I have a question I'd LOVE feedback on... What's the impact of dressing our children as adults... on the child? on the adult? as a society? I have a few comments and pictures at http://redeemingchildhood.blogspot.com.

We eat breakfast on the go in the car during week days. DH and I eat oatmeal from a cup. the kids are in carseats so that may become very messy. I would like to give them breakfast bars of some kind. Most of them are just as sugary as candy bars. could anyone offer any suggestions? Right now they...

New Book Revives Lost Notions of Boyhood http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202064,00.html http://tinyurl.com/ncuqe Tuesday, July 04, 2006 By Wendy McElroy Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails are what readers of a surprise

I understand that middle school comprises grades 6-8. Back in the day, govt. schools had these classifications: Grades 1-6, elementary school; grades 7-9, jr. high school; grades 10-12, high school. Certain high schools offered 9th grade classes for kids who had excelled academically through 8...

Anyone use the Belkin router's parental control feature? Provided by, I think, 'Cerebian' or somesuch company. It used to work pretty good, now I cant get the login screen or anything. I click on the 'subscribe to parental control' on the router maintenance page and it does nothing. I search on...

My 9 year old step-son has no concept of money and thinks my ATM card provides an endless supply of cash whenever I need it. When he asks for something I tell him I can't afford it, his response is, "well just use your card." When he gets money of his own, he immediately wants to go wherever...

In CA SF bay area : I got cited for driving at approx 60 mph at a street with 50mph speed limit. Also I had my unruly 5 yr old kid in the backseat who had taken the seatbelt off after I was pulled over by the police officer. The officer cited me (1)22350 CVC for speed and (2) 27360.5 CVC...

Hi all, This is my first child, and I'm a little confused on her behavior. Very happy, content, engaging baby. Started making little cooing sounds at 2 months, which got more "mature" with time, and she then learned to shriek happily and giggle/laugh. Around four months, it seemed like her...

Recently my daughter had a friend over and together they both had an accident and while playing broke something. Hey accidents happen. What happened next bothered me. I came running into the room and saw the item broken and looked at the two girls (mine 8,the other 6). Mine was there cleaning up,...

Academic underachievers First lady Laura Bush and a growing number of physicians, educators and psychologists say Americans need to wake up and see that boys lag far behind girls in school, and then demand that something be done. at...

Hi - Any recommendations for a very simple, very kid-centric cell phone? Nice to haves: Simplified list dialing (Downkey Mom downkey Dad downkey Grandma) Fewer and larger buttons An _absence_ of junk features (video, ring tones, camera) A vibrate ringer, one which has to be very explicitly set to...

Hi, It seems to me that women are having fewer home births now. I am saddened by this and wonder why this is happening. Homebirth and midwifery were resurected and fought for and protected for about the last 25 years and we seem to be losing ground again. Of course, I don't have studies or...

I'm at much at fault as she is for not doing anything about this, but my kids are continually being fed crap for dinner. Everytime I ask what they ate for dinner (I work late into the evening), they had a microwave hot-dog, grilled cheese, Lipton's packet soup, McDonald's Chicken McNuggets, etc....

Hi, - I am in the process of deciding whether to have another baby - I have a daughter already. Has anyone who has had two or more kids regretted having more than one child? I would like honest opinions please! I think one of the main advantages of having more than one child include providing...

With a 5.5yo and a 1.5yo, I'm killing myself trying to keep up with the mounds of laundry that accumulate and I'm wondering if I'm creating my own circle of hell by using too many clothes over the course of the day/week. So, a little poll on laundry and other housecleaning items... How many sets...

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My son turns 3 in a few months. He's generally good about holding our hand when we are crossing the street or walking on the sidewalk beside a road or in a parking lot (because he knows cars are dangerous), but lately he's developed a bad habit of taking off and running away. I think he thinks...

On 18 Jan 2004 01:12:17 -0800, (Greg Hanson) wrote: Dan wrote A background check form MUST be completely filled our before a child it transferred to a relative or a new foster family. Sorta like when they wrote up a HOME STUDY which neglected to mention the...

I'm a little embarrased to ask this, but can anyone share with me what exactly a "congregational " church is? We're moving to a small town and that is the only church in town. Is it a protestant denomination, or for anyone christian, or for anyone at all? Forgive me if I'm being dumb but I'm...

Okay well I think this person is really rude!!! Tell me what you would've done- Yesterday, I took my 3 and a half son to the park. When we were about to leave, my son told me he had to pee. Seeing as it was quite a long walk, and nobody around I let him go on a tree. Then another woman came up to...