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I've got two stubborn kids, who can be relied on *not* to do something just because everyone else does. The other kid is showing strong tendancies of following the crowd. We are concened about this - for instance today It was insistant that because Sibling had told It to "get lost" during an...

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Over the weekend, at a neighborhood party, I learned that 4 of DD's classmates had been suspended, and maybe expelled for smoking pot in the boys' room (during the last class period!). If such a thing happened in your kid's school, would you expect some kind of notification from the principal...

Does anyone here have any experience with SuperCamp? I have an 11 YO academically advanced kid who lacks motivation (to put it gently) plus badly needs skills in overcoming writer's block, and I was wondering if this might be a good program for her. Any comments, positive or negative, would be...

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I have a problem at home, mostly with my 4.5 year old daughter. It's unlikely that I'll be able to answer follow-up questions, so I'll be as complete as I can, and any advice would be appreciated. My wife has been in the hospital for a month. In the first three weeks, she was essentially in a...

For old-timers on the misc.kids newsgroups...Dena Rollo passed away this last weekend. She was a regular poster from about 1992 to 1996. She died of leukemia. She is survived by her husband Michael, and her daughter, Isabel, age 13. -- Warm Regards, Claire...

Have you ever done a street scramble before? It's an urban orienteering event (see he http://www.streetscramble.com/). We did a local street scramble as a family team recently. We had a blast, even if we didn't come close to winning. (Top sco 260; our score, 130; average 142) But the way...

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 --...

What are some ways to enrich education through the summer without be boring. This is for the age group 12-14 boys. I know going to the library is one way.

i have had great results using muzzy spanish 1 and 2 sets with my son, i bought it of ebay for only fifty pounds, the dvds were in a smaller box with no booklets, but i heard the booklets are just the same as the subtitles, are they any more advanced sets beyond muzzy??? my son has out grown the...

My daughter has been taking gymnastics at the same gym for 5 1/2 years now. We are thinking of changing gyms because the class that works with my daughter's schedule has a coach that she really doesn't like. My daughter can't or won't explain why she doesn't like this coach. In general, we've...

Hi We have a 16 month old who has been excellent at getting to sleep. At seven pm we take her up with a bottle, lay her down in her cot, she drinks the bottle and falls asleep. However, in the last month things have taken a turn for the worse. She now recognises the fact that bottle means...

Do you think a parent of a child, with a KNOWN mental disturbance, should tell the parents of that child's friends when there is going to be a sleep over? I had a child over for a sleep over this week who has diagnosed bipolar disorder. She was in a definite manic stage. I found out the next day...

Hello, We live in Israel and today were in the elevator together with a man of (presumably) Ethiopian descent. My 6 year old son said to him "Your ancestors were from Africa" . The man was really nice and said "That's right, where are you from?" and my son launched into a discussion of the many...

my husband has a daughter from previous marriage she is 10 yrs old she came to our house for summer break and was infested with creepy crawling bugs.we noticed it the day after we picked her up so we treated her and the whole house everything you can imagine!!! she was infested with nits she stayed...

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...

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