blink182: What do you mean by wild?

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They talk carelessly sometimes rude, hardly greet, rough at play sometimes spoil my children toys and show no remorse etc

BasseyJ: As to the arguement of keeping kids indoors 24/7, i think it's very possible, let me use my cousins as an example(although they stay in a big compound alone, they rarely go outdoors to play), they get back from school at about 1pm, eat and rest, then it's t.v time(cartoon net, nick,kid's co, Amagic,learning tv etc) till like 4 then onto homeworks and reading, then back to tv, the trick is to censor your dstv channels else they may even be learning worse than the ''wild'' neigbours would rub onto them.

dominique: My children's physical, psycological, behavioural well-being is my no.1 priority not what neighbours percieve of me. I can't let my kids mingle with unruly neighbourhood kids period. Anybody should feel free to label me as proud or wareva. In the words of our beloved presido, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN!

dominique: ^ I'm not saying I won't let my kids play with neighbourhood kids. But if I see they're unruly and can possibly influence them negatively, I'll shield them from such kids regardless what people say. My SIL's son changed drastically upon relocation to another area. He stopped speaking English, sings obscene yoruba songs and uses cuss words I would never use. Imagine a 4 year old telling a much older cousin 'abi o n'siere' ('are you insane'? sorry my written Yoruba is bad. I wanted to spank him right there but I had to restrain myself out of respect to SIL.) There's no way you wouldn't know he's being influenced by the kids around him. If you were a mother living in such area, would you encourage your kids to mingle with kids like that?

jidegirl12: See why I said different strokes for different folks? Since October ?!!!

Our pool is transformed into a skating rink....bundle up with our earmuffs and that's one way of my spending time with them... My daughter will be bored like heck if I chose indoors to spend 'quality time ' with her except on school days, tell them to put on their winter ensembles and see shout of joy

We drive snowmobiles around the compound and they love it and its memorable...something to talk bout over dinner

They enjoy playing in the snow making snow angels and more..the baby will cry for hours when it's time to come in

As per the accent; hehehe is that really important ? I'm just hearing this for the first time it's a crime to speak your own dialect ....I will be proud if my kid says ooo after a word ...come see when she corrects her teachers how to pronounce her last name properly they eventually give up after several attempt.

Everybody is different and that's what makes us special

MMotimo:

Snowmobiles are motorized vehicles, they are not backyard -type vehicles

MMotimo:

Snowmobiles are motorized vehicles, they are not backyard -type vehicles

jidegirl12:

I don't have your time.... I'm enjoying this movie with NL on top.

Google up and stop looking for definitions in dictionary.

MMotimo: OMG, I can speak English at last! So that really looked like a dictionary meaning, I am so delighted

jidegirl12:
http://www.skinet.com/ski/files/_images/201008/kids_snomobiling.jpg

MMotimo:


And this is driven around a compound?

MMotimo:


And this is driven around a compound? The pix background is not anybody's compound/backyard

dominique: You have to live in a multiacre mansion to be able to accomodate a snow mobile. Wetin bush me sabi
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Thinking about it again, the way your child turn out depends on the envieonment and your efforts as the parents. This my SIL in question is too easy on her son. Whenever her son uses such bad words, she hardly corrects him. Though they live in a large compund with lots of rowdy kids. you as the parent can mould them how you want them to be regardless what they pick up from the environment. I know a lady that spent most her entire life in warri yet can't speak pidgin English properly.