Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / January 2007

Many times I saw bruse on my son's leg since he joined the daycare, but
he was 3 yrs old then, and he couldn't explain what happened logically.
Now he just turned into 4 years old. Yesterday I found a big bruse
again on his leg,  and I asked him what happened. His answer makes me

I need advice,
I have a 10 1/2 year old boy who is getting obcessed with sex DVDs .
I have no idea where he is getting them, but I have found 2 in his room
within the last 6 mos. I am not sure how to handle this at all.

Bob, how would my husband go about requesting an accounting of moneys paid
thus far in child support?  (In Oregon, of course)  Thanks!

I have recently become the custodial parent for my 9 year old daughter.
I have been paying child support to her mother from day one.  She and
I have signed and notarized a document stating that our daughter now
lives with me.  The District Attorney will not provide us with any help

If you do stay at home with your kids or have always wanted to stay
home I have a solution for you.  I am working from home and building an
income that is necessary for my family.  I work with a great support
team and love what I do.  I am also putting safer products in my home

I was wondering how to avoid CS if they are already garnishing wages.
Is there a way to do this?

The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court decision giving a
child her father's last name.  The parents were not married.  The mother
appealed asking the court to allow her to give her daughter her former
spouses last name and the name used by her other three children.

My 6-month old son's crib is next to our bed. He usually goes to sleep
on his own in his crib, but if he's hungry I do nurse him to sleep.
During the night I nurse him in our bed. He's been a bad sleeper since
birth but in the past week he has been worse, waking constantly (his

I regularly pay my child support but I am not allowed to see my son.
His mother has used every excuse to deny me visitation and the courts
are not doing a darn thing to stop her. How can she continue to get
away with this? Why should I pay child support for I child I never see?

I'm a single mother with one child. I got married only a few months
after I graduated high school. Ayear later I became pregnant and nine
months later had a beautiful little boy. Anyways, to get straight to
the point, our marriage didn't work and now here I am with a baby no

Merry Christmas to everyone at alt.child-support.
I've not posted here since a few years. Some people may remember me. I
was a total deadbeat. The fact is - I still am!
I've paid very little child-support. My ex got so pissed that she sent

The stockings were hung by the fireplace with care
In the hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there...
But its been so silent in u-k-p-p
That he must be at Heathrow

Hi all,
My son is in the fourth grade and his science class just finished a unit
on robots.  Now I think I have a future NASA scientist on my hands.  He
keeps showing me drawings of robots he wants to invent to help him with

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8172271955308136871
http://www.iamthewitness.com/911-Mysteries-Video.html
This is a nice video that yet might expose some government
conspiracies.

We have just recently moved to a new area and I am having a tough time
finding babysitters... so I am wondering if I am not offering enough
money.  We have three kids, (8, 7 & 5)... I normally pay $6 an hour
with a minimum of $20... meaning if we only go out for two hours, we