hmfryklund

@hmfryklund (389)

United States • Age 37

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Do you sometimes take your parents for granted?

ivygrey @ivygrey (550) • Philippines 3 Sep 09

I just noticed that these past few weeks, I have been very busy and I just don't have much time to spend with my family. My father called and asked for help on something, i just thought that it wasn't such a big deal so I told him...

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hmfryklund Honestly, I think about this situation almost every day of the week. My mother has Fibromyalsia (not sure if I spelled that correctly), and when I was in the 8th grade, the doctors told me she would not live to see me graduate. Well, I graduated in 2006, I...

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Ever been in love with Actress or Actor?

Puneet097 @Puneet097 (121) • India 4 Sep 09

have u fallen in love with any actress/actor while watching their superb movie i have been to n became big fan. what is ur experience?

love with beauty

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hmfryklund Oh my goodness, this is so funny lol. I swear, when I was a young girl, under 14 years old, I swore to the God Almighty that I was desperately, insanely in love with Devon Sawa, the young actor LOL!! Also, the Backstreet Boys. *rolls eyes* I am not joking, I...

4 Sep 09

Scold back while others scold at you?

karenkarenkk @karenkarenkk (1121) • China 4 Sep 09

How many of you can control your temper while others scold at you? I feel it's difficult, although there is a saying "If a dog bite you, will you bite back?", it's just hard to be controlled. What do you think about this? Any...

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hmfryklund Well, I think in times of aggression like this, I definitely take things differently, especially considering the situation at hand. If I am completely sober, and someone is angry and yelling at me for something that I did wrong, I will listen reasonably and...

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Labor Day is Monday in the US. What do you do? Barbacue? Family?

realan @realan (518) • United States 3 Sep 09

Labor Day is Monday. Yay, day off from work. How do you spend your Labor Day? Do you go away for the long weekend? Barbacue and have family over? Hopefully not actual Labor! Happy Labor Day!

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hmfryklund I don't normally do anything on the actual "labor day" day LOL. Normally, in our town, we have our big "Progress Days" on Labor Day weekend, which results in a parade, a little fair, food, softball games, crafts, etc, and it's wonderful because our little town...

4 Sep 09

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What have you learned from your Mother/Grandmother you apply in your life?

a_motherstouch @a_motherstouch (176) • United States 2 Sep 09

Seems like the older I get the more I remember different things my mother or grandmother taught me. I apply many of them in my daily life and also taught them to my Children. For example My Mother taught me how to clean, I mean...

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hmfryklund Well I have never met any of my grandmothers because they passed away long before I was born, unfortunately :(. Anyways, I swear the saying is true, "Like Mother, Like Daughter". I swore I was never going to be like my mother, and yet here I am, spitting image...

4 Sep 09

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Ever had to brag..Just a little?

ersmommy1 @ersmommy1 (12588) • United States 2 Sep 09

Well I am going to right now. My son is 8 1/2 months old. And we have been working on signing with him. No he isn't deaf. But we did it with his sister and she started talking at 9 months. Now as of today my son has the signs for...

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hmfryklund Honestly, I think that the only thing I ever brag about, IS my children! LOL!!! And sometimes my husband as well, when he is behaving lol. Children are just so incredible in our eyes, and just watching them learn and grow is just insanely amazing, isn't it? I...

4 Sep 09

Adoption option

OpinionatedLady @OpinionatedLady (5965) • United States 3 Sep 09

Is adoption an option for you? Have you looked into it and if you have is it expensive where you are. We have been looking and the amount for a private adoption is horrific and the terms, fees and maybes of adopting through our...

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hmfryklund My brother and his wife are not able to have children, so adoption is huge in their eyes, as their only option for having children. But it is SO ridiculous, here in Wisconsin! My brother and his wife are 30 and 38 years old, and they have adopted one child...

4 Sep 09

Will you attend to your baby immediately

cwong77 @cwong77 (2010) • Malaysia 9 Jul 09

As parents, beside taking care of the child, we will have other stuff to do as well. We will normally then leave our child on their own for a while. However, sometimes child can be demanding for attention, and would make a fuss...

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hmfryklund Well, when my first daughter was born, I would almost always hold her when she was crying, because I really didn't know what else to do! But now, I am definitely a lot more experienced with motherhood, and they DO say that no baby can ever get enough love and...

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Can You Come Up With 30 Positive Attributes About Yourself?

Brian @wolfie34 (26771) • United Kingdom 3 Sep 09

This may come easy to some and to others, like myself it's like climbing Mount Everest backwards and blindfolded! My last therapist gave me a task to do, every day I had to come up with a positive attribute about myself and...

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hmfryklund Wow, this is something that I would definitely have an extremely hard time doing for myself. I have an easy time coming up with positive atttributes for other people that I know well, but I have a hard time thinking of even a few for myself. Naming some of the...

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Motherhood is amazing!

moonchild117 @moonchild117 (1987) • Philippines 1 Sep 09

I'm a first time mom who just gave birth last June 27 and in two months' time, I must say it's quite a journey. There are times when I really get tired especially now that my daughter has a habit of sleeping early in the morning,...

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motherhod

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hmfryklund Awww congratulations! I have two daughters, 19 & 7 months, and with my first daughter, new motherhood was the biggest challenge of my life, not even exaggerating! I had the worst post partum blues, and I was very depressed, and I had both my girls in the...

3 Sep 09

My Son is too smart for his own good

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 2 Sep 09

My Paul is almost three years old now. He's growing up way too quick, and he is smart as a tack too. Well, yesterday, I had to use the restroom just after I'd finished giving him a bath. So he wasn't dressed at that point but I...

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hmfryklund LOL Oh my goodness!! Wow, I would definitely have to say that your son is too smart for his own good! lol I can't believe that he actually did that! My daughter is 19 months and she sometimes does odd things that I wouldnt think she would ever be able to do at...

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Are we raising passive aggressive children?

KMPierce @KMPierce (165) • United States 27 Aug 09

I struggle daily with how our society is raising this new generation. I have an 8 yr old son and daily I question my parenting. One minute we are teaching our kids to stand up for themselves and not take anything off of anyone-...

children

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raising kids

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hmfryklund Honestly, this is a really great topic, and this is something that I think about quite often, actually. Especially how every year, "society" wants you to change the morals in your family, how to raise your children, different discipline techniques that are...

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Do you think beating children leads to a psychological unbalance in them

madugulagopi @madugulagopi (1093) • India 27 Aug 09

I have seen many parents beating their children for every mistake they do and criticize them for very work they do.What do you think of the effect these kind of things have on the children?Don't you think they will have...

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hmfryklund I have read articles in magazines and on the computer that says beating and even spanking will damage the child mentally and emotionally further down the road. I know many people, that say their parents tell them they are never good enough, and their self...

3 Sep 09

Waken at 2 a.m. by my child.

KMPierce @KMPierce (165) • United States 28 Aug 09

I am awaken this morning, at 2 a.m., with my son standing at the side of my bed staring at me! He wasn't sick and didn't need anything, he just woke up and wanted to come say hi-- crazy kid! It's so hard not to react in a negative...

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hmfryklund awwwww lol, the little guy just wanted to see his Mommy!!! Maybe he had a weird dream or something and just wanted to be reassured that you were there? Cute kid! I know, sometimes when children do such odd things like that, you can't help but love them and not...

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How do you treat your child?

Zhu Huifen @zhuhuifen46 (3483) • China 28 Aug 09

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. How do you treat your child?

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parenting

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hmfryklund I honestly take every day as it comes. Every single day is different with our family. It sucks, because on some days before work when I have the kids before dropping them off at grandma's, I don't get to spend much time with them because I have SOOO much...

3 Sep 09

ABC for children

Zhu Huifen @zhuhuifen46 (3483) • China 28 Aug 09

Teaching children to count is important, but it is more important to teach them what counts. From early childhood, parents need to act and tell what is right from wrong. That is ABC for children, and essential for life.

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hmfryklund This is definitely agreeable on my part! I DO teach my daughter to count, she is 19 months, but I am more worried about rights and wrongs in our household, and she is already becoming a great listener, and yes she does tempt us on things she shouldn't, but...

3 Sep 09

Little ones...aren' they darling!!!

mansha @mansha (6298) • India 30 Aug 09

Ever wondered why no two little one's jokes are alike? A friend pointed out this to me and that has mad eme wonder that ever since. Yes we hardly have things that kids say similar all are unique in themselves

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hmfryklund I totally agree with you on this lol!!! I swear, children say the darndest things, and I don't think anyone really understands what is going through their tiny little minds, especially when they say odd things or jokes lol! They are just so adorable lol, I...

3 Sep 09

Parents and Children: Let's talk about privacy...

my_january @my_january (967) • Philippines 31 Aug 09

For Parents: Say you have a 26 year old daughter. One day, you walk into her room to clean the floor and she's not there, then you saw her bag underneath the bed. Would you open it, or would you just place it atop a table so you...

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hmfryklund Well, not to be mean what so ever, but I really don't know any adults at that age that are still living at home, and have their mother clean their room lol, so this is kinda different for me. My mother used to snoop through my stuff, including my garbage, and...

2 Sep 09

Mother 42 years old expecting 19th child!!!

Vintervarg @Vintervarg (697) • Estonia 2 Sep 09

I was in shock today when I read in the news that Michelle Duggar is expecting her 19th child in spring 2010. This is unbelievably... hero-mother and hero-father. The family is already famous for the amount of kids they have, but...

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hmfryklund I know what you mean! I actually used to watch the show for a while, but I don't know, I guess it wasn't drama-filled at all, so I got kind of bored watching it lol, oops! I can't believe she is pregnant again! Well, they don't believe in birth control, so who...

2 Sep 09