rather let them "be like other kids" in the little stuff so that when the bad stuff comes along, I can say "NO" and show the…
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I am wondering...how much of life between ages birth to about age 4 affects you permanently? If someone had a really good family, but they had some bad things happen between those ages, do you think it would affect their life at all? What if the person could remember a few things from those ages but nothing traumatic...but then found out later that traumatic things did happen in the family during those years? Could future struggles in their life be traced back to those early years, even if they can't specifically remember much of what went on?
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I'm wondering how everyone here feels about Santa. I would never tell my son he was real, and I would always put the birth of Jesus and why He came as the absolute center of Christmas! That being said, I'm not 100% anti-Santa. I mean, we watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, and we've seen Polar Express. We have even wore Santa hats during Christmas time in the past. But we don't necessarily talk about Santa. It's sort of like a "whatever" kind of thing. We don't visit Santa at the mall or have anyone take pictures with Santa, and we don't draw Santa pictures or have a Santa in our front lawn, and we don't sing songs about him. We a…
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Last night I was having a conservation with one of my really good guy friends, and he said something very interesting. I wanted to know what you all thought about it. He said when he got married he wanted a guy friend to be just as close or closer than his wife. I found this statement to be kind of weird. I have always thought that I want to marry my best friend, and that when I marry him we become one. That is obviously very close. Am I wrong to think his thinking is skewed?
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My son is still very litte, but this is something I already think about and I think about it a lot. How do you deal with your child interacting with neighborhood kids? We have young children on our street who play outside a lot. There's actually another boy only 1 month older than my son a couple houses down. But how do you deal with it? I don't want to encourage my son on having close friends with non-believers, especially when he is so young and impressionable. The families are typical wordly families--cable tv, secular music, beer bottles in the trach can, occassional "lively" parties, public school, older kids using "mild" fowl language, etc. I'm sure the kids aro…
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How do you people deal with a situation when somebody gives your children or babies something that is against your convictions? If I ever have a little girl, I NEVER want her dressed in pants, even from the day she is born, and I know that the people at our church would buy pants for her because they don't think it's wrong and the church ladies all wear them, even, unfortunately, to church. Then what about stuff like fairy tales? We have agreed that we don't want our children to have them because they have witches and stuff in them. But people seem to give books of those to children as gifts. How do you deal with stuff like that without being offensive? Katy-Ann…
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Hello everyone! I am a new mother and have made it a sincere desire to raise my son in the Lord, including discipline from a young age. He understands and obeys commands such as "No" and "Don't touch". But for the past few weeks, he has hit this new phase . . . He screams a lot! He loves pushing his walker around. If it gets stuck on something, he will look at me and do a whiney scream until I fix the problem. If he's trying to get a toy that he can't reach, he will scream and do his whine-cry until someone helps. If I take something away that he should not have, he screams. If I put him down when he still wants to be held, he will scream. If I'm holding him in my la…
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I was reading an email from my sister this morning about the Obama address to all public (or private) schools on Sep 8. http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/bts.html Then I happened onto the American Bar Assoc's (ABA) site while researching a reference used in the EdGov site. Same-Sex Marriage Study http://www.abanet.org/family/reports/samesex_fullreport.pdf White Paper QuOTe: It is a little dated 2004 but, does list those states considering adverse legislation to God's instituted marriage laws. Do you think the ABA might be working to allow same sex marriage (sodomy) to be precedent for law in the states? Will the setting of state precedence move the US …
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This post is more complicated. I've decided to make this thread in order to find out how Christian women deal with this issue because I do need advice from a godly Christian woman or women. The problem is this: my mind is completely infused with a 'band', some well-know local group, I think about them constantly and it's wicked because I cannot removed them out of my thoughts even though I hate this band. Have any of you experienced this sort of behaviour with a past-relationship, meaning obsessing over a loved person and thinking about her continually? I don't know what I should do, when I think about them I cannot stop, it feels as if I'm not in control.
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A friend of mine told me that she was going to spend the night at her bf's house today. I thought that it wasn't right in the sense that it could lead to temptation, and then sin. This is the one of the rare occasions where she decided to spend the night over her bf's house - she has probably done it twice. Is this is a wise decision on her part, or on her bf's part since they both consented? In any case, please pray for them both (Ruthie and David) that they repent from any form of sexual immorality or fornication because they plan on getting married one day. Love, Madeline
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I have a question for mostly the women here. My wife is a great wife and I want to do something nice for her. It is not a holiday or birthday. It is not even my anniversary. I just want to surprise her with something nice and I never have an idea. Can you give me some? Thanks!
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Any Eligible Future Husbands? I have a very serious question. It seems that a lot of young people yoke up together for marriage in Christian colleges, but unfortunately, there are many young men and ladies who are not ready for a lifetime commitment at that stage of their life. Does the window of opportunity close for them? I realize that God should be trusted in this situation, but it can be very frustrating for those who are waiting for ?Mr. or Miss Right? when you are in a small town and trying to be faithful to the Lord, your Church, and not yoke up with unbelievers in the world. This letter is not about me. I am a saved, happily married man of 32 years, and I…
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At what age did you all expect your children to be able to sit in a sermon and pay attention well enough to be able to tell you what it was about so that you knew they were indeed paying attention? How did you go about training them to pay attention? I am asking because I am wondering if I'm expecting too much, too little or about right out of my kids.
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Do you think it's impossible to lead your children to be "better" than you are? Is it probable that they'll be the same or lower than you? (spiritually speaking)
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Just wondering if any of you have experience with kids who have a certain problem and how you tend to deal with it? I know our 4 yo has had chronic urticaria for two years now. He is on eight pills a day and still deals with some hives and itch each day, esp if he eats the wrong thing or gets a virus. He cannot have acids or preservatives in his food or drink. He can mostly only drink milk or water, but I'll give him pure apple juice (100% pure squeezed) in small amounts on occasion. Anyway once in awhile it really hits me how good he takes this and I'm glad but also sad a little....yesterday I came home from shopping with a big Sam's Club fountain drink and my ho…
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How much time should you spend with somone prior to your marriage? A friend of mine spends approximately (3-4 days, 20-35 hrs) a week doing church activites (Bible studies, choir, and personal studies) together. They plan on getting married within a year or two after they get settled and have financial security and stability. They have however slipped in the past (had sex) but promise not to engage in any sort of sexual activity until marriage. Should they continue to see each other this often? and how often should they see each other as to avoid any sort of conflict that would go against God's will? Love, Madeline
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I babysit 4 wonderful kids. 3 are girls and 1 is a boy the baby of the family. The boy doesn't know how to talk and he is 3 yrs old.He push girls and his mom does nothing about it. She says she spanks him but i know she doesn't . He is getting out of control. he does n't listen to anyone but his mom. what can i do when i sit for them. :puzzled: Oh did i forget they are my sibleyings oh and he throws fits over everything. lIke when his mom will not let him in her bedroom when she is changing. He is a mama boy.
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