Calling all large families whose parents are in their 20s to 40s.........?
How do you afford a large family? How much do you spend a month on groceries, supplies, schooling, etc? My husband and I want 4 kids but we aren't sure if we can afford it. He is about to start a new job. In 2 years he will make $16 an hour while I will make about $9 an hour with a home daycare. Do you think we could make it fine with 4 kids (they will be adopted as we can't have any on our own and they would all be homeschooled)? For the next 5 years we will have 2 car payments and a personal loan all $215 or more. I am just looking for opinions about your family and how you make it. Do you think we could afford more children like 5 or 6?
My two year old calls my boyfriend dad? what can I do to make him stop?
He is never there and he wonder why his kid calls another man daddy? Does not work like that. The child is not gonna wait around for daddy to show up, expiecally if he has been absent for years on end. The biological father gave up his right to be called daddy, the minute he decided not to visit the child. Your boyfriend is the daddy. Why else are u with him in that case. Obviously u expect to be with him in the future. He is the childs dad now.
Should my 13-year-old son stop calling us mommy and daddy?
Sorry, however, a totally & utterly ridiculous question.This is your son & regardless of his age, he has every right to call his own parents Mommy & Daddy.If he cannot refer to his parents as Mommy & Daddy, then perhaps you can pick a title for your own teenager.Maybe you’d enjoy being called, “Hey you”.As mentioned in a previous response, you wouldn’t want your son to lose respect for his parents & you certainly don’t want to make your son feel disowned, disrespected, unimportant or unloved, by denying him the right to use the parental title.When children & young adults are growing up, their sense of familial security in this big wide world is so very important & getting this security from their parents, their immediate family can be the make or break for many young people.Never deny your son this right & in fact, be grateful that he loves his parents so much. You too, love him, appreciate him & don’t question or deny him his rights to choose.It’s a respectful & lovely thing to do, to refer to one’s parents as Mommy & Daddy.The title of Mommy & Daddy or Mom & Dad doesn’t really matter. What’s more important is the fact that your son chooses to use a respectful title & he’s obviously comfortable & happy to do so.In fact, you can count your blessings, because many parents aren’t referred to as Mommy & Daddy & i bet they’d give anything to hear that.Using parental title shouldn’t be a problem, if you have a healthy relationship with your parents/children.I am in my 40s & i still refer to my parents as Mommy & Daddy or Mom & Dad.I never refer to my parents as Deidre & Ralph.They are not my friends, they’re my parents. They gave me life, so i choose to honour them by way of referring to them with a title, such as Mom & Dad.I actually feel good about that & i would feel quite offended & hurt, if my parents asked me to stop calling them Mom & Dad.
What do Italian children call their parents?
Hi, I live in Italy. Well, mom is mamma and dad is papà. Although, I've heard some Italians call their parents ma and pa or mammina and papi (papino) which is basically mommy and daddy, but usually little kids say this. In Tuscany, dad is babbo. Aunts is zie and uncles is zii, if you are talking about both together you just say zii. Grandparents is nonni (nonna is grandma and nonno is grandpa). Some common names are Antonio, Francesco, Giovanni, Roberto, Giovanna, Maria, Sofia, Elisa, etc. Some common surnames are Rossi, Bianchi, Esposito, Manfredini, ecc. Some dishes could be lasagna or oven-baked pasta (pasta al forno), minestrone (vegetable soup usually served with small pasta or rice), pollo al forno con patate (oven-baked chicken with roasted potatoes), spaghetti col pomodoro (spaghetti with tomato sauce), etc. The type of food and the name depends on what region they are from.
What is the psychological reason some kids call their parents by name instead of calling them mom and dad?
I am so happy you asked this question as I have always thought there had to be a connection! I was married for over 23 years to a man who called his parents by their first names since he was a child. I'm am not saying that he was strange because he is now someone I wish I had never known. I knew when I married him he was different. Good or bad the difference in his psyche was clear.Growing up I knew that I was to call my parents mom and dad or something similar as long as it was respectful. Never ma and pops. No one had to tell me what to call them. Out of my love and admiration for the two most important people in my life I was uncomfortable with the thought of calling them anything else.I have four awesome kids that have just started calling me Grandma because that's my new title-to-be. Before a few months ago I was always mom. Both of my grown girls still call me mommy sometimes and that's my red flag that they are unhappy or upset with something in their world. My oldest daughter was 15 when she tried to hurt my feelings while mad at me by calling me Laura. I slapped her across the face and the other three kids were standing right there. Shocked all of us! I have never reacted like that before or since. Of course no one has tried it again!I am not a doctor and can't give you the medical answer to your question. I gave you a personal insight into this strange phenomenon from three different sides. I am very curious about this subject and am looking forward to the answers and questions on follow up.
She is only a year old and calling everyone mom...!!!?
my brother his girlfriend and her baby is living here. Well the baby is going around and calling everybody in the house mom and i was wondering if that was a stage that she would be going through. She is only a year old.
What do you think about children calling adults by their first name?
I think it's wrong, and shows a complete lack of respect.
My friends two year old son calls all men daddy?
It's not unhealthy. Lots of little kids that age generalize, they think of 'daddy' as the word for a grown man. It has nothing to do with not having a dad, or a psychological need to have a dad or anything like that. Totally natural. I was in a grocery store a few years ago and there was this little boy, about three, who was 'flirting' with me. You know how kids do. Trying to get my attention. Of course I wasn't flirting back, because it's not a good idea to pay too much attention to other peoples' kids these days. But he was a real charmer--big eyes, long eyelashes, just a beautiful kid. Finally he pulled on his mom's sleeve to get her attention, he pointed to me and said 'Daddy!' 8^) I thought it was funny but his mom was embarrassed.