Okay, First off I want to say that I would appreciate it if everyone acted mature. I don’t want anyone posting how I’m a heathen and condemning my kids, blah blah blah. I’m an adult and free to make my own choice and raise my kids how I see fit. I don’t spew religious stuff at you, I would appreciate the same courtesy.
ANYWAY, the kids are growing up (T-T) and asking questions about religion. I’ve told them the basic principles and all that. But I’m not sure what a good age to teach them magick is and what kind of things I can allow them to do. They participate in the solstices with us and understand that what goes on at these religious events shouldn’t be advertised to the whole world. Is there a good book or website anyone can recommend to help? I bought a workbook for them but it was stupid as anything and I could have done better with my eyes closed.
Those are some good answers (Except for the children who said dumb@$$ things) but no one said what age I could teach them magick. Or what kind I could teach them. They keep asking (they found my grimoire and I had to tell them what it was. It was obvious. "Mommy, whats this?" "My BOS?! How did you get that?!") The only thing I could think to teach them is some random charm I have to turn street lights green. Anyone have anything else?
Okay REALLY people? If you don’t like what I believe here’s a novel idea, hit the damn backspace button and don’t read this! Get over yourselves. That flag you’re so fond of give me the right to worship however I choose and to think that your religion is the ONLY way is arrogant. Seriously, grow the f*ck up!
I like the high priestess’ answer but I find it funny that no one really answers me real question. What spells can I teach them? Yes, they want to learn. I told them that when I could find something for them, they could do some magick, but I am having the hardest time EVER finding anything. I bought some book online that boasted about having spells in it for kids and it was nothing but a piece of crap and made my eldest cry. I teach them about opening the circle and all that but kids aren’t really happy with spells they can only do at certain times of the year. Does any one know a good book or web site, besides the one the other person put up which had like three, that I can teach my kids. Apparently I didn’t make this clear before.

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i was at a restaurant yesterday and some young punk came up and decided to lecture me on why it’s bad for my child to play around the tables and say hi to people, who do these people think they are, i’m a mom i’ll raise MY child how ever i want to so shut the heck up, you wouldn’t know anything about children, you don’t have any, if you ever decide to grow up and act like an ADULT, you would have children.

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Hey everyone. My name is Charles and im 17 years old almost 18. I just started college and im taking 3 classes. My dad has always neglected me since a was a little kid. He has never really been there for me, but he treats the younger ones alot better. I know im allready about to be an adult but its so hard because im the main target of my dads complaints. Pretty much my mom wants to leave him because of the drama in the house he has towards me. He reacts before he thinks, i dont want to go into detail about his main actions.

Anyway, i just need some real advice from people who might have gone through it because honestly im starting to feel like it REALLY is my fault even though my mom denies it :/

I dont know what exactly to think

Thanks!

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as a teenager I drove the last two to school for saftey reason and all over the place .now at 20 he lives at home I recently began tuff love on him wrote out a contract for a rental\ agreement to pay a portion of rent and buy his own food and to help clean the apt.I also told him he cant use the car because hes not insured .and if he shows lack of graitude with disrecept than he will loose the privagae of me taking him to and back to work.we were on our way to his work when he throw a tantrum he says imcontroling him isaid you take responablity for being a adult then i wont treat you like a child or you can move out .he already violated our rental agreement by not cleaning up after himself hes bagger me contantly yes i created this now im suffering for it , its terrible exhausting any advice Imm doing a good job now by now giving in to any mother or father

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make a long story short, I have had a horrible childhood my father was a abusive man and my mother was a whore they both did drugs at a point but hid it very well from me and my sisters, sometimes there were bad days and sometimes mellow days. Growing up every day was a struggle both my parents told me as a little girl that I was always slow and convinced me that I was a idiot and my father used to tease me about it constantly, that only made it worse my sisters used to tease me as well because my father did and my mother didn’t care about the situation I was only a child and she was an adult, I had a low selfesteam and no confidence at all, after high school I fell in love with my boyfriend and I moved in with him and his parents, we had been together for 6 years now, the frist year I had moved in with my boyfriend him and his mother went shopping at a grocery store my mother worked at, so they happened to run through her line, and as they were paying my mother asked how I was doing (I was at home at the time) and so my boyfriends mother said oh she’s doing fine and my mother came out of nowhere and said to my boyfriend and his mother "oh do you know you can collect money from the state because……..(talking about me)…. is slow "ya she can apply for disability!!!!!! The nerve "I could have killed my own mom" My boyfriend and his mom didn’t believe her though my boyfriend was the one who told me what had happened.

I have asked my parents many many times if you tell me that I am slow "explain what caused me to be slow" and all my mother told me was oh you have always been slow, then later on my dad calls my boyfriend up and he told me that I had always been slow so my boyfriend told him why do the two of you keep telling me that this girl is slow and my father said "ask her mother she scared her (me) for life she know’s.

Please I need to know what could this mean I would also like to say that I have a dent in the middle of my head, I have did some reasearch it could just be how my sckull was formed as a baby.to all the answers I thank everyone so much for your help and your time god bless.

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Long story shortened best as I can: I have a daughter in California who lives with her Grandmother. Until about 18 months ago I had no idea she even existed. But now that I know I am trying to step up the way a man should.

Please forgive me for making this sound so impersonal. I am trying save feelings by not using any names.

While I was dating the mother she had explained to me that her mother had never let her do things around the house, and refused to teach her how to do these things. Basically handicapping her and insuring that the daughter would be dependent on her for a very long time.

Well when the daughter finally rebelled and decided that she was old enough to make her own decisions, Mom kicked her out. Leaving her a social cripple. Well the girl had no skills and was fully female in design. Before she met me had already made 2 babies.

Here’s the kicker!! Since she had no parenting skills, and no means to support the childred, Her mother raised the grandchildren. And so the cycle continues. My ex-girlfriend, the Mother of these children, had no control over this situation, and could not get the children back.

This is so much more that simply being an over-protective parent. It’s as if this woman feels like if her children, or grand children never grow up, then she will never grow old.

Now she has MY daughter and has has her for 18+ years and is refusing to let her mature past the emotional age of 12 or 13.

I WANT TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY DAUGHTER!!! But this Witch has her deadlocked and under her control!

Sad part of it is, Now this control freak has my own mother thinking that this is the right thing to do!
Important to note I know that I could have done something a few years ago but now the girl is 19 years old and I having trouble finding someone who will understand that while she is an adult, and can make her own decisions, she is trapped the emotionally.

I know that there is a technical name for this syndrome. It is not Munchausens by proxy, but there has to be a name for this. If I can nail that down, I may be able to find a group that deals with this condition specifically.

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I’m going to be baptized in a few months, and I understand the concept that all sin is washed away, but what I’m having trouble with understanding is how a sin like not honoring a parent would be washed away if the relationship has been broken and dead for most of my life, and the person being baptized (me) has no intention of attempting to repair that relationship before my baptism or after.

I don’t understand how that sin could be washed away when it’s an ongoing breaking of the 4th commandment.

And please don’t get the wrong idea, I’m not some bratty teen-gone -adult who’s "mad at my mom" and should just "make up", it’s a complicated situation that is unparalleled to most broken parent-child relationships. I wasn’t raised by this person, I don’t know this person, and the times I have tried to know this person, it was pretty ugly, so the last thing I want is anything to do with this person.

Is the 4th commandment an absolute? Or are there situations where God would understand why it’s necessary for some people to not honor a parent? And if it is an absolute, how can this sin possibly be washed away by baptism?

Thanks.

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I could use another adult with kids around to help out on things like when kids cant both go on same rides, or to help hold spots in lines when i have to take one for a pee-break etc. Are there any special travel forums where i could find others in same situation?

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What if the following happened to you ALL THE TIME: Your mother for no reason but to make you upset accuses of being promiscuous and not a virgin although she has no reason to think that way. What if she made vulgar comments like: "I don’t know how big your ‘hole’ is" or "Your future husband is going to beat you" and makes other comments wishing bad things to happen to you and make comments like she regrets she had you as her child.

This is something that somebody has endured her whole life since she was a child by both her parents and she always stayed quiet. She has now turned to an adult. Her father is gone but her mother continues to put her down and now she starts arguing with her mother to defend herself because she is tired of this. But afterwards she feels bad because she’s a muslim and knows she should respect her parents but she is fed up. It’s too much to bear and she’s to the point where she feels depressed and even suicidal. She has also come to a point of being afraid of getting married. She has backed away from engagements because she ‘s insecure and afraid that she will enter into an abusive marriage. She lives with her mother and wants to leave the house although that would leave her mother alone. Should she stay or would it be wise for her to move out?

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Ann Coulter once said in an interview that girls raised without a dad (a father figure) are more likely to become strippers as an adult. I don’t agree (I believe every stripper’s story is different). What do you think?

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