Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / May 2005

Mothers alliance decries challenge of pop culture
Most mothers, regardless of whether they work or stay at home, are
dedicated to their children but fear popular culture is undermining
their efforts to raise children with "positive values," according to a

I love history and have read a lot about WW2. This story was new to me
however:
http://historytogo.utah.gov/5595spared.html
How common knowledge is it in the US?

Hey Guys,
This isn't really a "happy friday" post.....well, kinda is - kinda
isn't.
Today is Friday and I'm anxiously awaiting tomorrow.  James and coming

I found a lump in my stomach yesterday.  it's the size of a golfball.  it's
very tender... off to the doctor's I go today.  I'll keep you posted.

DH: "so, could you have parked any closer to the van?  how hard did you hit
it?"
Me: "oh"
DH: "well?"

I look hot! It's amazing what a haircut can do for your self esteem. Got a
LOT chopped off but then again I went in looking like a total hippy (not
that there is anything wrong with that, heck I looked like that for months).
Got my hair chopped to above my shoulder with lots of ...

Dgd is making up songs about all kinds of things
and this was one she sang today running around
with her arms out like wings:
"Flying zoom zoom zoom in an airplane,

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I'm a 15-year-old girl. I usually go to parent's chat rooms and sites
about parenting, where parents post their experiences with their kids.
I'm upset with the large ammount of talks and posts about punishments,
especially harsh punishments. In chat rooms, I frequently hear mothers

to my 6 year old :)
I am so proud of her :)  She has came a long way baby ;)
This morning: "so, how does it feel to be 6 years old?"
"It's pretty cool mom, I like it better than 5, now I get allowance."

i'm not seeing any new posts today  ... just checking to see if my NG's are
working.

aargh wish Id seen this before for all you Dr Who fans but bbc1 appears
to have a live stream (needs realplayer)
http://support.bbc.co.uk/multicast/rams/uni/bbc1.ram
If only Id seen the link before - tonights episode was a cracker -

W/ my hair.
I'm trying to let it grow out ... but it's driving me nuts.
I keep telling myself that in a month or 2 it will be where I want it.
aaaaaaaaaaaa  ... I can't do anything w/ it like this.

Been taking a break for a bit to do some writing...
I just finished the first chapter on something pretty interesting...:)
Dorothy, if you want to read it, I'm posting it in the homestead.
Plus...I sort of screwed up my X windows in Linux when I was

She told me she was hungry, and in my quest to help her gain more
independence I told her that she could make her own snack.  She wanted
celery and peanutbutter.  ok, fine w/ me.
However what I didn't realize was that we were out of celery but we had