Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / January 2005

About 6 months ago I made a very difficult decision. I sent my daughter to
a boarding facility for troubled teens. She was out of control and I
feared for her life. At the time I new of no one who had chosen to send
thier child to a program, but now I have met so many wonderful ...

I walked into our room awhile ago to find about 6 little spiders sitting
across the top of our window... no big deal... they are little ones so i
sprayed them... went back into cadens room to clean and came back out about
10 minutes later and they are EVERYWHERE!!! all over the ...

   I now have my name on the list for a job at Aldi and
Coles.....bwwwahhaaaaa

Does anyone have anything they would be willing to donate to a good cause
(free craft activities for local kids in the library)? I have been trying to
scrounge around but not too sucessfully so far. My budget for craft
activities is pretty sucky considering our branch runs so many ...

My roommate is 21 years old and is 2 months pregnant. She has been
dating her boyfriend for a year and a half and our really in love. They
decided to get married on the beach this Wed. 2/2/05. Since ever thing
has happened so quickly, I haven't had much time to help her out with

I have a couple of questions about St John's Wort.. Thought you might be a good
source of info..
I have been googling it and one of the side effects is sensitivity to sunlight..
I know everyone has different reactions, but have you found this a big issue

OK. I know this is the time that they try to stretch the limits, so to
speak but we're having problems.
If Evan does something wrong or touches something he should'nt we tell
him off with a stern 'No'. However, this seems to make no difference to

If a person is paying chid support and becomes disabled with colleting
social security benefits. Will child support get off his a.s. The
children will also be recieving benefits, but a smaller amount, than was
payed when he was able to work.  Again, will this get child support off

How did Marty go with HS??

Did your children get a spew rash on the top of their chest?
DD has lots of little chucks after feeding, fat little thing taking too much
milk.
When we bath or shower her she holds her chin to her chest which stops

Can anyone else hear that????

I got a set of heavy cardboard "slates" by "active minds"tm with
alphabets and numbers and shapes etc. used, and it doesn't say waht to
use to write on it. It has the phrase "wipe-off learning board" on each
slate.

Dear newsgroup,
I am looking for recommendations how to remove carrot stains from my son's
clothes.
He is now 4 1/2 months and has started eating carrrot mousse.

In the mid 80s I challenged paternity on a AFDC child-support issue in
California. It took at least 2 years for the response to my challenge
maybe 3 years after blood tests were taken. I had been in communication
off and on during this time with the family support district attorneys

I had 3 hrs sleep this arvo, interupted briefly to fed DS but he went back
to sleep too.....I never sleep in the day, it was lovely, meanwhile DH
painted 5 doors and mowed the lawn...He slept in this morning though so I
don't feel bad.