Brooke Burke and Lisa Rosenblatt friends discuss how to have the “birds and the bees” talk with your kids. Click below to subscribe to our channel for more great videos! There is much controversy around when to talk to kids about the birds and the bees, but most agree that the first talk should come from a parent. Get a few different opinions from other moms in this video on raising children. ModernMom is an online community designed for the woman behind the mom, where mothers of all kinds can share experiences and learn from other women around the world. A comprehensive guide and community, ModernMom.com features smart and practical advice on topics such as parenting, finances, career, health, wellness, beauty, entertainment and more. With one click, women can also access a worldwide network of moms who are ready to chat, ask questions and share their most clever tips and advice on our active message boards. ModernMom’s two CEOs are Brooke Burke and Lisa Rosenblatt. Subscribe to ModernMom.com TV – www.youtube.com ModernMom.com TV – www.youtube.com ModernMom Website: www.modernmom.com ModernMom on Facebook www.facebook.com ModernMom on Twitter: twitter.com ModernMom on Google+: plus.google.com
Question: I’ve been in college for a few years now, and have finally decided to get out of the dorms. Me and three of my best friends have acquired a house for the next year. What should I know, and/or expect from this experience? Any tips on how to survive? or what was your first experience of living away from home?
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Question: My little brother and I are 13.5 years apart. It is just us two, my parents had a hard time conceiving after me so my little brother was a bit of a surprise. I am 21 and he is 8. Even though we have a huge age gap we fight. I know it sounds ridiculous, but my brother is a handful. He does not listen and is very disrespectful towards me. He will hit and call me names and I never see my parents do anything to back me up. I do not discipline him because he is not my child. They think because I am the adult I should know how to handle the situation, without losing my cool. I understand that, but at the same time, shouldn’t my parents teach my little brother to respect me?
I am 35 weeks pregnant with my second child and I am married, we own our own home so I have my own life and family. I do not feel like it is my responsibility to make sure my brother respects me.
Any advice?
Emmmy….you are 14 and obviously have no idea what you are talking about!
Question: I am not allowed to have a girlfriend but i really really like this girl in my neighborhood my parents think she is bad (sluttish). Any way i have a girlfriend without my parents knowing.. Thanks in advance.
Question: Hi, well basically i am a 22 year old guy and my main problem is my social life. I have friends, but not as many as i would like. I have always been the “quiet” one, even during my teens i was shy, but now i am 22 i am a lot more talkative and outgoing, but when i’m in groups i still sometimes become quiet, well anyway i feel as though my social life is heading backwards instead of forwards. I mean i used to have a reasonably decent social life a couple years ago, but now it seems as though i am losing contact with friends and i never hear about invites to parties or places. Don’t get me wrong i still have friends that i go out with now and then, but i am the sort of person that loves to be out doing stuff and socialising, but the opportunities just aren’t there to socialise. My weekends consist of sitting home most of the time, going clothes shopping or to the gym, but i rarely see my friends on weekends and i’m afraid to contact old friends in case they think i’m desperate or don’t want to hang out with me. Also i am still living at home with my parents and i never went to university, so i guess i’m stressing out over that as well. I also want to go to university, but i worry about my age and also whether i will do well in university because i struggle at maths. I know uni would be a great place to meet people and i hear good stories from people who have been or are there now, and it sounds the perfect place for me at this stressful, depressing time in my life. I just don’t know what to do, so some helpful advice would be great, thanks.
Question: I’m introverted but somehow for some reason this girl likes me. I like her too, don’t get me wrong. However, I don’t think we share enough in common to go into a relationship. We have talked to each other everyday for the past two weeks that we’ve known each other in text messages. Whenever we get on the phone we can’t really talk because we’re both kinda feeling awkward. We actually talk better in person but we don’t ever see each other very often. Part of that is because I work most of the week days and the other because her parents are strict. She is a junior in high school while I’m a senior graduating which also makes me feel awkward. We just happen to meet at an academic competition and she just happen to go to the same school. At this point I’m wondering if I should just cut my connection… because we don’t share much in common yet, shes younger than I am and I’m off to college.
Although at the same time, the things that we do have in common are very unique. I believe its genuine.
The competition we met in, we both placed first, so were both going out of state for nationals… so that could potentially be an awkward situation if I were to cut my connection with her before.
Question: I don’t think I could stomach spanking my child. I was abused badly as a child and young adult and I remember the dread of my step father coming home and knowing something was going to be wrong. Every time I see a child spanked those are the images going through my mind. The worst part was my mother allowed it!! I’m about 8 weeks pregnant and we are already discussing details on parenting because we want to have as much worked out as we can before the baby comes. I want to be a better mother than mine and I feel that it means NOT spanking my child. Do you think that is a good choice? Or do you think that it would make my child more unruly? I feel there are other forms of discipline than physical pain. I’d like advice from other parents.
Question: We have a 4 yr old son and a 2 yr old daughter. We love our kids with all our hearts and are raising them the best we know how. Our son has started backtalking us and getting really mad when we discipline him. If you try to tell him something he gets so angry, grits his teeth then goes to his room and punches his little punching bag we got him. After he gets it all out he will come and apologize to us for backtalking and things are better again. This usually happens a couple times a day. As for my daughter, I know kids go through the terrible 2s but I have never seen a child act the way she does. She is really high tempered and screams all the time. There are times that she is really calm one minute then the next is mad at the world. She has always been like this (she was a preemie and they say her attitude really help pull her through the rough times). She also bites, pinches, hits, etc. My ?? is are we bad parents? Is this normal? We want well grounded and respectful kids. Any advice
Well some of you are questioning what we do for discipline. We have took away toys, threw away toys, did timeouts, took away TV, spanked them (God Forbid me even saying that one!! I know I will get criticized for that one!!) Nothing has worked.
Realize. My kids are not like this most of the time. They just have their moments. I know kids are going to have times when they act out I just don’t know if it should be to this extreme. When others see my kids they think they are the most well behaved, polite kids they have ever met. They have manners and say yes ma’am and no sir. AND, compared to those kids on Nanny 911 and SuperNanny……my kids are little angels!!
As for how my husband and I act around them. We have had a couple of arguments around them but not many. I prefer to wait to have our “discussions” until they go to bed.
Thanks for all of your responses.
One thing I do need to input is, my daughter is 2 but is developmentally behind so she doesn’t have the understanding that a 2 year old usually does. She was extremely premature and still hasn’t “caught up” with others her age. So it is hard to know what the right discipline for her is. She is seeing a neurologist every 6 months and he is watching her behavior. I have tried to hold her firmly before when she is throwing these fits but she just gets MAD and I mean MAD! She will scream to the point of being soaking wet with sweat and throwing up. She does have some brain damage from being a preemie that the neuro says could contribute to her behavior. I just feel at such a loss. Her last couple of fits she has thrown I will get right up to her face and say in a firm voice “Stop”. That has helped but I don’t want her to feel scared of me or anything. I don’t sound mean, just firm. Hopefully this will help with her.
Well to the people who responded without being smartasses I really appreciate it.
As for you others who say to spank the kids, if you read my other comments then you will see I have spanked them. And I was wanting to feel like I wasn’t the only person out there with this problem. If you can sit there and say just spank the kids when they act like that then you either don’t have kids or are completely blinded when your kids act out! I know my kids aren’t the only ones who act like this and don’t appreciate all the people who have posted the same crap over and over again.
I have limits on spanking and you can get their attention without leaving marks on them. Other parents, be cautious when asking a question on here. These people will make you feel like you have the worst kids in the world!!!!
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