Comments on: Book Review: The Paranoid Parents Guide

By: mCat

mCat — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 23:33:59 +0000

You know, once my kids reached adulthood, I thought my worrying days would be over. Nope.
The topics of worry just happen to change. And then start all over with the grandbaby.

Hard thing this being a Mom/Granma – but I wouldn't change it for the world. And I personally think a little worrying is okay, regardless of what you worry about. It's the parents who don't give a crap about their kids that scare me!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:54:44 +0000

Right now my biggest worry is Elizabeth making good, trustworthy friends. She just started middle school and she doesn't really know anyone.

By: Rebekkah Monaghan

Rebekkah Monaghan — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:28:32 +0000

My biggest worrys are that I am not teaching the right stuff in the right way.AND/OR hard hard to push are children or did I push to hard. Should I back off and just let them do it? I think maybe I try to hard to make things happen, but at the same time it looks like nothing is happening in the "right" time frame.

By: Sharon Cohen

Sharon Cohen — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:38:58 +0000

Kidnapping was my biggest worry. "Not Without My Children" was playing in the theaters. My daughter's father swore he would steal her away to be raised by his sister in Israel.

I should have been more concerned about the devil's attempts to kidnap her soul.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:44:06 +0000

Probably more eternal things. I worry about ME doing something to them. I saw a kid once at Primary's and the dad had run him over {accidently}… I'd just die.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:09:55 +0000

Oh, I NEED this book! I think I worry more than most parents. My biggest fear is SIDS. Even though my son is 2, I still worry that he could die in the night. And then there is my baby. Every time she sleeps through the night I worry that she is dead. I am a little ridiculous like that. I am sure as my kids get older my fears will change, though.

By: Beverly

Beverly — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:45:30 +0000

There are so many things I fear in this huge world for my tiny children. My daughters in school now so even more worries there, will she get good grades, will her teachers keep her safe like I do? I'm a mess everytime she's out of my site. What will she learn on the bus will the kids spoil her santa beliefs? I could go on and on from huge fears to the tiny ones its just part of being a parent. 🙂 thanks for the chance

By: LisaMM

LisaMM — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:30:45 +0000

Wow, this is turning into true confessions!! LOL I worry about a lot of things but top worries for my oldest right now (she's in 8th grade) are social pressures, bullying and exclusion, her using poor judgement in different situations, and getting hit by a car as she rides her bike home from school (less than a mile). My biggest worry for my youngest (6th) is her grades (she hates reading and doesn't like school). And I worry about what they'll remember about our family when they get older. Did we have enough fun? Make enough good memories? Or will they remember me yelling all the time??

Great review! Thanks so much for being on the tour.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:17:21 +0000

I worry about them when I'm not there to control things. Like at school, church, if they get lost from my sight.

My Kindergartener had a test before school started and she was alone with a male teacher that I didn't know for 20 minutes. I could peek in through the window but it FREAKED me out thinking she was alone with a strange man in a closed room. I could feel my heart beating out of my chest. I guess that probably comes from the news; I'm sure the probability of getting molested by a teacher is less than my brain imagines.

If only I could be with them, or watching them via SpyCam at all times. Alas.

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:17:19 +0000

Pedophiles/child molesters.

Terrified.
But, kidnapping is actually my #2.
#3, them getting hit by a car.

I could go on & on…i'm a worrier.