Is There Something I'm Not Getting??? Posted: 06-28-07 17:21pm
There are quite a few people in our family
that have children around Ava's age. I
bust my butt reading up on things, trying
new things, trying to be the best parent I
can possibly be and here are these "other"
parents. They let their children sleep
from 2 am to 2 pm, put soft drinks in
their bottles when they should be having
formula, propped their baby's bottle up
and leave them in a house alone to drink
their bottle and fall asleep while they go
outside and drink, leave their baby with a
sitter all the time to spend money they
don't have. Oh, and I absolutely can't
stand when people cry about not having
money, yet they go out, get their nails
done, and smoke like dragons.
And here I am thinking sometimes that my
best isn't good enough. Is there
something I'm not getting? Are these
things okay? Am I the only one not
putting coke in my child's bottle????
Sorry, I'm just surrounded by these people
daily and I have to bite a freakin hole in
my tongue.
One day I'll tell them how I feel.
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kaerbear
Most Diplomatic Poster
Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 1557 Location: ,
Posted: 06-28-07 17:35pm
coke in a baby bottle??? that's a new one
on me. there are people who haven't got a
clue how to take care of a kid or just
couldn't care less what's best for them.
whether it's simple ignorance or
selfishness or both, there's nothing
anyone can do to stop them from making
babies. there are a lot of charities and
children's agencies and social workers
etc that do what they can to help those
people. it's the way of the world. i
don't get it either but i don't know what
you can do. it's really sad for those
kids (and society in general) that their
parent's don't know or care to look after
their best interests.
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 06-28-07 17:46pm
And the sad part is these people are in my
family. We have a decent family and these
people should know better.
they dont sound like the greatest parents.
i was at sea world with joseph when he was
9 mths old and i saw a girl giving her
like 5 mth old soda and ice in its bottle
, i was like omg that is just soooo wrong,
that kids gonna get addicted to sugar, at
least if u go somwhere like that be
prepared and bring your kid formula and
stuff. they do sell juice too. she didnt
look all that old though so eh.
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kaerbear
Most Diplomatic Poster
Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 1557 Location: ,
Posted: 06-29-07 06:25am
i have a couple of wonderful mothers in my
family too. i heard that my cousin's
daughter was just charged with welfare
fraud because she's been on it since her
first daughter was born but has never
raised her. she has three kids now, her
daughter is about 10 or 11 and is being
raised by my aunt. her second oldest is
about 7 and is being raised by another
cousin of mine. she still has her
youngest, but leaves him with relatives
for long periods of time so she can go out
and party and stuff. apparently she has
been receiving welfare and family
allowance benefits for all of these years
for all three kids and she is in a big
heap of doo doo over it now. what if she
has to get a job and repay the government
now??? i don't think she has ever had a
job in her life (she had her first when
she was 15 i think). i can't believe she
got away with that for so long and no one
told on her, not even the people who were
raising her kids and getting none of their
family allowance cheques - which are about
a couple hundred per child per month
depending on how much money you make, i
think.
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Eyes Wide Shut
Especially EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
Posted: 06-29-07 11:35am
I see 3 year olds with *bottles*, not
cups, full of coke!!! But I also see young
babies with bottles of coke and wonder
"what the hell is wrong with you
people?!?!"
sucks that they're in your family. Don't
feel obliged to say anything. you don't
have too, I'm sure they get enough bad
looks from people!!! lol!!!
those people are just extremely lazy
parents. it has to be that, there is no
way they could just be that ignorant.
anyone with the intellect of a tea spoon
would know putting soda in a babies bottle
is completely unhealthy and gross.
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