Awwww, he was so funny!

sounds like Volvo? I dunno, I just find the medical terms for the parts odd sounding. They don't roll nicely off the tongue. lol

LOL!! No, definitely not appealing, but funny. I don't find the words "pen!s" or "v@gina" appealing either. :P

it may not be, and it wouldn't hurt to get seen. Do you shave your upper thighs? Could it be irritation from that?

It tends to happen most in young children, most of mine have had the molluscum at some point (usually spread when we would give them baths together before we knew they had it). But if you sat on something or used a towel or something that had the virus on it, you could catch it that way. They tend to reappear in the same general area.

this is what made me think molluscum...they don't itch but they are raised (although sometimes not very much). They tend to occur in clusters and don't reappear in the same location, leaving a spot when they heal. Apart from that, I'm not sure.

"bits" "knob and bollocks" "c*ck and bollocks" "danglies" "downstairs" "scrotum pole and saddle bags" "tinkywinkleton" "gear stick" rofl see here for more information: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Veet-Men-Hair-Removal-Creme/dp/B000KKNQBK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I prefer the English names for male and female reproductive parts. So funny and less medical icky sounding. Penis and vagina just sound so weird to me.

could it be molluscum?

:lol: I can relate! Is "route" pronounced root or r-ow-t? Is basil pronounced bay-sil or bazzil? Mature= machur or mat-OOr?

Audrey, there are tons of small children with your name now :) My daughter's name is Audrey, but we spell it Audri because her full name is Audriana. I think it's a beautiful, dignified name.

:lol: so true!

yes, I think you are right. So frustrating! I know you recommended helping her have empathy for others...and she does...it's just this "drive" or whatever it is is so strong. What else do you wish you had done with your daughter, looking back?

Thank you all. I understand. But for this job, it appeared to be a huge positive reinforcement. She's been wanting opportunities to make more money for a long time. She is 12 going on 20. She has been begging for more ways to show she is more responsible. Now she finally has it and isn't even attempting to apply herself. I don't get it. This isn't the first time she's acted this way, it seems to be a pattern.

Thanks for this encouraging word. lol Seriously, I worry constantly about my kids taking after me or dh during our teen years. We were "left to our own devices" way too often (myself especially), and I think my sister was just trying to encourage me that I am parenting completely differently than our parents, and to try not to worry so much. My kids have all been the same from birth- personality wise, the things they struggle with. None of that has changed. Thankfully, as they have gotten older I have just seen them mature, but my difficult kids are still difficult.

you're the mom, you are with him all the time, I think you know if he's doing something intentionally versus making an innocent mistake. Trust your gut. I think the worst thing we can do for these controlling, manipulative kids is allow them to play the victim and get away with the negative aspects of their personality. I agree with you, regarding the first time he was carrying a stick. No big deal. But it doesn't sound like that was the problem. She asked him not to, he went right back to it. In a very bright child, this can definitely be an outright act of "not following instructions purposefully" (if "disobedience/rebellion" is not PC enough), and I do think that would deserve sitting out. Not for carrying the stick in the first place, but going right back to it after being asked not to.

Anne, thank you, that helps. I want to deal with it now. MIL dealt with it by completely losing it on dh and calling him stupid and a failure (not in so many words, and he's so prideful he may have taken any criticism to mean that, but she did get very frustrated) which totally backfired. A bribe may work for math, but for a job that she was THRILLED to get, it seems so silly to have to bribe her just to complete it...? I don't want to get into the pattern of having to bribe her just to do normal, necessary stuff. She already tends to be pretty spoiled. I know I need to toughen her up, but I'm always so afraid that I'm ruining their delicate "self esteem" or whathaveyou. :glare:

This is what I've been told. My gyn also said mammograms really are not very accurate.

I don't think you need to worry about making him feel badly unless you are specifically calling him names or telling him he's bad. I have a child like this. I worry about the same thing. But their behavior is self defeating. And then these children often want to play the victim, because they are so bright they tend to be very manipulative. Keep holding him to a high standard. If he keeps choosing the consequence, that's his choice, right? I dunno. Easier said than done.

My 12yo has always made it very clear (as in, every &*#$ day) that she hates math. She is now choosing to not really apply herself. I am having her repeat her last 2 lightunits (we use CLE, and it's by far the best fit we've found- truly) because she failed the test and threw the last lightunit away, when we always keep them, so she can't go back and review. This may mean she will have to be doing math all summer. I told her if she continues to fail her tests, I will have to have her repeat 6th grade math. She also was hired by a friend of mine with a soapmaking business to make her washcloths. Usually she can make 1 in a couple days. It's been 3 weeks now and she hasn't made any. She says it's because dh is "pushing" her (by asking her about it for the last week or so). Dh has had a problem with feeling like a failure and having that be a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts. He's super sensitive to any criticism and very prideful, so if he senses any kind of push back from people (like his parents and teachers when he was growing up) he would just quit and refuse to apply himself. It seems this is what dd is doing. She also is very prideful and hates being told what to do. It seems this even extends to her hobbies (knitting)...before she was a knitting fool, suddenly she gets a job and refuses to knit the washcloths that she used to really enjoy. How do I approach this? I lectured her earlier, I am very frustrated. She had fake tears and tried to play the victim. It is SO frustrating to deal with this hard-headed, stubborn personality.

No, this isn't what I mean, and I've never seen this. I don't have a 13yo but I do have a 12yo who has been through puberty. I was talking to my sister, who has grown children, and she told me that if they're really going to go "off the rails" you would know that by the time they are 12/13. So I thought I'd ask here. Looking back at my own life, by the time I went through puberty (age 13) I was really who I would become for the next 10-15 years. I didn't mature more fully until my mid-to-late 20's.

Were your kids who they would basically be by the time they were 13? In that, if they ended up getting into a lot of trouble in their late teens or early adulthood, rebelling against authority, whatever, were there already signs of that when they were 13? Or if they went on to be high-acheiving, self-motivated, successful people, were they already that way when they were 13? Or did they change completely from the time they were 13 to 18, or 13 to their early 20's? I'm not talking about human development and the strides the brain makes during those years, I mean were they basically the person they would end up becoming when they were 13? If that makes sense.

Same here. When we're just here at home and it's not summer, my kids can go several days wearing the same outfit. They don't get bathed daily, just as needed (at least twice a week). ETA: We only change clothes generally after we take a shower or bath. It drives me nuts for dh to come home all dirty from work and put on a clean outfit if he doesn't shower first.

Hugs and prayers. You'll do great, I'm sure. You're a strong, tough woman. My MIL has stage-4 breast cancer and just feels better and better all the time. She's very happy going the naturopathic route, so you have lots of options. Hugs.

Yes. Yes. But with my kids I feel that would just come back to bite me later that I didn't prepare them well enough, even though they fought me the whole way. So I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place with my difficult, negative kids. And I'm not sure it would make a difference since dh's parents prepared him just fine, he chose not to go along with a lot of it, and still carries those bad habits. His choice.