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"Richard" skrev i en meddelelse ... Our 18mo daughter still wakes once at night for a glass of warm milk. We've done nothing to try to change her sleeping habits. She dropped all of her other night feedings on her own, but this last one just...

I have been meaning to post this for a few weeks. Better late than never. We had two separate conversations with E 10YO on the same weekend. The first had to do with the age-old question. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear the sound, does it make a noise? Which led to the...

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Hi Has anyone here found the ultimate, mess-free (or relatively so) snack to give to a child in a car? If so, please share! Thanks --

Hello All, Please pardon me if this question has already been answered. My son is 15 months old. I would like to know when is the appropriate age (medically recommended) for putting him in a gym that would develop his muscles, height etc. Any link or info would be very much helpful Thank You in...

(Also posted to misc.kids) My 11 yr old son had to have a Tetanus shot in order to enter school in the fall. It's a state requirement and they let me go all last year without the shot, but we were told in no uncertain terms that he HAD to have the vaccination before the first day of school this...

My son, age 11, has residual tics from a medication that he takes. Usually they are fairly benign and we all can live with them (scratching his nose, licking his lips, clearing his throat... not all at the same time) but recently he has picked up a tic that is literally driving me nuts. He cracks...

Could you please answer the following questions IF you have a child who has entered 4th grade. It's OK for your child to be older, but I only need information regarding 4th grade math for a client of mine. I need responses from *every* US state as well as from overseas. I'm looking for a wide...

Lately our house has become the neighborhood hangout for my son's friends. While I LIKE that he has friends, they appear to have moved in. Morning, noon, and night they're here. Every figgin' day they're here. And I can't figure out why. I'm not particularly pleasant to them, I don't offer them...

Hello, My son is a HS sophomore who is capable of doing better than his 3.2 GPA indicates. I've been considering rewarding him with money if his report card GPA is higher than 3.20, but I'm not sure if that would help. Then I think that if he doesn't improve his grades, I'll cut back his TV time,...

At what age can kids be responsible for taking things like tylenol or allergy medicines on their own as needed? My son is turning 15 and occassionally gets a headache and suffers from some mild seasonal allergies. Until now I've kept all the medicines in my room and he has to ask for pills. I'm...

I have heard and read that the Cranium games are fun and thought of getting one as a gift this year. I didn't realize there are about 10 different versions! Any thoughts on which would be the most appropriate for a family with a 10 and 14 year old boys? Chris

Just had our parent teacher conference for our 6th grade son. The story is pretty much the same as every year--bright kid but he can't sit still in class. Of course each year teachers are less tolerant of his fidgeting, twirling the eraser, pencil tapping, etc. But, like each year, the teachers...

Hello, With Thanksgiving being yesterday, somehow the BIG TOPIC of the day among all our relatives was why our 3.5 yr old daughter isn't potty trained, and my what a travesty it is that we are such lazy parents, how she "runs the show" in our house, and boy, aren't we going to have fun with her...

A variety of articles with forged Approved and From lines have been spammed to newsgroups across Usenet, including misc.kids.moderated. Some old net.vandalism software appears to have been revived for this attack. The actual target of the attack is the newsgroup to which the forgery set...

Abigail (9YO): Ugh, you're not going to eat that stuff, are you? Mark (7YO): Yeah! Abigail: Well then I want some.

Abigail (9YO) and Mark (7YO) are involved in Brownies and Cub Scouts. But Abigail finds herself becoming more and more envious of the level of involvement and fun activities that the Cub Scouts engage in. By contrast, Brownies tend toward teas and the artsy-craftsy. Abigail would much rather be...

dkhedmo wrote: 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...

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...

My husband thinks it's unreasonable for me to buy Halloween candy 3 weeks in advance, and for me to expect that there still to be Halloween candy in the house by Halloween. Since I managed not to eat any Halloween candy, I don't think this is so unreasonable to expect others to exercise...