please scroll to the bottom of press release for info about webchats with authors: Ourimbah Campus Children's Literature Festival 2004 Weaving Stories – Spinning Yarns Friday 12 – Saturday 13 November r2004 Co-Patrons: Bryce Courtenay AM and Jackie French

Hi There I am new to parenting, having just married a woman with 7 year old twins. I have brought my new wife and the boys to New Zealand from Viet Nam. At the moment I am having a head butting competition with the boys, they will not eat properly, we have tried a pep talk before each meal, we...

WHY COFFEE IS BETTER THAN WOMEN 1. You don't have to put cream in your coffee to make it taste good. 2. Coffee doesn't complain when you put whipped cream in it. 3. A cup of coffee looks good in the morning. 4. You won't fall asleep after a cup of coffee. 5. You can always warm coffee up. 6. ...

Sent my 10-year-old boy to Camp Carolina summer of 2003. It is fantastic.

Hello All: I have a nine month old boy(Dob 1/22/04 ) . He weighs 20lbs and 9 ounces Whenever my wife feeds him solids (Gerber - 3 times a day) he immediately does potty I am little worried about his weight and doing potty immediately after solids.

Anybody have ideas for a theme or entertainment for a birthday party for my daughter turning 12? Last year we made our own Harry Potter murder mystery. Also: ideas for a birthday gift for my niece turning 16? -- Cathy

I'm a teen-ager and since the moment I found out what happened to me I felt angry about it. Once I found what goes on during the procedure and what is lost, I felt sick. I know I was robbed of something special, and I'll never know what sex is really supposed to feel like. Why the hell do parents...

VERA DRAKE A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): **** Mike Leigh's sublime VERA DRAKE is two movies in one. The first is an inviting soap opera about a British working class family. In a performance

STAGE BEAUTY A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2 Richard Eyre's STAGE BEAUTY, which wants badly to be the next SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, is set in England during the reign of King Charles II (Rupert

PRIMER A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** 1/2 Shane Carruth's PRIMER is a special effects-free sci-fi film with a lot on its mind. Its hall-of-mirrors story will likely leave your mind spinning by

AROUND THE BEND A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** AROUND THE BEND is a character study and road trip about four male generations of a family. As the story opens, Grandpa Henry (Michael Caine)

Hi all, need some input here. Two weeks ago my husband had an accident . . . long story short, he had surgery this week and he's home. I cannot leave him alone for more than an hour or so since he can't walk at all and I need to do everything for him. And he will be out of work for 6 months, only...

I have a 10 yr old only DD. For the past few years we have been trying for another child. It has gotten to the point where I have had several hospital visits to find out what the problem is. I have found out I have PCOS. DD has known I have been going to the hospital and has asked why. I told her...

I agree that there needs to be some kind of support group when you are becoming a mother and all throughout the process. I can not imagine not having any support when I was pregnant. It was hard enough having one child I can not even think about having four all at once nontheless. As far as her...

My boy is 4 years old, he was potty trained at 3 years of age. He just started JK, the first day of school he came off the bus with a different pair of pants on. At night I have to take him to the bathroom two times so that he can wake up dry. He always had accidents if he was playing and was too...

Why are these parents not shocked over the pain? By Janelle (December, 1999) Hi. I lurk here all the time. I have a question for parents who circumcized/or will do. I lurk on the playgroup boards here, Oct. and Nov. My son was born Oct.31 so I lurk on both! I had my son circumcized and regret it....

Those of you who don't yet have older kids might not appreciate this, but . . . I was going to have to run two errands in the evening: one to drive my son to where his car was so he'd have it in the morning (it was being repaired) and one to drive my daughter's friend home. I turned to my son...

Were all so busy and they grow up soo fast, we must remember to treasure them and spend the time with them that they need. Balance is hard to do, how do we work, and keep our daily busy schedules and yet have true quality time with our kids?

On 07 Oct 2004 16:16:42 GMT, (Fern5827) wrote: For the societal costs of the approximately 40 women per year who are battered to death by men. Horrible. Guess that no spanking ban didn't curb murderous impulses when it comes to your

We have a 6 month old who is starting on solid food. We want to make our own and have had mixed luck with various foods. For those of you who make your own, what veggies do you find work best? What doesn't work well? Here are my thoughts. carrots: Easy to mash in the food processor zucchini...