crazy4boys

That clears things up a lot. You are both so young. Despite how you probably fell, and despite your current situation, neither one of you is done "growing up" yourselves yet. You are still negotiating your own skin, how to be comfortable in it, who you are in it and how you relate to other people - so is he. It's a very pressured time of life on the brink of adulthood and not yet sure how to negotiate it. Added to that pressure is impending parenthood and a lifetime commitment commitment to each other. That's a lot on your plates! You are probably very concerned with being a good mom an

Has there been any mention in the news about this girl maybe having some learning disabilities or being challenged in someway? Because I think I may agree with Elliesgranny - something doesn't sit right about this. I have a kid whose 13, i know a lot of 12ish homeschoolers. I can't picture any of them leaving a restaurant where they are eating with their family without telling anyone and just getting into a van - or being pushed into one without creating a heck of a fuss. A 6 or 7 yr old, maybe, but not 12. Not leaving because she doesn't know where she is, not knowing to call 911....I do

The Nutty bars for sure. Haven't had one in YEARS, and now I am craving one. Fat chance I'm going to find one here! THANKS!!!

I used to have the WEIRDEST dreams whe I was pregnant. I don't know if it's the hormones or the stress....but it's something for sure!

Hmmm...I wonder how much a few boxes of cookies are to ship internationally......

It depends on the nature of the relationship. For example.... it would make a big difference to know if we were talking about your kid, or a neighbor.

Good Morning Paulding! It's supper time here, we're trying something new tonight - camel steaks. Have a great day!

Good morning! What beautiful weather y'all are having! Off to wash the camel, have a great day, Paulding!

Thank you. Kids in PC don't travel by taxi and by public bus to go meet their friends. Here they do, it's a city. It's just different.

I suppose it's a trite answer that "it's not him that I don't trust", but that's a big part of it. That's why I have him call when he gets there - so I know he did. We have to start letting them go at some point. To me, rather than letting him go from with me all the time, to without me and out of touch, a phone is a stepping stone device. He can call if he is unsure of a situation, I can call just to check on him. It makes us both feel better, he is young and these are his first steps. I am all too aware that it won't be too long before I may not hear from him for days, but that will be

When he is without adult supervision on a semi-regular basis. I feel better when he is traveling to and from activities if he calls me when he gets there and when he is leaving. I feel better knowing he can call me easily if he ever were to need to. I feel better being able to call him at anytime to check on his whereabouts and activities. He is old enough to have some freedom, being in a group with his friends, but not so old I feel comfortable letting him go completely out of touch on his own. I thought I covered that in my 1st post.

My oldest has been asking for one for years. i always told him - we will get you one when you NEED one. He is homeschooled, we took him everywhere. he was always under our direct care, or under the care of an adult we knew personally and could easily get in touch with. There simply was no need for one. now that we have moved (overseas) he has a totally different lifestyle. he takes cabs and buses to meet his friends at the mall, beach etc. Frankly, a need arose, for us to be able to get in touch with him easily, and for him to have a way to reach out to us if he needed to. So, we got h

And they are wonderful, i am not degrading them at all - there just aren't enough of them and they can't be everywhere.

I have no issue paying a few cents extra on my bill if I knew it could help out a single mom stranded somewhere in an unsafe situation. Having been stranded with a baby on the expressway before with no phone, I can tell you it's scary. NO ONE stops anymore, not even cops. So I can understand that much. But I DO think these phones need to be emergency only regulated, no internet, 911 only, or maybe the limited minutes/limited numbers kind and I think there should be extensive checking done on an individual before a phone is assigned.

Thank you!

Good morning!

I'm having ISSUES!

I would say I can't believe her company put her in this danger - but of course I can, it brings in better ratings. How sad. As for "those animals", I wish they would get what they deserve as well, but that is not likely in a mob. It's not an "us or them" situation, though. I can remember not too long ago when the US had it's own rioting going on. There were MANY of these situations that happened, women were assaulted, a man was dragged out of his truck and beatten right in front of tv cameras. Angry mobs, celebrating mobs, it doesn't matter. Mobs are mobs and out of control by defini

"New" saftey laws, rules, suggestions, whatever that did not exist when we were kids were not pulled out of somebodies behind for no reason. The "I never wore a helmet, had a carseat, wore a seatbelt, etc etc, and survived" wears thin when HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS of kids didn't survive. Your personal ignorance (not the nasty kind, the genuine kind - we were all ignorant to what a great help helmets, seatbelts, etc would be) is not an excuse to endanger children now that we have developed better saftey gear based on the deaths of so many children. I don't baby my children either, we don't hide,

That is really cool. I wondered when somebody was going to do something with that land. My boys will enjoy that. What movie? What is a "Willie"? i hope someone adopted him, too. I miss the change of seasons. It gets cooler here, but everything looks the same, smells the same, is the same, just not as hot.

Hey there! Not much new. I got got to ride a camel the other day, that was....different. LOL It's actually been about that cool here, very windy. We had an actual sand stormt he other day. I looks like fog in the distance, but you can taste it and it makes your eyes itchy. Nasty stuff. Any new stores open? Any close? restaurants?

I'm BOOOOOORED! 11:52pm here and I can't get to sleep. Somebody talk to me. Tell me what's going on in Paulding.

We bought a car, drove around the island, stopped to ride a camel, drove around a little more, took pictures of the palace and drove home. And that's all after schooling and before supper!

Good morning! Finally some one is AWAKE! I have been stuck inside all day (I'm not in the US) and I am BORED!

Honestly, NG, this is nowhere near us and we are not in any danger at all. This country is very stable and the people here like America very much. Like I said, we had no idea this was even going on until the travel cancellations. I appreciate the prayers, though. You know I can always use some of those!