Do you have any sweet rituals or jokes with any of your adult children still?

Do you have any sweet rituals or jokes with any of your adult children still?
by

1 Answer

Answer :

When I go to a movie with my daughter, if we there is a preview for something we’d like to see, we sort-of high five and wiggle our fingers. We’ve done this since she was 5. :-)
by

Related questions

Why are poop jokes popular?

Description : Why are poop jokes popular?

Last Answer : answer:Well, my first thought is that people are just stupid, but that's not exactly the case. Even Dante Alighieri and Shakespeare were not above cracking a shit joke every now and then. Greek ... there is just this certain part of the human psyche that is satisfied by a good poop joke.

Parents of adult children, do you have any expectations of their behavior towards you?

Description : Parents of adult children, do you have any expectations of their behavior towards you?

Last Answer : Expectations? Yes, no, maybe. We have established patterns, my daughter and I, and we communicate our feelings freely. I hope that we can maintain this level of affection and connection, but I don't make ... a huge plus, and not taken for granted. I expect civility, I enjoy and revel in friendship.

I read about critical parents, but what about critical adult children?

Description : I read about critical parents, but what about critical adult children?

Last Answer : OK, this may be obvious, but my coffee’s not kicked in, yet… Do you mean adult children that are critical of their parents? Or everyone in their family?

What do you think about the importance of rituals for children?

Description : What do you think about the importance of rituals for children?

Last Answer : I know structure is necessary in children’s life and rituals are all about structure – so, I don’t see a problem with rituals for children..just depends on what they’re about. Mostly, the rituals my kids are aware of are birthdays, deaths, protests and weddings.

If a child falls into a coma, and wakes up decades later as an adult, will it still have the same childish personality?

Description : If a child falls into a coma, and wakes up decades later as an adult, will it still have the same childish personality?

Last Answer : Yes.

How do I get that sweet deal to get bumped ahead in university?

Description : How do I get that sweet deal to get bumped ahead in university?

Last Answer : I have personally never heard of anything of the sort.

What are the benefits to being an only child as an adult?

Description : What are the benefits to being an only child as an adult?

Last Answer : All your inheritance from your parents comes to you.

Have you ever heard of any adult whose skin is so dry (for whatever reason) that they need to take sponge baths on an ongoing basis, for long periods of time?

Description : Have you ever heard of any adult whose skin is so dry (for whatever reason) that they need to take sponge baths on an ongoing basis, for long periods of time?

Last Answer : answer:I would assume she has had her thyroid checked since she has been to the doctor so much, but if not that would be my first suggestion. Also, iron levels. Bathing might be drying her skin. ... oils that would help. Is her water hard where she lives? NY generally has a nice level of softness.

What besides being insulted in childhood due to a weight problem could make that adult so painfully insulting to others?

Description : What besides being insulted in childhood due to a weight problem could make that adult so painfully insulting to others?

Last Answer : answer:How about insecurity and a big ego? Being teased at childhood doesn’t really ensure an insulting character, though it’s one reason.

What if an adult kidnapping victim chooses to continue to be a kidnap victim?

Description : What if an adult kidnapping victim chooses to continue to be a kidnap victim?

Last Answer : answer:Stockholm syndrome Just saying that this is a known thing.

What has been your experience with housemates or roommates as an adult?

Description : What has been your experience with housemates or roommates as an adult?

Last Answer : answer:It can vary greatly. I'm 36 and my current situation is the first time I have not had roommates. Some have turned out to be great friends and I have called the cops on others. Talk about ... are already friends I wouldn't be all that concerned. Nothing a bottle of wine and honesty can't fix.

How does an adult who lives in isolation or near isolation recover and rejoin society?

Description : How does an adult who lives in isolation or near isolation recover and rejoin society?

Last Answer : answer:We don’t… We are happy here. Shhhhhh don’t tell… They like to believe it makes us sad…. Because It makes them feel less envious.

If you suffered from any form of abuse as a child (physical, mental/emotional, sexual), how did that affect you as an adult?

Description : If you suffered from any form of abuse as a child (physical, mental/emotional, sexual), how did that affect you as an adult?

Last Answer : answer:Of course. Most of us have. The only person you need to trust is yourself! I trust myself, meaning, I trust that my own intuition and observations will not fail me in my interactions with ... that I will take right action, for myself. The only trust you really need, is trust in yourself!

Dealing with childhood abuse from a family member as an adult?

Description : Dealing with childhood abuse from a family member as an adult?

Last Answer : Is your family aware of your history with your brother?

How much does a professionally administered adult IQ test (ie. by a psychologist) cost?

Description : How much does a professionally administered adult IQ test (ie. by a psychologist) cost?

Last Answer : Two ways you can go—university psychiatric services usually has a testing program, and you can get it done on a sliding fee scale, or you could look for a psychologist who works with adults with ADD/ADHD. IQ testing is part of testing for that. I paid about $350.

What's the name of the disorder when adult people leave poop in public places?

Description : What's the name of the disorder when adult people leave poop in public places?

Last Answer : answer:Encopresis? I had no idea there was such a thing… I googled for “disorder feces” and it was the first hit.

Will you still be laughing at fart-jokes when you're 90?

Description : Will you still be laughing at fart-jokes when you're 90?

Last Answer : Yep. I will. And I’ll ask my grandkids to pull my finger, too!

Does anyone include their unborn kids in holiday rituals?

Description : Does anyone include their unborn kids in holiday rituals?

Last Answer : answer:I can't remember if we did or not? We would certainly have bought some presents for our baby on the way. I think I would have put and bean' or whatever on the Christmas cards too. I think ... fate. Which is sort of silly, but there would be a part of me that would be concerned about that.

When you were a child, did you have any favourite family rituals?

Description : When you were a child, did you have any favourite family rituals?

Last Answer : answer:Every Thanksgiving at my grandparents, we would all gather in the basement after the meal and have dessert. We'd set up their slide projector and all look at old family photos while eating ... looking for more daily family rituals/parenting stuff. I guess I have my grandmother on my mind.

Do you have any rituals that you do once you get home from a trip?

Description : Do you have any rituals that you do once you get home from a trip?

Last Answer : Call Mom. I’m almost 50, but it’s important to her to know that I’ve arrived safely home from a trip.

What do you feel weighs heavier: animal rights or religious rituals/customs?

Description : What do you feel weighs heavier: animal rights or religious rituals/customs?

Last Answer : answer:I’ll consider animal rights when animals present them to me. I’ll consider rituals/customs when those that perform them can empirically demonstrate the benefit out “weighs” the cost.

What strange traditions or rituals of any culture have you ever seen or heard?

Description : What strange traditions or rituals of any culture have you ever seen or heard?

Last Answer : A religion out of the middle east that consumes the flesh and blood of its leader every time it meets. The cannibalism is their highest sacrament.

What manhood/womanhood induction rituals do the modern, western societies utilize?

Description : What manhood/womanhood induction rituals do the modern, western societies utilize?

Last Answer : answer:Not really. We have milestones like getting your license, but it hardly ushers you into the world of adulthood. College has easily become prolonged high school for many, increasing the delayed adolesence so many have ... sure if I'm an adult (or if I want to be, by this society's standards).

Rational religion' stressing allegorical meanings + 'emotional science' inventing rituals - What is the potential of such an approach?

Description : Rational religion' stressing allegorical meanings + 'emotional science' inventing rituals - What is the potential of such an approach?

Last Answer : I am disturbed by having this be an either/or kind of situation - there is no reason to align science with the status of religion because it would lead to a different kind of fundamentalism and as ... but we don't have to screw around with the institution of science in order to encourage that.

What rituals do you follow during the holidays, or what have you ritualized?

Description : What rituals do you follow during the holidays, or what have you ritualized?

Last Answer : answer:Other than making a few traditional' family recipes I am on the other side of years of huge family/child raising must do's for the holiday season. Oh, and taking Xmas pics of the pets! ... daughter and her boyfriend over for a gift exchange & hangout. Simplicty is where it's at these days!

Sleeping rituals?

Description : Sleeping rituals?

Last Answer : i deff. crash as soon as i hit the pillow. i like to keep a “sleeping log” as i put it, a journal of when i go to sleep, if i wake up in the night , my dreams and when i wake. it’s interesting to look back on.

Fluther Parents. Will you share your bedtime rituals?

Description : Fluther Parents. Will you share your bedtime rituals?

Last Answer : I read them a story or have them read me a story. Then I act like I'm gonna kiss them on the cheek and pretend to miss and say Oh no, I missed .. then on the third try I kiss em on the ... before bed and they ask for me to do that every night now.. It does not, however, work on my wife.. XD

Do you have any odd rituals you perform with inanimate objects?

Description : Do you have any odd rituals you perform with inanimate objects?

Last Answer : I have a Dwight Shrute bobble head whose head I bobble on occasion…just to make him feel like he has purpose in this world….. @asm Yeah Dwight’s the bomb! I have never answered a response from above, it just doesn’t feel right. It’s as if I know what you’re going to say and I respond to that…

Special teeth cleaning tools and rituals?

Description : Special teeth cleaning tools and rituals?

Last Answer : I have an Oral-B rechargeable toothbrush, it is fucking amazing.

What Daily (Spiritual or Meaningful) Rituals do You Particpate In?

Description : What Daily (Spiritual or Meaningful) Rituals do You Particpate In?

Last Answer : Having coffee with my husband every morning calling my mom every morning emailing my daughter every morning when I do not see her calling my son every day (very briefly, promise) Having a solitary cup of tea with a book

Do you have any eating rituals associated with a particular food?

Description : Do you have any eating rituals associated with a particular food?

Last Answer : I don’t have any eating rituals, but I do have an eating disorder. I am genetically wired to be incapable of completing a meal without leaving a remnant of it on my clothing.

What are your “rituals” when watching your favorite tv show/ movie?

Description : What are your “rituals” when watching your favorite tv show/ movie?

Last Answer : eat ice cream:))

Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda, Explanation of the sacrificial rituals

Description : Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda, Explanation of the sacrificial rituals

Last Answer : Find the incorrect pair from set B' and write the correct ones: Set A' Set B' ( ... Rules of reciting mantras (d) Atharvaveda Rules of grammar

Why did Hadrian ban somw Jewish rituals?

Description : Why did Hadrian ban somw Jewish rituals?

Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer

Which religion features a strict social caste system and teaches that people must perform certain rituals to be reincarnated in a higher form?

Description : Which religion features a strict social caste system and teaches that people must perform certain rituals to be reincarnated in a higher form?

Last Answer : Answer this question…Hinduism

A bisj such as the one shown here was used for Rituals by a people who live in?

Description : A bisj such as the one shown here was used for Rituals by a people who live in?

Last Answer : New Guinea

What are some examples of Jewish rituals?

Description : What are some examples of Jewish rituals?

Last Answer : Washing the dead before burial. Circumcising baby boys on the 8th day after birth. Lighting candles at the start of the Sabbath. The bride circling the groom 7 times at the start of a wedding. On ... bread, removing two smallish balls of dough and tossing them into the back of the oven to burn.

Buddhism lingered on in Swat where it developed into the tantric or Mahayana form, incorporated elaborate rituals and theurgy and did not finally die out there until the: A. 13th century B. 14th century C. 16th century D. 17th century

Description : Buddhism lingered on in Swat where it developed into the tantric or Mahayana form, incorporated elaborate rituals and theurgy and did not finally die out there until the: A. 13th century B. 14th century C. 16th century D. 17th century

Last Answer : ANSWER: C

The portion of Vedas that deals with rituals is known as _________. A. Mantras B. Brahmanas C. Aranyakas D. Upanishads

Description : The portion of Vedas that deals with rituals is known as _________. A. Mantras B. Brahmanas C. Aranyakas D. Upanishads

Last Answer : A. Mantras

If you have children, how old were you when your first child was born?

Description : If you have children, how old were you when your first child was born?

Last Answer : In a way, I wish I had my act together when I was younger and had my kids then. My first child was born when I was 30.. I was 36 when my youngest was born. Now, I feel that’s almost too old, but who knows.

Which is more harmful to children: Parents that are neglectful/do not care, or parents that are abusive, like neonazis or religious fundamentalists?

Description : Which is more harmful to children: Parents that are neglectful/do not care, or parents that are abusive, like neonazis or religious fundamentalists?

Last Answer : Do you mean abusive because their beliefs are anathema to you or do you mean they are abusive to the children in other ways?

How can parents best cult-proof their children?

Description : How can parents best cult-proof their children?

Last Answer : answer:Cult Proofing for Dummies? “Listen to, laugh with, and love your children. For Shadow Spiders are everywhere.”

Parents - Have you given your children enough (see details)

Description : Parents - Have you given your children enough (see details)

Last Answer : May be too hard a question for any of us to tackle.

Does anyone have any experience with Executive Functioning Skill development in children?

Description : Does anyone have any experience with Executive Functioning Skill development in children?

Last Answer : Junior Achievement would be a good outlet. If that is still around.

Does the wind really make children hyper?

Description : Does the wind really make children hyper?

Last Answer : i don’t think the wind makes children hyper per se, but I think it does excite them, there is so much raw sensation on a windy day! Especially the littler ones… KatawaGrey used to love to run into and spin about against the wind when she was about 3 or 4. It was really pretty cute.

How is it that as children we wail at any slight, and as adults we quietly suffer atrocities?

Description : How is it that as children we wail at any slight, and as adults we quietly suffer atrocities?

Last Answer : answer:Good question. As far as where exactly that line should be drawn I don't know, but it would differ greatly based on personal taste. I'm sure certain people would like having the patience to deal with ... of a pin to an elephant. Still damn annoying to be sure, but nothing to make a fuss over.

How do professionals (e.g. teachers) deal with children that have developed a crush on them?

Description : How do professionals (e.g. teachers) deal with children that have developed a crush on them?

Last Answer : Sometimes they bang them.

Are children born a certain way, or do the parents have tremendous influence?

Description : Are children born a certain way, or do the parents have tremendous influence?

Last Answer : answer:Well believe it or not a mother's actions while she's pregnant can affect the baby. I'm not just talking about the obvious physical outcomes, but any stress she experiences so does the ... both. Here is one of the documentaries I saw that went through what I mentioned above. Moving Forward

How would you feel about a person that buys their children a puppy, then gives the puppy to a pound a week later... and does this same thing twice?

Description : How would you feel about a person that buys their children a puppy, then gives the puppy to a pound a week later... and does this same thing twice?

Last Answer : I think it’s a really heinous thing to do. Especially twice.

When we protect our children from certain kinds of knowledge, are we protecting their psychological health, or are we protecting ourselves from dealing with uncomfortable subects?

Description : When we protect our children from certain kinds of knowledge, are we protecting their psychological health, or are we protecting ourselves from dealing with uncomfortable subects?

Last Answer : answer:One must go with the gut feel on this one. The TV has its ratings scheme but most parents by default know their kids best. Err on the safe side I guess. If a parent is uncertain about ... follow I guess. Just the ability to adapt to present situations in your kid's life and growth process.