My daughter has this new friend, and I'm beginning to suspect that she's the kind who lies to make herself seem more important. I'm not sure yet because so far the stories are believable, but something just sets my bull-o-meter off. I knew some of these kids when I was in high school. One...

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For the first time in my life, I'm being called in to discuss a "behavior problem" with one of my children. Okay, so you can see already by the quotes that I don't really think he has a problem. Or that is, I know there is a problem, but I think it's as much the teacher's problem as his. Here's...

Why do teens wear short pants and short sleeves in winter? It was 24 degrees out today (-4C) and as I drove by the bus stop, out of 6 middle/high schoolers, 2 were in shorts, and a third had on a t-shirt with no coat. All were huddled, hunched over and looking miserably cold. I just don't get...

All these posts about difficult children and the challenges their parents face in public (and I've been there done that some with my daughter, though not to the extent that some of you have) got me thinking that this would be a good place to ask a question. Our Wolf Den has 8 boys, 2 of them are...

At age 1.5 or so, DS participated in a study at the local university about child development. Every few years I get a call for him to participate in another study. I turned down the offer this time and I wondered, just out of curiosity, what other parents would have done. He's 7 now. The...

My 7 year old has just been diagnosed with Amblyopia. Background: His eyes uncrossed at the normal age, and he seemed to see things okay as a young child, except that he always wanted to be right up at the TV, and have his head right in the book you were reading. It must not have seemed that out...

DD came home today and showed me the picture she'd drawn for the cover of her binder. We live in a college town, and so 90% of the kids in her class like the local university. DD, like maybe 5% of her classmates, likes the rival university (where I went to school). Mostly this rivalry...

Having read this group for so long, you sort of get the impression that most moms out there are "in the know." That they read the parenting books and magazines, are up on the latest info, and are trying to do their best for their child. Well, the last is probably true anyway. So I'm playing an...

My kids' school has many charitable drives during the school year. They collect gently used backpacks, coats, and shoes at different times of the year. They have also collected for the Tsunami Relief Fund this year, and are having another fund raising dinner for that coming up. They have written...

Remember a month or so ago when I mentioned that our baseball coach had a thing against black baseball pants? Well, we went ahead and got the grey ones, and I'll admit that it looks nice when the team is all one color. But then picture day came. My son is on the Pirates -- whose colors are...

There have been a couple of threads recently that involved cell phones. If you've read the first one, you know that I am not a fan of cell phones. My kids may very well be the only high schoolers in town that don't have them -- though with my oldest being only 9, I do have quite a while...

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...

Thank you all for your advice. I've passed much of it on to my friend. Interestingly enough, when I passed on one post, she made a comment that the particular poster believed in allowing boys into the bedroom, which she does not believe in. As that wasn't in the post anywhere, I was confused,...

Hi again everyone, There is one girl that DD became very good friends with last year. This girl is funny and outgoing and doesn't acting like a fool in public. I like her, and I like her parents. But she and DD have always had a volatile relationship. It seemed like at least once a week, DD...

My brother Michael is 16 and I'm really afraid for him. He's always been kind of a loner, neveer really making any friends and always kinda doing his own thing. He's a nice kid and funny but we've attended so many schools it's been hard for both of us to make good friends. He's also always...

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