Tag: parenting
group name: mother2mother
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April 03, 2008 12:42 PM EDT --
I know a number of women who are trying to potty train their child and having a difficult time. If you've been through this, how did you do it? And what age did you start the training?
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June 08, 2008 05:36 PM EDT --
A new mother asked me about stretch marks. She had twins and had some pretty bad ones after her delivery. Do any of you have suggestions for her? Cocoa butter used to be the big thing but now there are . . . more
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April 06, 2008 05:25 PM EDT --
When I was eight years old, I was still wetting the bed. It was an embarrassing problem and my parents got tired of getting up in the middle of the night to change my bedding and my pajamas. They put . . . more
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April 09, 2008 10:57 AM EDT --
Remember the saying "spare the rod and spoil the child"? In one of the other strings, it was mentioned that spanking was used to discipline a child. What do you think? Is spanking still appropriate? . . . more
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April 14, 2008 02:27 PM EDT --
Kids are having sex at younger ages these days. The Abstinence Only program doesn't seem to be working, as more teen girls are getting pregnant and also getting sexually transmitted diseases. What . . . more
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April 03, 2008 03:55 PM EDT --
At what age do you think that boys and girls should be allowed to start dating? What age were you when you started dating?
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June 08, 2008 05:31 PM EDT --
One of my favorite shows is "Super Nanny". I've learned so much from that show! What do you moms do to discipline your children? What works and what doesn't? Do you still spank? Share . . . more
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April 20, 2008 02:34 PM EDT --
Mitochondria, the powerhouses that fuel your body's cells, have been implicated in at least one case of regressive autism. Some researchers estimate that the number . . . more
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April 18, 2008 11:08 AM EDT --
I know several parents whose children have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Is it just me or are more and more kids being diagnosed with this? Anyway, the children are having difficulty . . . more
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May 03, 2008 05:45 PM EDT --
Back in 2005, I was prescribed some antibiotic ear drops by my doctor. They were a combination of two different antibiotics. One was Neomycin. I can't remember the other. Within a few weeks of using . . . more
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May 09, 2008 01:18 PM EDT --
I received this today from a friend. So, in honor of Mother's Day...enjoy!
Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:
Why did God make mothers?
1. . . . more
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June 04, 2008 09:32 AM EDT --
Babies! Babies! Pets! Pets! features photos of... well, I'm sure you can figure it out. Send in your own, and we'll post it and you'll have a chance to win a free t-shirt! ************************************************************************* . . . more
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July 17, 2008 08:09 PM EDT --
Once when I was young I asked my mother what she felt was her greatest accomplishment. My mother, at the time, had been a teacher and a counselor, she had earned her masters degree, had started . . . more
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August 11, 2008 10:54 AM EDT --
Thinking The Lions: Life, only funnier . This appeared there first.
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It's hard to cook for a family; everyone has their likes and . . . more
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July 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT --
Last night when I got home from work I found two well rested children and a very tired husband. We ate dinner, gave the kids a bath and I put the baby to bed. Audrey, who is almost three, . . . more
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July 14, 2008 06:20 PM EDT --
On Saturday we took a family trip to the grocery store. As my husband was getting my daughter out of the car he found a small green caterpillar marooned in the middle of the parking lot. . . . more
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July 31, 2008 09:44 AM EDT --
Fun tips on getting your kids outside, with some paper, watercolors and their imagination!
I work with Green Hour, a campaign of the National Wildlife Federation, that aims to inspire parents . . . more
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July 16, 2008 05:22 PM EDT --
Babies! Babies! Pets! Pets! is your home for great pics of Babies! and Pets! and even greater stories about them. Like the one below. Send in your own photo and we'll post it and you could win a . . . more
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July 28, 2008 04:47 PM EDT --
I work with the National Wildlife Federation's Green Hour, which is a program dedicated to helping parents find time and the resources to get their kids outside and connecting with nature and to reducing . . . more
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August 15, 2008 01:59 PM EDT --
This opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal talks about how parents' good intentions may be having the opposite effect. By over-protecting their kids, they don't learn how to take risks, which . . . more
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