Should a 5 year old take a bath every night?
It is not necessary to bathe every day when a child is this young. As a teenager, when hormones kick in and body odors develop it is important to bathe more often to remove bacteria. But at this age, so long as your niece is washing her hands and face and she isn't visibly dirty from playing, etc a bath every other day is fine. However, it is very important to develop a routine and to brush teeth every day! Her teeth and gums can become damaged from poor hygiene. Also her hair should be groomed every day to prevent tangles.
5 year old Pervert!?!?
Once I let my daughter (who is 2 1/2) play with the little boy next door, he's 5. I continued to see him try to kiss her on the mouth and once he grabbed her bottom. He then tried to get her to go inside (to kiss). I tried to tell his parents how he was acting, but they don't seem to care and think its cute. Is it wrong for me to not allow my daughter to play with him anymore?? (His dad only has joint custody, so the boy is only around about every other wkend or so)
Is a 5 year old a toddler?
no, a 5 year old is not a toddler. but you have to remember that most people in the liberal media are childless, and don't know anything about raising children in the first place. these are people who don't have time for children, because they are too interested in hob-nobbing with the hollywood and washington d.c. elite. they would rather clink a glass of champagne with obama and barbara streisand at some ritzy dinner, than to bother with a messy baby at home. they don't live in the real world that you and i live in, so they don't even comprehend simple things that real people already know.
What do you do when your 5 year-old says "I hate you!"?
The function of that statement is expressing anger, frustration, or displeasure. If that's not an acceptable way of doing so, then teach the functional alternative. What should your child be doing/saying instead of "I hate you" to explain how they're feeling? What do you think is the right way of dealing with anger? If your boss did something that infuriated you, how should you react? When your child makes a mistake, you can prompt him or her try rather than jump immediately into punishment, so an 'I hate you' moment that gets turned into a teaching moment might sound like this:I hate you!I understand you're angry, but that was a rude and hurtful thing to say. You can tell me how you're feeling without doing that. Try again.I hate you because I'm angry...Try again, start with: I'm angry right now because... Compare to:I hate you!That was rude! Go to your room!Effective discipline isn't just about punishment, it's about education. The problem isn't in having feelings, or communicating feelings, but doing so in a way that is deliberately hurtful without being constructive or informative about the child's state. Teaching a child to deal with their feelings in the right way is a life-long skill they need to have.Children need to learn that being angry is not cart-blanche to say whatever comes to mind, and anger is not an excuse for rudeness. They can be in control of what they say even while angry, and while this won't happen overnight, teaching it now will go a long way to conflict management when they're adults.And, for a bonus- here's a question- how do you react when you're angry? When the children do something that infuriates and catches you off-guard, are you the one being hurtful?
Should I get my 5-year-old tomcat neutered?
personal choice...any learned behaviors he had such as spraying or mounting would continue after the operation -the only difference would be that if given the opportunity he wouldn't be able to impregnate another cat...but you already said he doesn't spray nor does he have the opportunity to impregnate another cat so what would the difference be? if you got him fixed that might ease your mind if he ever ran out of the house...however neutering a pet can be a traumatic experience for them, especially an older cat it really is your choice, however if you don't get the cat neutered then I urge regular tests for testicular cancer ps, I wouldn't have it done in that situation; him being full grown and there really being no problems to speak of
In the abortion debate, isn't the 5-year-old versus 1,000 frozen embryos analogy just an emotional appeal, and therefore useless in determining fetal personhood?
It’s equating the choice between 5-year-old life and 1,000 embryos’ worth of life with abortion, which the often unnecessary choice whether to kill your child or not - the two are clearly not really similar.In this analogy, no matter who you chose, you are not saying the one you left behind has no value. You only leave them behind because you can only save one.Just because you don’t choose the embryos doesn’t mean biology hasn’t proved that life begins at conception, because it has! Life Begins at Fertilization with the Embryo's ConceptionChoosing the five-year-old doesn’t mean the embryos aren’t people, because think about if you chose the other way - choosing the embryos wouldn’t mean the five-year-old wasn’t a person.In this analogy, you are not intentionally killing whoever you leave behind. If two people are drowning, and you can only save one or you’ll die too, you haven’t murdered the person you didn’t save. It’s the same with this situation. If you choose the five-year-old, you haven’t murdered the embryos, you just couldn’t save them. The same is true if you chose the embryos.However, in abortion, you are intentionally killing the child. So again, this situation isn’t applicable to abortion.In this situation, we make a moral choice. Does that make it right? Of course not. If there’s a train driving towards ten people, and you can stop it by pushing one other guy off a bridge to flick the switch that switches the train’s track away from the people, which will save them, but kill the other guy, you would probably do it, right? Letting one person die to save ten others - this is a moral choice. But you have still murdered the guy you pushed. It may have been all you could do under the circumstances, but there was still something morally wrong with this choice. Same with the five-year-old vs. embryos. You have made a moral choice to save them. Does that mean your choice was completely moral? Of course not.So yes, you’re right. This analogy is very faulty, and does not determine personhood in any way, and actually has very little connection at all to abortion in general. The pro-choice people seem to be quite incompetent at coming up with good analogies…
My 5-year-old son wants to do ballet. How do I get him to pick a more manly pastime?
My 5 year old son wants to do ballet. How do I get him to pick a more manly pastime?This is the first time that I feel as if I’m in danger of straying from Quora’s BNBR policy. I will try to restrain myself.As a number of people have already said, your kid is 5. Kids change their minds a hundred times. You’re much better off letting the kid try out different things and make up his own mind about what to pursue.Ballet is a very tough sport that people in other sports often do to improve their balance and coordination. I suggest that you go watch some ballet if you think there is anything sissy about it.If you quash your child’s hopes and dreams, soon your child won’t tell you what his hopes and dreams are and you will create a very unhappy child. If your child says he wants to be a garbageman or a nurse or a ballet dancer, you should say, “Wonderful! Let’s go see where we can learn more about it. Let’s talk to some garbagemen (or nurses or ballet dancers.) Let’s find out about lessons.”And in between ballet lessons, make sure you teach your son how to vacuum and cook and clean the bathroom and go grocery shopping and play nicely with other children and braid his sister’s hair because these are all skills that will serve him well as an adult when he should be sharing these tasks with his life partner, parenting children, and not feeling as if he’s too manly to do so.Your son will be a much better man and life partner and parent and friend if he understands what unconditional love is and knows how to demonstrate that. He should be learning that from you. So, if you want him to model this behavior on what he sees at home, you have to demonstrate it yourself with kindness and an open heart, starting with allowing him to try ballet. What a great opportunity for you to improve on your parenting skills.
Is it wrong if I breastfeed my 5 year old?
I’m sorry you feel you have to ask! It is not at all wrong, it is a part of your relationship with your little one right now. Unless you’re hurting him, no one has permission to tell you how to parent your child!Breastfeeding a five year old isn’t, as you know, all about feeding him. Its a closeness and a comfort. It’s a safety that some kiddos need that boosts their ability to be their own beings in the world.In other parts of the world, it is considered perfectly normal to breastfeed older children. Why does our culture assume that our prejudiced practices are right and others’ are wrong?I breastfed my son until he was about six and my daughter was almost eight when she was finally willing to give up her nighttime nursings. They’re pretty normal kids - smart and self-assured.Right before my son gave up nursing, we went to his hockey tournament in Montreal. His team won their division and they were so excited - running around being wild boys all day. When he wanted to nurse that night before bed, we teased him gently about being the only nursing hockey player on the team. He didn’t care one bit!Enjoy this time with your little one as long as he or she wants to.Diana
Moms - My 5 year old is asking "how do babies come out?". How would you answer it?
Okay, so my 5 yr old son asked his teacher today "how do babies come out of the belly?". She told him to ask his mommy. What is even funnier is that he told her this his mommy wouldn't know because she didn't have a baby (he knows he was adopted). I was expecting the "where do babies come from" question or something similar - but not "how do they come out of the belly"! Fortunately, my husband with his quick thinking said "doctors take them out" and my son was fine with that...so far. But I have a feeling, this is not the end of this question. Any suggestions?