c2adams2

@c2adams2 (351)

United States • Age 43

Joined myLot 17 years ago

He who is willing to exchange essential liberty for a little temporary safety diserves neither liberty nor safety--Ben Franklin

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Discussions (12)

c2adams2's Discussions

Natural Childbirth vs. Give me Drugs!!

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 23 Mar 07

How did you do your childbirth? Did you earn your "mommy badge" (A child with no pain medication)? With my son I wanted my mommy badge. They ended up giving me morphine because my labor stalled due to stress. BTW: Morphine, not...

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15 people

They want us to pay to take our children out of school!

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 23 Mar 07

Paw Paw Public Schools has introduced a new initiative. They want to start charging parents 36$ a day to take their children out of school for anything not excused by the FMLA. WTF!?!? They say that it is only fair, to pay back...

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10 people

What made you fall in love?

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 22 Mar 07

When did you fall in love with your significant other? Was it something they said or did? Please share your thoughts.

relationships

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2 people

Law to ban second hand smoke around children

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 20 Mar 07

Gov. Jennefer Granholm (D-MI) has proposed a new law that will protect children from second hand smoke. The nitty-gritty of this law is that if parents are seen smoking in their home or their car when their children are there they...

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5 people

Children with sight problems

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 20 Mar 07

My daughter is legally blind in one eye. I was wondering if anyone knows of anything, by law or first-hand experience, that will give me an indicator of the challenges she will face.

blind

handicapp

legally blind

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1 person

Gay marriage and parenthood

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 20 Mar 07

What are your views on gay marriage? What do you think about homosexuals raising children? Adopting them?

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2 people

Sisterly love

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 19 Mar 07

My siblings are one of the greatest things in my life. My mother always told me that parents die, kids move out, husbands leave, and friends move, but your siblings are forever. I have one full sister, a half-brother, and two...

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1 person

Is torture necessary?

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 19 Mar 07

I was watching Real Time with Bill Maher, and he mentioned the often overlooked question--Is torture necessary? I would like to get some opinions from both sides of the aisle on this one. I personally disagree with torture. I...

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Am I confusing my son?

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 18 Mar 07

I have this thing with my kids....I answer every question they ask as completely as possible. Take today for instance. He noticed that the air outside turned blue. I explained that it wasn't the air, it was a cloud that covered...

children

education

parenting

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6 people

Immunizations and Autism--What's the stitch?

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 17 Mar 07

I have to know why people continue to believe that there is a link between immunization and autism when it has been disproved to satisfaction in all scholarly circles. The original study that this was based on was 1)conducted by a...

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3 people

Help--What do I tell my son???

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 16 Mar 07

Here is the backround. My grandfather, who is 66, has always been a very robust and jovial man. He was always telling jokes and singing and dancing around the house. My children heard the same Elvis songs on his knee that I...

children

death

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1 person

Freedome of Religion--What does it mean?

c2adams2 @c2adams2 (351) • United States 16 Mar 07

Freedom of religion is term that is bandied about by both sides of political spectrum. A lot of people like to say that the US is based on the Christian religion, though John Adams was quoted as saying "The government of the...

politics religion

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1 person