I'm driving behind a white GMC Jimmy SUV and it has exactly one bumper sticker on it that says, "I hunt black and tans". I'm looking at this with my mouth open thinking they MUST be talking about dogs, they can't really be talking about lynching, can they? I look closer to see if there's a tiny...

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...

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...

Hello, I just popped around wondering. I found something most people consider rather disturbing on the net, but ppl here seem to think it's alright: http://harness.coolfreepages.com/Harness+Child+Part2/yg.gif http://harness.coolfreepages.com/Leash+Child/wristrein.jpg On first glance it looks...

"While some may find it strange that reprimands might increase the chances of a child going into the street, the literature on the experimental analysis of behavior is replete with examples of how "attention to inappropriate behavior" increases the chances of more inappropriate behavior. Thus,...

I am getting a new carpet in my new apartment sometime early next week. Lets say, I will have 3 days between the new carpet installation and baby crawling on it. Q. I have heard concerns about new carpet fumes being harmful to infants, etc.. I am wondering if it is really "harmful" or just...

Okay, my DD school is trying to enforce 'healthy snacks'. Nevermind my feelings about the school trying to enforce what I should be feeding my child, but I have a question about what you all think. They have this program they call 'snack attack' Every couple of days, during snacktime, the...

I am having a birthday party for my son in a week. I have sent out 12 invitations and have only heard from 3 (2 No's and 1 Yes). I put an RSVP by date on the invitation (9/19/2003). I have to let the place know how many children are attending 2 days before the party (for party activity supplies...

Our Girl Scout leaders are retiring after 5 years. All I wanted to do was to get a little gift, show a little appreciation. After all, we haven't given them anything as a group *ever*. So I send out e-mail and ask for ideas - "Great idea! Thanks! Whatever you want to do is fine!" Grrr. So I...

My wife just called me at work in tears. She was vacuuming while holding our one month old using the hose attachment while bending over trying to get a crevase in the floor. He's collicky and is very congested right now due to what seems to be a cold but of course we can't give him anything for...

Hi - I am just curious - what do you do if your child recieves as gifts toys that you don't want them to have? -kim

Hi all, My daughter had her 15-month WBV yesterday morning. While there, she received three vaccines -- DtaP, MMP, and Haemophilius Influenza. At the office, before the vaccines, she had no fever (although the evening before she had been a bit fussy and had a temperature af a little over a...

URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/31/CM221694.DTL Child and family psychiatrist Robert Shaw says he wrote the latest book in the child-care advice genre because he had to. After the teen shootings at Columbine, he asked himself, "How would you have to raise your...

I am plumb out of ideas. Last year we did little celophane bags with those junk toys that you get at party stores. I don't have a lot of money. Anyone have any nice ideas for about *gasp* 10 5yos? Also, what are fun game ideas for this age?

Hi all! I'm new here, but I needed a place to rant about my family, and I wondered if anyone else goes through this, or if it's just me. Am I being selfish? I am 25 years old, and I have 3 great kids, aged 4 1/2, 3, and 17 mos. My in-laws live about 25 min. from my house, and I don't know...

(Greg Hanson) wrote in message ... This is not unique to L.A. Not at all. Last week a story was posted from Arizona where a CASEWORKER acknowledged that half of all reports of abuse there are from grandparents who...

I am trying to rent a car for a vacation and am having trouble finding a company that will guarantee a toddler seat in the car. Some do not even have the option listed but even the ones that do and let you book a reservation with that option then follow up with small print saying the seat is not...

Hi everybody, I appologize if im in the wrong area in posting this. Im just so worried. Today my sister came over and held my 11 week old baby and touched her herpe outbreak that was on her upper arm. I totally forgot she had it and now im worried that he may get it. Her outbreak is very dried...

Sigh... Kivi has chickenpox. She was vaccinated around her first birthday for varicella, but she, and at least one other child (also vaccinated) at her daycare have chickenpox. It *does* appear to be a light case of it. Both the doctor, and the nurse at the daycare said that since it's a...