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I'm a younger single dad (27), whose recently acquired sole custody of my beautiful 19m.o. son. (he has been in my care for past 7 months). His mother has essentially abandoned any attempt at contact with him or I, since I got court order custody. What led to court: she had attempted to...

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...

My 11 1/2 year old daughter loves the Sims -- and has been buying all the expansion packs like Superstar, Unleashed, and Vacation. Now she wants Hot Date. She's not particularly interested in the romantic stuff -- mostly in the other features it will give her Sims. She wants Downtown and wants them...

Hi everyone. I know a kid who is 2 years, 3 months old and this kid does not speak any words *yet*. All this kid does is grunt when they want something or to show you something, etc. This kid appears to be pretty happy and is adorable. My kid was jabbering up a storm at 6 months old to 1 year...

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hi, i have a son who is 6 yrs old and was potty trained at the age of 26mths, he was no trouble at all, he took to it immediatly. although i say potty trained, he actually used the toilet. which obviously made it easier for when we was out that he would be able to use the toilet anywhere. But, my...

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Jeff Utz wrote in message ... My cousin had his a few weeks ago. It was pretty nice. When the kids walked in descending order of GPA for those who got honors and highest honors (those who did not get honors came in alphabetical...

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I'd like to get my 7yo a wris****ch for the holidays, but I'm having a lot of trouble finding a basic watch in a child's size. I've found children's watches, but they all have cartoon characters or other kid-like decorations on them, or they're really huge and have a zillion dingbats and buttons...

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I have a question about kids and sporting events. At what age do you all think it appropriate to bring a kid to an NFL game? (that's National Football League for those of you who may not be aware). I know that at various concerts and sporting events I often see small children and think to myself...

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(Christine) wrote in message ... My kids are 4 and 6, and they can have some TERRIBLE behavior. I'm *trying* to figure out what triggers it as some days are good and some are bad. Now, some of it may just be their...

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Hi folks, Hypatia is almost 3 (can you believe that???) Anyway, for about the past 3 months, she has repeatedly insisted that she is a boy. She will, at times, get angry when I say things like "what a nice little girl you are" and will say, loudly, "no, I'm a boy!" Anyone think this is...

Is it normal etiquette for an elementary school teacher to solicit gifts from their students? We got a letter from school today asking for a $4 donation for a Chimnea (small enclosed fireplace) for "their big deck on their new house" for the teacher. Now this isn't so bad, because in this case both...