#646378 - 11/08/07 10:04 AM
Parenting advice??
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Posts: 866
Loc: Quispamsis, NB
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Where does your best parenting advice come from?
Your Parents
Your friends
Internet sites like CPO
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#646681 - 11/08/07 06:41 PM
Re: Parenting advice??
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_Susan_
Registered: 03/14/04
Posts: 4330
Loc: Ottawa, ON
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My mother :).
Not everything she says but most of it.
1. Don't get too stressed, most things have a way of working out.
2. Your child is not an extension of you. Let them be themselves.
3. Do not be your child's friend, be their parent.
4. Do what feels right (trust your instincts).
5. Respect the child.
6. Be consistent.
7. Involve the whole family in maintaining the home-it's their home, too!
8. Be involved in their lives- know who thier friends are and be a presence in their school.
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#646766 - 11/08/07 09:42 PM
Re: Parenting advice??
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happilycrazy
Registered: 11/03/06
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CPO has been a great source for advice. Sure family and friends are good too, but I have found that asking questions here, I get an unbiased view. Sometimes friends and family are too close to the situation or they just haven't been there. There is such a wide variety of people on here from all scopes of life that I feel most times I get better advice .
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#646907 - 11/09/07 09:36 AM
Re: Parenting advice??
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Cornflake Girl
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Registered: 08/26/05
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Loc: sk
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I think some of my best advice has honestly came from CPO. I know no matter what I am going through I can come here and post about it and someone will have went through the same thing, something that doesn't always happen IRL with friends.
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#648780 - 11/13/07 02:04 PM
Re: Parenting advice??
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cajun01
Registered: 11/24/04
Posts: 2735
Loc: Alberta
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Definitely CPO. Everyone in our families is done with having kids or not having kids, so their experiences aren't so recent.
I ask my mom things sometimes, but sometimes I feel that there is some judgement and lack of understanding on her part, even though she means well.
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#937365 - 05/27/09 09:22 PM
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LilMissie
I live in a zoo...please don't feed the animals
Registered: 12/17/06
Posts: 4527
Loc: Brandon, MB
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Definatly CPO here. I mean my mom tries to give advice but that's in one ear out the other. MIL tries as well DH usually thinks it through and if he feels she might have a good idea we'll discuss (that doesn't happen often) As for friends, sometimes. But honestly not often. I find too often their parenting styles/techniques differ greatly from mine. One thing I like about CPO is someones been there done that no matter the situation. And I am not judged becuase of who I am. Some may not agree (which is fine with me) but there is always someone who understands me. (Which is hard to find sometimes lol)
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#937421 - 05/28/09 12:53 AM
Re: Parenting advice??
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Cornflake Girl
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Registered: 08/26/05
Posts: 9664
Loc: sk
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Without a doubt CPO has been the best resource for me. With family and friends while they do have good tips sometimes their advice is outdated or in my case not attachment parenting friendly. With CPO I know I am getting advice from someone who has been through the same thing.
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Family & Relationships And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.
~ Dr. Seuss Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim. - Dory: Finding Nemo
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#938321 - 05/31/09 08:48 AM
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mom2EJ
Registered: 09/01/03
Posts: 1012
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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For me it's actually my sister.
She is a great mom!! Her DD is such a happy well behaved little girl. Plus my sister has her ECE so that helps sometimes.
I don't usually ask my mom or MIL for advice although I get tons of if from them. lol I find that it's been so long since they've had babies that a lot of their advice is very old-fashioned. Things have come a long way since then.
Of course CPO has been a godsend!! 
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#938329 - 05/31/09 09:24 AM
Re: Parenting advice??
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designerbaby
Registered: 01/05/07
Posts: 793
Loc: Ottawa Canada
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I rarely take advice from my mom or MIL. They are soooo outdated. At least my mom listens and respects how we do things... MIL is a bit less receptive at times, but will accept it in the end.
I get GREAT parenting advice on CPO.... love love love it here. And I have a great group of friends that have kids the same age as DS that we all bounce ideas off each other with.
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#938388 - 05/31/09 02:25 PM
Re: Parenting advice??
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vegan_mom
vegan_mom
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I have my grandma's journal. She wrote daily about recipes, child rearing (nine kids - alone), her herbal/home remedies. Its amazing how she kept a family going with her my grampa's pension after he died. She wrote about learning to write checks at 42 years old...lol. I use her home remedies all the time.
Here at CPO, if it wasn't for extended nursers like MicheleLeigh, Knittymom, LP and Cara, caydensmommy and boho (and so on...lol). I would not have planned to nurse for at least 2 years 5 years ago....before conception...lol...here I am at almost 3 years...thanks guys.
AidaR is who I go to for upcycling ideas...
I would not have cloth diapers without the board here.
T2B, taught me to not judge a book by its cover...lol
If not for Teresea Mithcell and MomofC's, my frugal ways would not be what they are.
Yodasmom was my first little green buddy...
2sparrows, as much as we can disagree - do agree that a good, strong teenager begins at birth. I value her advice and guidance in childrearing.
Jilly - was my pumping inspiration when ds1 wanted to drink my milk, but not nurse...
Slingin and LP were truly enablers in my ring sling, mei-tai. pouch sling addiction.
Moonrise has a very good stand of where she is, who she is and tells you how she would do thing, not how you should do things...I like that attitude and will say okay....moonrise wouldn't say it like that...lol
There are so many others, that I say..."my friend so and so on CPO" says or did this or that....I get most of my inspiration and ideas from here.
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#938389 - 05/31/09 02:27 PM
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vegan_mom
vegan_mom
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oh and daisy'smom...whether it be breastfeeding, dicilpine or relationship issues she has my answers...
miscouchmemommy is my exercise guru...
_susan_ is my dairy/egg free go to girl...
brokenwingedangel...taught me you can lose everything but gain it all back (and get hotter while doing it)
and my LOST buddies...who in the world oculd I talk to about LOST as in depth as I do with you guys?
there are so many here that are my answer to life's questions...
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