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Little boy is almost four. We are trying to teach him some manners. Thinks like: Say "please" and "thank you," please knock before you come in to our bedroom Say "may I be excused?" when you're done with dinner please don't interrupt. We are having varying degrees of success. "Please" and...

Little boy was playing a guessing game with me the other day: Guess what I'm thinking of? "It's bright, and yellow, and in the sky in the daytime, and makes you sneeze." It's the sun. I just thought it was cute that he added "and makes you sneeze." Little boy is a sun-sneezer. That's not a...

I visited my daughter and her family for my granddaughter's baptism last month. I was helping my grandson clean up his room. We picked up his book and his toys, and then he helped me make the bed. When we were all done with the bed, and the room looked nice and tidy, he said, "Let's do it...

Older Son is packing up in preparation for his move to Big State U. We'll be moving him into his apartment on Saturday. I am not a sentimental sort. But this is way harder than I expected. I'm sure he will be fine. He's a good guy, with a good head on his shoulders, and a real desire to...

When I was young (was I young once?) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band had a top 40 hit with a song called "House at Pooh Corner." It's also been recorded by Kenny Loggins (who wrote it, I think) and it's been covered by the Indigo Girls. I read something today that reminded me of the song, so I downloaded...

Today, my 4 y/o wanted to play the "no talking" game. The rules were, the first one to talk or laugh, loses. He said "ready, set, go," and we started the game. Well, I didn't have anything in particular that HAD to be said, what with being 44 and all. So in a few minutes, he says, "Mommy,...

Having a little one at my advanced age has been very different from having a little one in my youth. I was much more carefree when I was younger. I'm still not going to freak if he drops a piece of candy then eats it. But this time I have two major sources of anxiety that I had never thought...

Just wanted to drop a post out to Dawn, to see how the move is going and how Henry's handling it. Best, Ann

Hello I am in hopes that anyone at all will be able to help me in regards to a problem I having. My husband and I have been separated now for a little over a year and our divorce will be finalized shortly. We have an 8 year old son whom we share. When I come to pick him up from his dads he throws a...

This morning I read an article in the paper regarding a 15 year old boy who the Secret Service questioned because he drew political cartoons that were against the war and President Bush. The article is he http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001913678_prosser27m.html or...

In article , Robyn Kozierok wrote: I am going to need to travel by airplane with our Kelty kid-carrying backpack. It is one of the larger models, the Summit, I think. I think we will check it rather than trying to use it...

I dont get kids yet And im 30

Hello, I have a terrific kid. His age is two years and two months. He is healthy and very active. He loves to watch kids cartoons, outing like any healthy child. However, he hasn't started to use language. He is not even using words like Mama and Baba. My doctors say some kids start to talk very...

OK, I apologize for being melodramatic, but I wanted to get the attention of as many folks as possible. I need your help. My spouse and I are at loggerheads over putting our daughter (8 years old) in an after-school program. We both work, my schedule is flexible, my spouse's is not (8-5 M-F). ...

My wife and I have a problem which shouldn't be a huge crisis, but has turned into something terrible. When we adopted our daughter almost 2 years ago, we used the Dr. Sears book as our main guide and so our daughter has always slept in our bed and although there have been some issues, this has...

standard newborn underwaer is not fully button up, so when changing you have to pull it over their head/arms which our baby does not like (& raises a tantrum) the outer suit which is fully buttonable is so easy to put on/off she remains asleep. why dont they invent fully button up newborn...

at night the only position which keeps my baby happy is 'over the shoulder' burping position.but i have to keep her there for *hours* till she (6kg) finally dozes off. i hope this doesnt sound silly but have you ever seen a product out there best described as a chair for a baby, molded in the form...

My son is entering 8th grade this year. He's always been an uneven student, shining in some favorite subjects (won the school's geography bee one year!), and sliding by in subjects he doesn't like so much. His teacher, and folks who are around him day to day, say he's fairly bright. Where I see...

One of the summer assignments (from me) for my 11 year old son going into 7th grade next year is that he learn to keyboard. It would help him with assignments, now that some can be turned in typed (his handwriting is atrocious), and he's falling into a hunt-and-peck two-finger habit when he...

I have not seen the original post (which was not posted to google), and accordingly cannot -- and do not intend to -- comment upon the question posed or language used by the original poster in the text of her question. However, I am asking if the moderators could address the civility issue as...