bethgaines

@bethgaines (5)

United States • Age 49

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Adoption, would you be willing to do foster care?

bethgaines @bethgaines (5) • United States 24 Jan 08

My husband and I adopted our daughter from Guatemala. Since we have adopted her the program is now suspended for now. We want more children. We have tried so much with fertility. So, if you were in my shoes would you do foster...

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Should the adopted child be told they are adopted?

tujiagirl @tujiagirl (368) • China 31 Oct 07

One of my neighbour's child is adopted. They used to have a restaurant. One day,when the wife opened the door and she found a baby girl in front the door. After some procedure,they adopted the baby. Now,15 years later. They face...

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bethgaines I think they should absolutely tell her that she is adopted. We adopted our daughter about 2 1/2 years ago. We have already started sharing it with her. I believe that if you don 't tell the child that later on in life when they do find out that they feel that...

24 Jan 08

Has anyone really got paid from MyLot?

stylezmind @stylezmind (4) • Singapore 27 Aug 06

Have u ever been really paid for your comments?

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bethgaines I was wondering the same. I just signed up today. Has anyone gotten paid at this point. I know you posted this a little over a year ago.

24 Jan 08

Kids and child pregnancy

katkah @katkah (235) • United States 24 Jan 08

I have 7 kids (2 of them are my step-daughters) and the oldest 2 kids are girls, both age 9. I hear stories all the time of girls getting pregnant at 13 or 14 these days, which really bothers me! They shouldn't even be thinking of...

child pregnancy

getting pregnant

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bethgaines I totally agree with you. We have a 3 year old daughter. But, we did have custody of a teenage girl at one time. She moved in with us when she was 15 then moved out at 17 because "we were too hard on her". She moved back in with her mom that lets her come and...

24 Jan 08

If you have just one child, do you tend to spoil him/her ?

ketybhagat @ketybhagat (4123) • India 23 Jan 08

I am often in a fix. I have a son and I think I have brought him up well. He is my only son and I try and give him everything necessary but I have never spoilt him. If I cant afford it, I have explained it to him and he has...

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bethgaines I also only have one child. She is only 3 years old though. My husband and I tried for several years to conceive. We decided to adopt our daughter. She is a spoiled child but we try not to let her be a "spoiled brat". She does get alot but if we can't afford...

24 Jan 08