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I have been meaning to post this for a few weeks. Better late than never. We had two separate conversations with E 10YO on the same weekend. The first had to do with the age-old question. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear the sound, does it make a noise? Which led to the...

Cute, yes -- but we're working on piracy issues ;-) Henry: "I wouldn't say my Titanic project was copied from Ashton. It's more 'loosely based' on her project." -Dawn Trying hard not to crack up while I explain the importance of doing one's own work...

Unsolicited, as-far-as-I-can-tell unprovoked advice from my 11 year old, offered from the back seat recently, totally out of the blue: "If you're going to get a tattoo, you should go to someone who knows what they're doing, not someone who needs money and knows how to draw." I still have no idea...

I have no idea if this was an original joke or something he heard somewhere, but Henry cracked me up this morning when he was watching news coverage on CNN and asked me how Howard Dean's campaign is doing ever since the "I have a scream" speech... -Dawn Mom to Henry, 11

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...

Evan in the grocery store parking lot yesterday: "F-zero-R-D. Dat spells 'TRUCK!'" --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01)

Dh asked the 5yo if she wanted a "white Christmas with snow everywhere". She considered for a moment and said "no, not everywhere. Just snow outside." -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three

My 10yo got a chuckle out of parents and grandparents as he and his brother opened Chanukah gifts last night. On getting a glimpse of the board game under the wrapping paper: "Hey, now I've got a Life!" Looking over at his brother: "And Roger's got a Clue!" I'd like to say this was totally...

The 8yo has worked out that lots of films that Mummy watches with them were originally books - eg Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings etc. Currently the new "Doctor Who" has started showing. We were watching it together, and the Doctor was being deliberately obtruse about his home planet. The 8yo...

Background: Henry was previously a notoriously bad speller. A typical weekly score would be single digits out of 20 words. This year, he's done a complete 180 and spells quite well. I'm still kind of stunned by the turnaround. So tonight, as he and his dad were studying, I found myself hanging...

To: Subject: CTTS: Toddler pronoun use and counting Like many toddlers, my 2.5yo has some confusion over the use of pronouns. He started out referring to himself exclusively as "you", but he now uses a combination of "I", "you" and "we" (perhaps he thinks he's royalty) in...

I have a new job running a small non-profit. I noticed one of my board members, a stay at home mom, had filled out the following under "title" on her board questionnai Director of Purchasing, Transportation and Recreation The secretary duly recorded it and it's listed in all the official...

For various reasons, we did not push cup training prior to 11 months with our 4th baby. (With my other children we got them using the cup at about 8 or 9 months and finished using bottles at 12 months.) She is really resistant to using the cup. Any suggestions, things to try? Our basic...

My 19 month old just loves his daddy. This is wonderful. I love him immensely. It is however difficult for my wife, a devoted mother, who adores her little boy as well. She feels rejected by him and it is beginning to take its toll. I have tried to find some information on this in books but...

We moved to Texas last summer, where the "No Child Left Behind as long as he passes tests" approach was born and has taken firm root. I thought Iowa was fanatical about its preparation of kids for standardized tests, but what I'm seeing here is lightyears beyond anything I have ever seen...

I am writing in hopes that I can get some advice. My DD is ten and is sociable and likes having her friends around. She has a few friends, not a lot, but this does not seem to bother her. I always encourage her to invite her friends over, which she does. The thing is that they do not invite her...

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

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's getting a bit tiresome seeing one misguided American after another with their cutsie little yellow or red-white-blue ribbons on their outsized SUVs. Yeah, I guess it's the thing to do; maybe part of that whole soccer-mom culture. Unfortunately,...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's getting a bit tiresome seeing one misguided American after another with their cutsie little yellow or red-white-blue ribbons on their outsized SUVs. Yeah, I guess it's the thing to do; maybe part of that whole soccer-mom culture. Unfortunately,...

My 4th grader just came home with the information sheet on strings class. We need to decide whether to sign him up, and if so, for what instrument. Our school district has a strong music program, and all the 3rd graders get Suzuki training in violin, so he's had that. He didn't seem terribly...