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Hi all, I am co-authoring a book about parenting and guilt/stress. As part of the book, I am conducting a short Internet survey. It takes less than 5 minutes and asks parents about the areas that cause them stress (and also about the job of parenting --like time spent on childcare tasks). The...

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I have a new job running a small non-profit. I noticed one of my board members, a stay at home mom, had filled out the following under "title" on her board questionnai Director of Purchasing, Transportation and Recreation The secretary duly recorded it and it's listed in all the official...

Hello. My name is Claire Weinraub and I'm a field producer at ABC News Primetime. I'm writing because we're very interested in doing a sensitive and thought-provoking program on sibling rivalry. We're particularly interested in speaking to families with multiples. Perhaps you are the parent of...

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Hi, I am a writer on short deadline looking to interview some parents of young children (elementary and younger) for an article about saving for college. Everyone's heard about the rising cost of college education. By the time a kindergartener heads to the dorm, tuition alone is expected to run...

We recently launched a line of kids' photo storybooks and are in the process of submitting them to a variety of magazines for review. If anyone could take a quick minute of their time to let us know what magazines you count on for children's product reviews, it would be much appreciated! Thanks a...

We have been down this road before. U.S. troops sent to war half a world away. American foreign policy controlled by an arrogant elite, bent on projecting military power around the globe. A public misled into supporting an unconstitutional war founded on deceit and fabrications. As the death toll...

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I have no idea if this was an original joke or something he heard somewhere, but Henry cracked me up this morning when he was watching news coverage on CNN and asked me how Howard Dean's campaign is doing ever since the "I have a scream" speech... -Dawn Mom to Henry, 11

Hi, I'm Shell and live in the UK with my very soon husband to be and my 13yr old son. My son is currently driving me nuts, I'm being as understanding and patient as I can but he is driving me nuts! He has a very mild learning disability and has always done occasional things without thinking...

Friends and families, Is there interest in helping to start a summer camp program in Northern California for kids who sleepwet? A camp in New England and one in eastern Canada offering such programs, but none do on the west coast that I know of outside of programs for kids with...

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My husband went to the bookstore today and picked me up the book "It's So Amazing!" by Robie H. Harris. I'd read about it on Amazon, and a couple comments from folks here suggested that it would be on target. I've already flipped through the book with my kid, and it looks like it will be perfect...

Just wanted to let everyone know I was just curious about this thing, that's all... that's why I turned to this newsgroup, purely out of *my* curiosity. I'm definitely minding my own business as the parents would never know I'm even doing this. I understand that kids develop at their own stages,...

Hi all, I need a book recommendation. As I have mentioned we are going on a vacation to the Canadian Rockies (and also Glacier National Park in the US) this summer. We will be doing a lot of hiking while we are there. To make this more intersting for the kids, I wanted to get them a field guide...

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