I am again loving the Minti  "activity" page since all the "random photos" are not overwhelming the page ... admins fixed all that after the needed updates !

As a side note, I was all for Minti getting a live chat area before ... but after my recent experience with chat rooms, I am against it. I say this because on Minti, one has to really think about what one says and it is not all blither blather that has no value. Minti is not all blither blather that spews out of mouths on a whim ...

Also, I notice on "chat" rooms, the real subject is ignored and everyone that "chats" has their on agenda's ... completely unrelated to the site ....  (like people coming on to you when you are visiting a prayer chat room, gross! I was needing prayer, not a perve ! haha !) Minti is about parental advice, not chitty chat chat about silliness...

Again, I wish to express my appreciation to Minti and all the hard work of all the admins that dedicate their time to this site !

Thanks, Lisa

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyZ .... now I know my abc's, next time won't you sing with me ! hahhaha .... still typing to check out this new keyboard ... I like it ... thanks again for your indulgence !

Here is my big boy !

Some names we have considered : Amos, Baxter, BoBo, Bruno, Brutus, Buster, Einstein, Gunner, Hedger, Jasper, Jethro, Joker, Levi,  ...

Any suggestions are welcome ... or vote for the above suggestions .....

We intend for this baby dog to grow up with our baby boy !

Thanks so much for your input !

Whatever happened to the notion that a child is naturally adventurous, curious and hyper ... Are not most children that way ? It would be very sad if they were not ... Children will get into things they are not supposed to when no one is around to make them stop .... I did it, my brother and cousins too ... None of us was "diagnosed" with adhd and none of us was medicated to curb our behavior ... We got our bottoms wooped and we were disciplined, not put on drugs ! Did we all know that what we were doing at the time was wrong ? Of course we did ... we were just pushing our bounderies to see how far we could go without being caught ... It was all just a part of growing up .... I know I was a bit bored with my public schooling because it lacked challenge and diversity ... therefore I was more talkative and impatient than some ... was I adhd ? NO ! I was just bored and lacked creative stimulation ! I was not and did not need to be put on drugs ....

I have read of public educators insisting that a child be put on adhd meds because the child was "disruptive" to the classroom or the child would be banned from the classroom .... What !? Drug my kid or they can not attend school !? You've got to be kidding ! Also have heard of bus drivers saying the same thing .... I am not going to drug my over intellegent under stimulated boy to make someone's job easier ! Be more creative and interactive in your job and my boy will find more interest and not have pent up energy because of lack of mental stimulation ! (my boy is just one year old so we have yet to see how this scenario would play out)

Growing up, I was made aware of and given bounderies ... there were rare moments I found opportunities to step out of those bounderies ... it was naughty but exciting... If when caught out of those bounderies, I was punished ... After punishment, I did not do that again ... I was never drugged to control my behaviour ... I was stimulated by productive activities and I was punished for ill behaviour ... I was never drugged ...

I do not believe in adhd ... or if it exists, I believe it is over prescribed .... Children naturally have energy and curiousity .... why drug them to make that stop ? I don't like it ! I do not like it !

There, I think I am done .... but I do feel strongly about medicating a child to make them "behave" and "settle down" and to "conform" .... Read the book and then see the movie entitled "1984" ,,, it will open your eyes about the perils of conformity ....

I will fight to have my baby boy drug free ! Consequences for actions, good manners, good ethics, good behaviour will be taught, monitored and implemented instead ..... I hate it for the teacher that ever tells me my boy will not be taught if not medicated ...

OH, my !

My blog, my post .... my opinion

Thanks for reading and thanks for your tolerance ...

Jacob is a messy boy !

Pete and Jacob under the kitchen sink ....