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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's getting a bit tiresome seeing one misguided American after another with their cutsie little yellow or red-white-blue ribbons on their outsized SUVs. Yeah, I guess it's the thing to do; maybe part of that whole soccer-mom culture. Unfortunately,...

I'm just posting my thoughts, see what some other parents think about my situation. I'm the single father of my 19mo son. I'm currently finishing off a year of study in University (have finals coming up at end of month), so I'm now off student loans and need to settle into a working for the...

I have an almost-7-YO who still believes in the Easter Bunny. I'm half-inclined to let the truth slip out. her older brother stopped believing in the EB when he was in preschool and asked about Santa (not just those early questions, but real questions to which he definitely wanted real answers) in...

Thanks for all of the great suggestions. For my first assignment, I took cinnamon raisin bread and milk. The kids loved it. My daughter wants to take snack every day. I have lots of ideas for the next few rounds. Karen G

Evan in the grocery store parking lot yesterday: "F-zero-R-D. Dat spells 'TRUCK!'" --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01)

Do you think a parent of a child, with a KNOWN mental disturbance, should tell the parents of that child's friends when there is going to be a sleep over? I had a child over for a sleep over this week who has diagnosed bipolar disorder. She was in a definite manic stage. I found out the next day...

So the phone rings at 12:15 AM; it's the sherrif's department, wondering why one of our cars seems to be left overnight at a boat launch. I explain that my 20 yo is supposed to be spending the weekend jet skiing and camping with friends -- but the car isn't in the campground, it's at the boat...

my husband has a daughter from previous marriage she is 10 yrs old she came to our house for summer break and was infested with creepy crawling bugs.we noticed it the day after we picked her up so we treated her and the whole house everything you can imagine!!! she was infested with nits she stayed...

Hi. My son has enough money of his won saved up in his bank account, and he would like to purchase himself a laptop computer. He is great with computers, and would like to get a laptop. I would like some advice on this topic, because I am not sure if I should let him do this. (He earned the...

Someone I met on the misc.kids newsgroup back in the early 90s reports that her daughter, who recently married, is now pregnant. I don't know what I feel is more ancient, me or the internet! -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/ See the books I've set free at:...

In article , Scott Lindstrom wrote: DD is packing her lunch. Yesterday she packed a bagel, and included a cream cheese container in it. She also had a fork in her lunch box, and nothing to eat a fork with. I asked her...

This is to let you know that there is currently a policy assessment going on in the group misc.kids.family-life. If you would like to check out the discussion (or the group) please feel welcome. You need not be a regular poster to ask a question or express an opinion. Any issue you want can...

Hi. My son is 12 mo. old now and I am having an extremely hard time switching him over to big boy food. He ONLY wants baby food in jars. He'll eat crackers and peas, but that's about it. He screams hysterically when I show him the "big boy" food. When I say big boy food, I mean...

I'm writing an article for a parenting magazine on playground hazards. I need to interview a parent whose child was injured on a playground in the past two years. Those who are interested in participating, please email me ASAP at . Thanks, Hal Karp

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R, the 10yo, will be sitting his 11+ tomorrow. UK readers will know that is the exam that decides which school he goes to next year. Will it be the fast-paced academic school - known as a grammer school - or the school for the less academically able. The exam tests "verbal reasoning", or how...

Happy Easter! So last night, we colored 15 boiled eggs (we drew on them with crayons, and then dyed them) and then put them in the fridge. While we were asleep, the Easter Bunny came and hid them in the house for Hypatia to find. I heard Hypatia in the middle of the night talking grumpily to...

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My 7 yr. old was eating a taco salad at school during lunch, and choked on one of the chips. It was stuck in this throat for a few seconds, then he choked it out. It scared the heck out of him. I happened to have be there with him when it happened, although I didn't realize it was happening until...