Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Talk of peer pregnancy - It's sooooo cool, mom
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 32435" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Linda, just a thought - have you had her hormone levels checked? She seems so determinedly female, it makes me wonder... there can be some interesting things happen, hormonally, which can be missed.</p><p></p><p>I remember being incredibly clucky from a very young age. In my case I think it was less hormonal and more social although I've never fully understood it. I actually was looking forward to my periods because it meant that my body was ready to have a baby. My biggest ambition in life was to have kids, as soon as it was possible. I was sufficiently inhibited to realise I would need a husband, preferably, but I didn't really care if he stuck around afterwards or not (I was only a kid, then). But I was very envious of any female I knew who was pregnant. I couldn't grow up fast enough and I hated the life in between that felt like stalling to me.</p><p></p><p>That doesn't mean I didn't have academic ambitions - I originally wanted to be a teacher because it was an easy profession for a working mother. (I also wanted to be the kind of teacher I wished I had had, and to change what I saw as an unfair system).</p><p></p><p>But I have also seen some interesting research on a number of conditions which include hormonal imbalances, plus interesting 'ultra-female' or 'ultra-male' behaviours.</p><p></p><p>The only other thing I can suggest is to give her as much practical parenting training as possible. Encourage her to aim for work as a teacher or in a child care centre, so she gets hand-on experience of babies and young children, including the grotty bits. For me, it was helping to raise my sister's kids who lived next door that helped me 'work off' my overdeveloped maternal instinct. It also provided a small amount of aversion therapy as she had two difficult children in there. Spending time with my sister's kids helped me learn how to cope myself when I finally did have kids. It also helped me feel less desperate because I always had my sister's baby or toddler to cuddle.</p><p></p><p>I hope you can find some useful answers soon.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 32435, member: 1991"] Linda, just a thought - have you had her hormone levels checked? She seems so determinedly female, it makes me wonder... there can be some interesting things happen, hormonally, which can be missed. I remember being incredibly clucky from a very young age. In my case I think it was less hormonal and more social although I've never fully understood it. I actually was looking forward to my periods because it meant that my body was ready to have a baby. My biggest ambition in life was to have kids, as soon as it was possible. I was sufficiently inhibited to realise I would need a husband, preferably, but I didn't really care if he stuck around afterwards or not (I was only a kid, then). But I was very envious of any female I knew who was pregnant. I couldn't grow up fast enough and I hated the life in between that felt like stalling to me. That doesn't mean I didn't have academic ambitions - I originally wanted to be a teacher because it was an easy profession for a working mother. (I also wanted to be the kind of teacher I wished I had had, and to change what I saw as an unfair system). But I have also seen some interesting research on a number of conditions which include hormonal imbalances, plus interesting 'ultra-female' or 'ultra-male' behaviours. The only other thing I can suggest is to give her as much practical parenting training as possible. Encourage her to aim for work as a teacher or in a child care centre, so she gets hand-on experience of babies and young children, including the grotty bits. For me, it was helping to raise my sister's kids who lived next door that helped me 'work off' my overdeveloped maternal instinct. It also provided a small amount of aversion therapy as she had two difficult children in there. Spending time with my sister's kids helped me learn how to cope myself when I finally did have kids. It also helped me feel less desperate because I always had my sister's baby or toddler to cuddle. I hope you can find some useful answers soon. Marg [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Talk of peer pregnancy - It's sooooo cool, mom
Top