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Originally posted by kdog1982
I got a big hug and I love you daddy from my girl.
Originally posted by Spiramirabilis
Biliverdin - I just love your name :-) does it have special meaning for you?
Biliverdin results from the breakdown of the heme moiety of hemoglobin in erythrocytes. Macrophages break down senescent erythrocytes and break the heme down into biliverdin, which normally rapidly reduces to free bilirubin.[1][3] Biliverdin is seen briefly in some bruises as a green color. Its breakdown into bilirubin in bruises, leads to a yellowish color.[2]
Originally posted by Spiramirabilis
This is worth an entire thread of it's own - there's so much I could say about this. But I have this sense that some dads are in some kind of strange competition with their daughters potential suitors - and I don't mean that the way it sounds. But what are daughters to learn from all this - that their dads don't think they're capable of looking out for themselves? We don't hear very much about parents monitoring their sons the way they do their daughters - or am I just missing all that?
There is a very simple solution to this, and it isn't about giving in, or being a weak parent, it is about admitting that we all make mistakes. Affirm to her that you were right to step in, but admit, that in your wish to protect her that you went too far, and apologise for that.
Originally posted by ThirdRock69
reply to post by Biliverdin
There is a very simple solution to this, and it isn't about giving in, or being a weak parent, it is about admitting that we all make mistakes. Affirm to her that you were right to step in, but admit, that in your wish to protect her that you went too far, and apologise for that.
This might be good advice under different circumstances. Obviously you are still under the assumption that the OP is lying about the 30 year old cuban.
What if the OP is not lying about the 30 year old cuban? If this person is found to be sexually soliciting minors online or in text messages, will you still stand by your opinion that the OP was wrong for what they did?
Or will you admit that you were wrong and the OP did the right thing and YOU should apologize to him?
I suppose it depends upon the parent. I think many parents don't worry so much about boys, they're not the ones who are going to come home with a swollen belly or worse.
I was dark and bloodied, but I am healing, hopefully, one day, I'll make it to yellow before I disappear completely.
I found out that he contacted her through facebook,you know someone pops in wanting to be your friend and you accept.
Then she gave him her phone number and was texting with him not know who the hell he was.
Originally posted by sonnny1
reply to post by 1littlewolf
Reading a childs messages is NOT going a bit too far. There are company's that actually offer those type of services. If you have an agreement,as I do with my child,to check from time to time,it just reassures the child and parent that thing are on the up and up. As I stated in earlier posts,My daughter LAUGHED at some of the responses here. Especially from those who dont have children,trying to talk as if they KNOW how to raise a child,in todays world. Making believe you are someone else? Yeah,bit too far,something I wouldnt do. Then again thats ones parents way of doing things,and NOT every parent is perfect. Being a Parent is a learning adventure also.
And Yes,85% of Parents blamed the parents in the Columbine massacre. Why? Because their children are dead. You as a Parent,should look for signs,if your child is going through some problem. From bullying to sexting,to talking to people who are not on a list that you approve of. If it means monitoring your childs phone,then so be it.
I’m old school…if you live under my roof you play by my rules.
Originally posted by sonnny1
I understand why you dont have children
And what I always find particularly hypocritical is how many fathers seem to think it is okay to put down women, or objectify them, and then are shocked or outraged when their daughter feels it is okay to be viewed by boys and men in the same way.
How would you like it if your son or daughter took your mobile phone and read all the messages on it? Would you think that's acceptable? If you don't, you know it isn't acceptable for you to do it to them, either.
Impregnating one's own daughter is an evolutionarily stable strategy for human males – if they can get away with it, which more often than not they can't. The dangers of inbreeding are not nearly that great, and are mostly offset by the evolutionary advantage of having a set of genes that have already demonstrated they work well together.
This is the probable root of the instinctive jealousy so many fathers show towards their daughters' sexual partners.
If the story is 100% true as well, I still am confused as to why you didn't mention it in the OP.
Originally posted by Astyanax
reply to post by Biliverdin
And what I always find particularly hypocritical is how many fathers seem to think it is okay to put down women, or objectify them, and then are shocked or outraged when their daughter feels it is okay to be viewed by boys and men in the same way.
It's natural. Have you never heard of the droit de seigneur?
Impregnating one's own daughter is an evolutionarily stable strategy for human males – if they can get away with it, which more often than not they can't. The dangers of inbreeding are not nearly that great, and are mostly offset by the evolutionary advantage of having a set of genes that have already demonstrated they work well together.
This is the probable root of the instinctive jealousy so many fathers show towards their daughters' sexual partners.
edit on 24/2/12 by Astyanax because: of heinous misapostrophosis.