wanting to whine here too 6550
Sorry it was bad wording. I am feeling rather silly for worrying about this stuff. I am going against my natural reaction of Ok its hair it will grow back...
wanting to whine here too 6551
I hate to say this, because I know how important crafts are, but you may have to give up some of that temporarily. Some children are just bigger challenges than others. I had to quit...
wanting to whine here too 6552
you've got to wonder sometimes. tori, i would give her her own kids' paper scissors...
Should a 12 year old have a computer in her room
Cathy Weeks Your post reflects my and my husband's philosophy about our children's computer use. Our 5 year...
Review: The Illusionist *** 12
THE ILLUSIONIST A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2006 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** 1-2 With a superb cast and a warmly-inviting cinematography, writer and director Neil Burger...
Bad Baby Formula
You're either with us, or you're with the babies." British government security advisors and the national media are doing their level best to strike rampant irrational paranoid terror into the hearts of UK citizens...
first day of kindergarten and homework! 6556
frank megaweege I agree with that in general, but that doesn't mean that the school doesn't have some obligation to provide a high quality education, which in my opinion means following best practices, insofar...
first day of kindergarten and homework! 6557
Ericka Kammerer In my opinion the o.p. overreacted to a couple of buttignments the first week of school...
first day of kindergarten and homework! 6558
frank megaweege Wow -- I always thought the real threat to public education was a lack of funding, or conversely, wide disparities in funding based on school...
first day of kindergarten and homework! 6559
When my kids were in school and doing various activities, we scheduled it differently. They...
first day of kindergarten and homework! 6560
DH wanted dinner at 6, but if I was coaching swim team from 4:30 to 6, and the kids had to get showered and changed and then we...
first day of kindergarten and homework! 6561
My dd#1 does it and has done it for many years (because her youngest is now 13 years old, and she did it when his older...
first day of kindergarten and homework! 6562
for give a matter it I believe it is offered that way in Ontario - Monday-Wednesday- every second FridayTuesday-Thursday- every second Friday. Our school board (in Nova Scotia) looked at it as an...
first day of kindergarten and homework! 6563
Cathy Kearns Not to be too cynical, but how much of that is due to wanting more schooling and how much to wanting more childcare? ;-) Also, with so many...
first day of kindergarten and homework! 6564
Ericka Kammerer That was exactly my thinking. More school = daycare.... My sibs in CA all have kids in schools with what I consider to be excessive homework but they say...
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Arrest in JonBenet Ramsey case
ummmm, i think this is really an unfair thing to say, actually, (although i heartily take your point.) (longness warning!!): thailand (and cambodia and to a lesser extent vietnam - but also...
cell phone for 11 year old 6567
cellphone! daughter enough I got mine a cellphone when she was 11. However, at 11 she was also old enough to go out with friends downtown during the day alone, she was...
cell phone for 11 year old 6568
Banty Indeed, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Didn't most of us beg for...
cell phone for 11 year old 6569
From most of the responses I would say you are not alone, but my 11 year olds both...
cell phone for 11 year old 6570
Banty At 11, IIRC, I was walking younger kids the mile or so to school. My older brother and I had already been walking to school, religious services and the shopping center on our own...
cell phone for 11 year old 6571
It's hard to get used to letting go though. As parents, we like to take...
cell phone for 11 year old 6572
I walked to school, and over to friends houses when I was in elementary and junior...
cell phone for 11 year old 6573
I know the huge leap. This summer my husband took my 16 year old on college scouting trips. During one of the trips his slight heart problem landed him...
cell phone for 11 year old 6574
Man, that must have been scary all around! I think that our kids generally do surprise us and do better...
cell phone for 11 year old 6575
Banty I guess I'm just willing to cut my kid more leeway -- AND to trust him more -- than you do. Even the most responsible...
cell phone for 11 year old 6576
I think it's more important to me that she get to school than it is to her. So it doesn't make sense to have the policy that if she misses...
cell phone for 11 year old 6577
and far It definitely varies from area to area. Where you live, it would be different and I...
cell phone for 11 year old 6578
no. i was walking probably about a mile or so to the town library all by...
cell phone for 11 year old 6579
I dont remember having to check in much at all growing up except to tell my mom if I was changing...
cell phone for 11 year old 6580
i don't think they do either (by the sounds of it, lordy! what people elsewhere get up to sometimes boggles my mind, but anyway), BUT...
cell phone for 11 year old 6581
It seems really weird to me, but I grew up in a smallish town (10,000 people, with probably 5000 being related to me in some way or another - dad had a large Italian family). I...
cell phone for 11 year old 6582
There are 3 of them 9, 10 and 13, but not even all together?! that's...
cell phone for 11 year old 6583
I think that the excessive amount of information repeated over and over about all the bad things that happen to children all over the world has made parents too cautious...
cell phone for 11 year old 6584
Marie Hell, I'm more strict than you are! My almost-12-year-old doesn't have a cellphone, and I see no reason to...
Child runs away
Once when I was left with my sister in the car (in the days when people did that), I asked if...
Curious what others think 16yearold refuses chemo 6586
I've never required chemo, so you'll have to remain disappointed on that. But I DO know a lady who was diagnosed with advanced metastatic ovarian cancer...
Curious what others think 16yearold refuses chemo 6587
firstly, what rosalie said - the mind is an extraordinarily powerful thing. we often can't know exactly what...
Curious what others think 16yearold refuses chemo 6588
snip) And, if I hadn't agreed to deliver the baby that's not entirely the point, though. it's still "an end" or (rather) "a d & c" statistically. i can't...
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Sábado, 19 de agosto, año 2006 de Nuestro Salvador Jesucristo, Guayaquil, Ecuador - Iberoamérica (Este Libro fue Escrito por Iván Valarezo) CONOCIMIENTO DEL...
Changing the world one boy at a time
Changing the world one boy at a time Mark Honigsbaum Monday 21st August 2006 More at...
Changing the world one boy at a time 6591
It's not about blame, per se. However, I NEVER heard that working hard at school was considered FEMININE! lol Is THAT a joke or what? That is so incorrect, I don't...
Changing the world one boy at a time 6592
Jude Alexander I agree with you. This reminds me of Bush...saying "it's hard work" over and over again. Well...
Changing the world one boy at a time 6593
Some of them will NOT be ignored. They pretend they don't understand the separation of church & state. YET, when *I* confront them, I can show them...
Changing the world one boy at a time 6594
Don't thing change when people need ya? lol Total agreement there. I felt sorry for my 2nd girlfriend because she had been what I...
Changing the world one boy at a time 6595
I awhile. They do indeed. I learned that lesson very early in my childhood. I mean, I was...
Changing the world one boy at a time 6596
I was also close to my sister. In fact, she turned out to be gay and I have an especially committed relationship with her...
Changing the world one boy at a time 6597
better for strength, have bigots. You sound like a good brother. Exactly. I have gay and lesbian friends...
Changing the world one boy at a time 6598
Thanks. I always felt protective of my younger siblings but especially her because of her unique circumstance. Thanks for the confirmation. I'll be around some guys and they're is such denial...
Savanna Story READ
I found this email floating around the internet the other day. I can't believe this lady got away with this. Also, I can't believe that Planned Parenthood let this go thru. They must not do...
Choosing my religion 6600
No. What I am thinking is that, as most religions do not permit liquidate, a...
Choosing my religion 6601
Chookie About 2-3rds of the religious people I've met believe this. The majority of Christians believe...
Choosing my religion 6602
Chookie No, I am thinking of the standard and mainstream Christian belief, held by the majority of Christians, that people are sinful and undeserving of heaven...
Choosing my religion 6603
Chimp I think that is an oversimplification. The teachings of various Christian sects are many and varied, of course. But they do share several common elements beyond the "doctrine of...
Choosing my religion 6604
It is? Not sure about that -- but I'll defer to your superior knowledge of the events there. A *particular form* of...
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