Parents

Substance Abuse: Parents, What Are You Doing to Stop the Cycle of Stereotypes in Your Children?


by EssG

Question by Just Little Old Me: Parents, what are you doing to stop the cycle of stereotypes in your children?
“Rich raise spoiled, rotten brats”
“Welfare families do not take care of their own in favor of substance abuse”
“Rich provide better educations for their children”
“Poorer families remain uneducated”
That is the short list, toss in ethnic background, sex, age, religion, etc.

Best answer:

Answer by Aloishus W
I’m keeping this… Continue reading

A Practitioners’ Tool for Child Protection and the Assessment of Parents

A Practitioners’ Tool for Child Protection and the Assessment of Parents


A practical tool for the assessment of children and their families, this guide enables professionals to make informed decisions about child protection issues. Firmly rooted in current practice, it draws on the expertise of a practising consultant and experienced qualified social worker Jeff Fowler, whose work has already formed the basis of guidance reports for child protection agencies and court proceedings. Providing detailed checklists… Continue reading

Why Can’t His Parents Get It in Their Thick Skulls Damn It!?

Question by I Can Has Answer?: Why can’t his parents get it in their thick skulls damn it!?
I have generalized anxiety disorder. I also have emetophobia and depression. Each one of these things FUELS one or both of the other 2.
(use Google or Wikipedia if you don’t know what any of these are.)

So, the problem i am facing is, my fiance’s parents are giving him shit, telling him to ‘get rid… Continue reading

How Can I Help “persuade” My Parents Into Letting Me Go to a Music Festival?

Question by xpushpin: How can I help “persuade” my parents into letting me go to a music festival?
I want to go to a big, all ages music fest. in my town but my parents, or more correctly my mum, doesn’t want me to go because it goes from 2pm-10pm so it will be dark and dangerous, there will be drugs and alcohol, and then there is the risk of being “crushed” in a… Continue reading

What Parents Need to Know About Teenage Drinking

What Parents Need to Know About Teenage Drinking

As any parent knows, the reality of life is such that most people will overindulge in alcohol at one time or another during their teenage years.

However, heavy drinking, and binge-drinking for the sole purpose of getting drunk can be harmful to a teenager’s physical and mental health. For this reason, many experts continue to be alarmed by teenagers’ attitudes towards alcohol consumption.

Many teenagers… Continue reading

All Parents Will Want This! E-Flashcards for the Chinese Language!

All parents will want this! e-flashcards for the Chinese Language!
One and only in the world! Baby right brain training good for young kids too. If you are non-chinese speaking, post on parenting or motherhood forums of your language such as Japanese, German, French etc. Guaranteed to draw massive interests!
All parents will want this! e-flashcards for the Chinese Language!