Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / November 2005

Summer will be here before you know it.  DD will be 11.5 ready to enter
middle school.  She is too old for the little sport camps, ymca, arts
and crafts type things (although I will have her continue swimming
lessons and perhaps a musical instrument that she likes).  She is too

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Hi, I have a 5 years old son, Paul. Being divorced Paul often travels on
week end from our place to his daddy s' home and it's really difficult to
keep him busy and happy while travelling as he got bored immediately. 
He always requests stories to listen in the car but I have no ...

My 18 month old daughter does not like going into her car seat. Every
morning and night it is a struggle to get her into the car seat. She
goes all rigid and screams and shouts and makes it impossible to get
her strapped in. It is a forward facing Childs car seat on the back

Dh and I are having a mild disagreement about disciplining  a friends
child (that I will call T) and I am hoping for some input.
We have an almost 7 year old girl so its been awhile since we have dealt
with a 2 year old.  We have some friends who spend a lot of time at our

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All this talk in another thread about disruptive babies was running through
my head ysterday afternoon. DS ~5 was at TKD class. The class was almost
over. DD 2 and I were hanging out reading books and playing in the lobby
with a bunch of other parents who either hung out for the ...

I read this group regularly but haven't posted much.  I need to ask a couple
questions and hope that someone out there can give my hubby and I some tips
to help a friend of his.  Long story short (I hope!!)
Hubby's friend John is going through a VERY nasty divorce.  Neither spouse ...

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I've got a question about homework for a 5 year old.
My opinion is that you should encourage his independence even at this
early age ,explain to the child what's needed to be done and how to
do it , let him do it by himself as much as possible, leave it as it is

Talk to him.
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We got DD's photo taken at Boots the other week.  We have been promised one
photo for the £5 paid, but we had to make an appointment to collect it so
that they can show us the other six packs of photos they have taken.  The
cost starts at £40 for the first pack and reduces for ...

How can I get my 15 month old to eat table foods?  He eats his jar food
just find but not table food.  We've tried everything - diced fruits and
veggies but he won't eat it.  I tried cooking food, the Gerber Graduates
stuff, Beech-Nut table time and he doesn't eat it.  He'll only ...

Thanksgiving is coming up  Here are 10 rules
Rule 1: If the recipe is not in your head, handwritten on a note card,
or a piece of grease stained note paper passed down from generation to
generation, it probably won't work without a lot of trial and error.

I'm a trainee clinical psychologist studying at the University of East
Anglia in the UK. I am currently carrying out some research on fathers.
In particular, I'm interested in fathers who were present at their
child's birth and it has been at least 3 months since their child was