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Elizabeth Gardner wrote: This is where it would help if you'd actually read the books. There's a very clear delineation in HP, as in Narnia, between good magic and bad magic. If you doubt good magic in Narnia, consider the chapter in the first book titled...

I don't have children, but I thought it would be interesting to know if a 3-4 year old kid would know that a brick (or something else shown to them to be heavy by an adult) would not bounce if dropped on the ground, and what his answer would be if you asked about dropping it on a trampoline...

I've been asked to speak to a group of mothers of preschoolers at a nearby church on the topic of kindness. I want to focus mostly on ways to model kindness with our children but I thought it would be fun to also provide a little bibliography of children's books that have kindness as a...

My 7 yr. old was eating a taco salad at school during lunch, and choked on one of the chips. It was stuck in this throat for a few seconds, then he choked it out. It scared the heck out of him. I happened to have be there with him when it happened, although I didn't realize it was happening until...

I always like to hear about others' plans for their kids for the summer. DD and DS again will be doing swim team, and this year DD will also be doing dive team, which means she'll be at the pool a *lot* this summer. DS is taking tennis lessons as well. And DD will continue her Irish Dance...

My server keeps giving an error when I try to post this so I am trying to submit via email. Thanks. --begin article--- Newsgroups: misc.kids.moderated Subject: Inconsiderate drivers and kids who walk to school References:...

I think I asked this last year, too, so curious me will ask this year. What's everyone doing with their kids this summer? DS (10) and DD (12) are again on a summer swim team that meets each morning during the week for practices, and there's a meet every weekend. DD can bike to the practices --...

Hi. My son has enough money of his won saved up in his bank account, and he would like to purchase himself a laptop computer. He is great with computers, and would like to get a laptop. I would like some advice on this topic, because I am not sure if I should let him do this. (He earned the...

I'm a journalist looking for anecdotes from people who've had trouble putting together things like strollers and cribs because the instructions are poorly written or because the item is more complicated to assemble than they had thought. If you have a story to share, please post or email me in...

Hi! I'm a retired older mom (in her 60's) who has pretty much raised her kids (who are all in their 40s) alone. Father-still alive- but little contact/support and never has been. Stepfather died 20+ years ago. I had just turned 40...3 were out of highschool and the youngest was in the 3rd year...

Being from generation where if you did something wrong or behaving badly, we got spanked or had our mouth washed out with soap. What exactly is a time out and how is it effective. Thanks

I bought my youngest niece a Groovy Girls doll this week, and afterwards decided that she wasn't warmly enough dressed. So I knitted her a long purple scarf and a sweater-coat sort of thing. It reminded me of other Christmases and birthdays over the years, making clothes to augment the wardrobes...

It's so hard to find anything an 11 year old wants that doesn't cost $500, and even harder to get an 11 year old boy to be specific about clothing he might want... so I was thrilled when Henry mentioned he would like a certain kind of shirt. It sounds vaguely familiar to me, but I can't identify...

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...

Hi all, I'm considering a move to the Seattle area and need information about school districts to research where we should consider living. My oldest son is in 4th grade and is in his school's gifted program. His skill and interest is math/science. My middle son is in 1st grade and it too young...

hi, at what age do you start reading poem to children. at 3, i assume a story book with pictures would be more appealing but would also like to have a mix of both eventually. any recommendations of poetry collections that comes with colourful pictures too? thank you. regards jean

hi, i am new here but have been posting on mkb and mkp for a while now. my dd will be 6 months tomorrow and i have some questions about verbal development in infants. when do babies start babbling with consonants - ba-ba, da-da, etc - ? when do they start answering to their names? thanks in...

Banty wrote: Yes we'll get a Travel card for the week (thanks!). Is it worthwhile getting the passport photos taken - these are really needed? (The ones for our passports were used up, I think.) You need a picture for the ID card you get with the Travelcard -- It'll save you some time if...

Someone here recommended the Trout Fishing in America CD "Mine" a while back, and we have indeed enjoyed it. Those who know the "Big Rig" song may appreciate my 2.5yo's rendition: "Oh, dere's onetwothreefourfive six... seven... eight... nine... Million! mumble mumble BIG RIG!" --Robyn (mommy...

My 6.5 year old son has developed a habit of touching his penis area through his pants or PJs. We've tried to explain to him that its not polite behaviour and should be done in private. I'm concerned that he is having a hard time breaking this habit and will be ridiculed at school and in any case...