http://www.minti.com/members/robalman/advice/ Most Recent Advice on Minti by robalman Copyright 2008 Minti en-uk robalman Re: advice pleaseanonymousQuestion:i need to know is it ok to take food off a toddler if they wont sit to eat it after being told to sit repeadedly? my other half dose it to my daughter but not the two older boys. he seems to think the sun shines out of them they never do anything wrong and my daughter ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9643/Tea-Time-Tantrums/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9643/Tea-Time-Tantrums/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:35:02 -0700 robalman Below is what started on a blog and as I continued to answer I thought, this should be advice to others not tucked away in a blog!!!The Question was asked, “If you could invent one thing?”For me it would have to be a device that would eliminate domestic violence...Maybe it could be placed around the scrotum at birth and triggered ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9628/Domestic-Violence-Thoughts/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9628/Domestic-Violence-Thoughts/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:55:15 -0700 robalman Re: Drinking issue.Asked by quinjai3Question:My 5 year old will hardly drink anything ( maybe 1 standard cup over the whole day), be it water, juices, cordial, milks etc ,yet he is always complaining that he's hungry even though he currently eats more then me.my question is how can i get him to even out his eating and drinking so he's ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9187/Fluid-Intake-And-Children/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9187/Fluid-Intake-And-Children/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:26:18 -0700 robalman Re: DaddyAsked by anita68Question:Hi, im 24 and i have a 6yr old son. His dad has never met him and moved to another country shortly after he was born. We have no contact with him and he denied that he was my sons dad. His family live near me and they say hello but carry on as if they no ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9120/Daddy/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9120/Daddy/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:05:29 -0700 robalman Re: Archiving Art?Asked by katiepiattQuestion:Archie (4) brings home on average 4 or 5 pieces of "art" a day from school. Great big folded pages, or things with bits stuck on etc. I hate throwing it away, but can't store it all! Was considering perhaps scanning things in, or maybe laminating the best or storing things in a folder and dating ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9111/ACHIEVING-ART/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/9111/ACHIEVING-ART/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:37:36 -0700 robalman Re: 16 year old girl birthday party?Asked by musicmumQuestion:HI all, My daughter is turning 16 in a few weeks and has asked to have a costume party at our house. How many do you suggest to invite? How would you go about this. I am not a party person at all.Thanks for any advice,ErynMy Advice:Sweet 16...I'm 21.........................................................................years past that and ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8657/Fun/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8657/Fun/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:53:24 -0700 robalman Re: Bedtime TantrumsAsked by KathrynR1402Question: Hi! I need some suggestions! Our 5 year old is driving us mad.Every bedtime we follow the same routine she has had for 4 years - upstairs, teeth, face, undress, medicine (cream for eczema, inhaler for asthma), PJs on, prayers, book, lights out. Every night, sometimes at the teeth stage, but usually at the PJs or ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8577/Bedtime-Boredom/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8577/Bedtime-Boredom/ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:41:14 -0700 robalman Re: Things to do as a coupleanonymousQuestion: Hi all, a question for us to do...In order to get some 'couple time'  we've farmed the kids out for holiday sleepover, and we are going to spend a night for us. We've decided we want to go out and actually have a 'date', not just stay home for yet another quite night in.Problem ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8572/Togetherness/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8572/Togetherness/ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:19:36 -0700 robalman Re: relationship helpanonymousQuestion: well where to start, I said in the heat of the moment that i didnt like my hub anymore, I love him i just dont feel the same way. I feel like im the last to be thought of in my family, im the cook,the cleaner etc but not me. Im not exactly into sex, as i tried ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8562/Relationship-Help/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8562/Relationship-Help/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:59:53 -0700 robalman Re: Advice needed for parent of an acoholic sonAsked by tlnj34Question: I am a 41 year old mother of an 3 sons. My 18 year old was just recently sent to rehab for alcoholism. I feel like I have a newborn and do not know how to parent.Any advice on how to make the transition to him being home?My Advice:  I ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8554/The-Demon-Drink/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8554/The-Demon-Drink/ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:27:05 -0700 robalman Re: parents opinions please!Asked by AmerlinwingaQuestion: Hi Everyone again!This isnt a parenting question really but dont know where else to put it. A few months ago a friend of my hubby's comes up to us and says would we like to go on a holiday to brisbane....We replied yes we love to so he went and paid for our airline tickets ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8544/Holiday-or-not/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8544/Holiday-or-not/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:12:27 -0700 robalman At one stage or another most of us will have a child that in our eyes has gone a bit ferral.I am at that point right now.I found myself asking, "what have I done wrong? Have I been a bad dad? and so on...you get the idea.It took me a while but I really don't think I have done anything ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8442/Adult-Children/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/8442/Adult-Children/ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:55:30 -0700 robalman I often see parents scratching their heads when it comes to teenagers and what they get up to.Some even say that they don't know their children any more.We often (And I am guilty of this in the past) appear not to trust our children although it is through our parental love for them that we question them about "where are ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2607/Truth-Equalls-Trust/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2607/Truth-Equalls-Trust/ Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:18:58 -0800