I think spanking is usually about the parent's anger and not about helping the child learn or grow. I don't spank my kids. We do use time outs...
Gonna try, $ is rough right now but gonna try.
We are totally proud of her.
I've been there too, I suppose we all have. The sleep deprivation makes the first couple months really rough,too. If you didn't worry or have...
my son has a sock elephant,my mother bought it for him at some old lady craft thing. It's adorable. I love sock monkeys,I have made them before...
I think it's helpful to remember that the cost of attaining land has skyrocketted at an alarming rate in many parts of the US in the last few...
Women tend to get pretty lousy health care in this country,regardless of size. There is an overwelming prejudice that it's "all in your head" if...
When Xander was first born I had to pump and freeze milk because I knew I would be having surgery for the tumor they found while I was pregnant....
I have the opposite situation,I am an older mom with one very young kid and one older kid. People seem to think it's ok to make jokes about how my...
This is causing alot of tension in our home. We feel she is too bright and too sensitive to be exposed to middle school. My memories of middle...
I think Abbie Hoffman's works should be required reading in high school. Seeing young people getting turned on by his stuff gives me hope for the...
I enjoyed his conversations on the many occasions I met him when I was younger,his poetry isn't exactly my thing. People's sexuality is their own...
It's been a number of years since I read it,but yeah, at the time it made a huge impact on me. Emotional. I also sort of thought it was about LSD...
My son loves this book,he is 3. My daughter, who's 12, has alot of issues with it though. Like she says "maybe that guy is a vegetarian or maybe...
Sugar,the OTHER white powder! Sadly around here my own husband is the sugar pusher. He buys outrageous crap like Lucky Charms and popcicles....
WHY DO THESE PEOPLE EVEN HAVE KIDS!!!??? You know,if you don't want to be a parent then don't have kids. Way too many people are having kids for...
I totally agree about the whole hospital birth trip,and I am horrified that so many ignorant women are scheduling C-sections unneccesarily just...
We always give things to a nearby shelter for homeless families. The folks living there have a sort of flea market-yard sale thing going on and...
My daughter is 11 and has definate breast buds,we have talked about menstruation and I have given her some pads to keep in her bathroom. Honestly...
As I said I have realized I myself live on the autism spectrum,as a person with Asperger syndrome. I don't think I'd really want to be...
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