CBI wrote: A comedian (whose name is on the tip of my tongue) said it best. When asked, "mind if I smoke?" he replied, "no, mind if I fart." Steve Martin, in the mid/late 1970s Bob

Hi, I have one 21 month old girl. I'd like to hear some opinions from others. I cannot have any more children and I am feeling terribly guilty for not giving my daughter someone. Our family (including extended family) is very small. She really does not have any cousins or anyone in the family...

What if the same thing happened to you? If it were me, God forbid, there'd be no cameras in the nursery, that's for sure. It's not a freak show. :( http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2500458

I have a question I'd LOVE feedback on... What's the impact of dressing our children as adults... on the child? on the adult? as a society? I have a few comments and pictures at http://redeemingchildhood.blogspot.com.

This is the question. I was brought up Roman Catholic. I am not a real practicing one now. I go occasionally on holidays and was married in the church, but not big on religion. Husband was baptized Methodist, but also not big on religion. We have yet to join a church around our area.

Hi All, We've got a problem that has been escalating for a while now. First, a bit of history: for the last, oh, two years or so, James and Daddy have a Saturday ritual that involves going to the toy store where James picks out a toy. These have often been things that exist in a collection like...

All this etiquette stuff made me curious about something that happened several years ago, and I've been wondering ever since. I was a bridesmaid in a wedding a few years ago, and the bride's younger sister was the maid of honor. The maid of honor and their mother threw her a surprise bridal...

Hi, I'm a new poster here, and I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice. My fiancee and I have been dating for almost seven years. She told me at first that she might want to have one child, but now in the last two years she seems to have changed her mind, and decided that she absolutely...

Anyone else out there heard of "native reading"? I was interested in starting to teach my oldest to read early, and was googling around and found a website called nativereading.com. It has two chapters of a book online where the author makes a pretty compelling argument that kids should begin...

Any experience in dealing with a toddler who likes to go barefoot in the house? It's getting cold, as are her feet, but she keeps taking her socks off. "Fun" sock and/or shoes or slippers are a temporary salve, but only that. Thx. P. Tierney

Alright, this is driving me absolutely bonkers. I really don't know what to do with this one, so I'm hoping someone has some ideas! I'm x-posting (alt.mothers & misc.kids) - hope no one minds. DS is now 6. He seems to be a fairly fussy eater, and has been for some time. He doesn't like...

Yesterday My 3.5 yo showed me someone on the walkway smoking and asked why "that man's mouth is on fire". I didn't know how to answer. Luckily she spotted something else on the road and asked something else. I know the next time she seems someone else smoking she'll ask again. How do I explain to...

Karen wrote: On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 21:01:32 -0400, "dejablues" wrote: FWIW, I would't kick any of my children out unless they were repeat criminals. Absolutely agreed: Kicking a child out of the nest before adulthood (he's still a minor, for god's sakes!) is...

My son is in daycare/preschool. I was talking to his teacher the other day. I was asking what skills were expected going into kindergarten after preschool. The teacher listed knowing shapes, colors and recognizing letters. Hmmm said I, DS has had that cold for a really long time. Then I asked what...

It's July! The school year is just around the corner. How do parents of kids going into middle school get them ready?

Some of you may remember a while ago there was some discussion of having a group in which parents and childfree could talk to each other. Parents are not welcome at alt.support.childfree so there is no opportunity for constructive (or civil) dialogue there. It turns out there is a dead...

In my daughter's 6th grade class is child that has a special device that allows her to type instead of write assignments, and when the kids are required do things like hand draw or trace items for posters she's allowed to use stickers. I suspect she has some kind of fine motor skill...

With girls starting to menstruate early these days I am wondering what to do about my daughter. She is 8, and I have read/heard that some girls start at 9 or 10, this seems so young to me, she will be 9 in May) I ordered a book about it, and I am wondering if at 8 she is to young to start learning...

I don't know what it is about this group...but for some reason, I feel incapable of posting here. I have been a regular in another group for well over 7 years, so I'm pretty familiar with how groups run. In the group that I'm speaking of, people come, people go and there's a core group of long...

My spouse and I mildly disagree on this, so I'm taking a mini-poll. How often does your whatever-aged young (anyone pre-K, maybe? or older if you like) child get a bath? Thanks. P. Tierney