Recent content by FooserX

Maybe I'm just out of touch with things nowdays. Maybe long hair isn't "sloppy" for kids that age?

Not to mention, kids would go days without bathing...and wouldn't care about wearing dirty clothes to school if it meant they could wear their favorite shirt every day of the week. There's something to be said for teaching your child self respect and how to be presentable, no?

Yeah, I'm not a subscriber to letting kids pick their hair or clothing all the time. A 12 year old doesn't have the best decision making skills.

I have an ex stepson that I still see twice a month. We hang out, go to ball games, movies, play video games. He's 12. I don't think his mom has made him cut his hair in years! it's soooo shaggy and sooooo sloppy. I want him to cut his hair so he looks nice - is that something...

Good ideas Melanie. I thought the same thing, but it's just hard seeing him only once every 2 weeks. I told his mom this, and she just came up with her own excuses why she can't go a lot. Grrr!

Good stuff! This is probably already on this site, but the mods should stick your last post someone as a stickie, that people can always look at. Like...a Hall of Fame for advice kinda thing.

I was just joking 2many - calm down. If you knew me at all back then, you'd know I like to have fun. :-) Thanks for your help :-)

Very good thoughts, Nicolas. What stands out most to me is the comment of "If your son feels that this is how he is perceived, why would he even TRY to do something scary or difficult?" His mom is AWFUL. In soccer, she'd yell at him, insult him and stuff in front of me...constantly calling...

So now we got these cheap wanna be mods now? Great! I agree with the floating first logic. Any suggestions as to the best way for that? Arm floaties? Holding them on their back? Stomach? I tried holding him while he floats on his back, and I think that's just a bit much. Maybe arm floaties...

Where is KT and Fallon when I need them.

Only because it was the only answer. lol I'm talking about actual techniques to get a kid to learn to swim...just like you would teach a kid to hit a baseball. He'll get in the water, he just won't try to learn to swim. Make it fun...go slow...those aren't answers! I don't remember...

I'm specifically talking about swimming here! lol If his mom or I never put him in swim lessons or made him go swimming...he wouldn't ever learn - that's my point. I've taken him to the pool, and it's just excuse after excuse: "I don't like the water to get in my ears" "The water hurts my...

Well we just hang out for 5 hours every other week on a Sunday. So...we're not super close, but it would be a shock to him if I were to disappear. He's 8. He'll do things if I do them with him, but he still wines and would rather play his Wii or DS instead. If I were still his dad, I have...

So I'm just supposed to let him play the role of a chicken until he feels like he wants to learn? Okay, point taken...does anyone have an alternate opinion on this? Like...if it was up to my son, he'd just play video games all day, every day instead of learning to ride a bike, or swim, or play...

For a SUPER Moderator...that advice isn't all that super. :p Anyone have any HELPFUL advice?