Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / January 2006

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When I was growing up we did not have the Internet, play Station,
X-Box,etc..
I wonder if such new technologies has decreased the total amount of
quality board game time among children.

I'm a teenager and I always wear my sneakers without socks. Does
anybody else or their kids go sockless as well?

Would any dad here be willing to share their fondest memories of spending
time with their father? What do you remember as the best time you had? What
created the strongest father-son bond?

Hi my aunt has been divorced for 8 years and her ex-husband was granted
custody.  Recently her 10yr old and 8yr old came up to her and told her
that they wanted to come live with her. My question is.....Is there
anything she can do to get full custody of her kids, or is there no ...

Our 5 year old daughter has for the last 3 weeks just not settled at night
she says shes got a funny feeling in her throat, shes just had tonsilitus
but the penicillan has been taken and the white spots have cleared up, shes
been off school and we were wondering if the breakup of ...

My personal opinion regarding the backlog; fix the laws. Every single
aspect of Family Law must be decided in court. In Canada, the Family Law
Act and Divorce Acts are a mess.
H.

My daughter is now 21 months and its day 5 of potty training. We are
using underwear as her potty training strategy as i have heard pull ups
are no good. Having said that, my daughter demonstrates all signs of
readiness. Day 2 was a good progress, she told me that she had to pee

Tall Tales Press is looking for submissions or interview subjects for its
upcoming book entitled
Being Dad, Fathering after Separation or Divorce. This will be an
inspirational book that will aid fathers in getting through one of the most

I just found this site and while reading some of the past posts, I became
upset and appalled.  To those of you who believe that dead beat fathers
should not be sent to jail, should have their child support lessened, and
should be treated "better," well, I hope this information will ...

Beware!  There are sex offenders who have not registered as required by
law!

The other day ago I watched a John Wayne film called "The CowBoys."  In
it I was reminded of a time when children were respectful to their
parents, to teachers and to all authority.  Anyone who has worked with
children, know that many of them today they are not respectful to

My daughter saw me in the nude and now she is death-sick.
Will she ever recover or will she die ?
Please help.

The schools here this year have a *very* short break.  DD and
DS were in school all day on Friday the 23rd (!!) and they
return on Wednesday the 3rd.
I think this is just the right size (we don't travel for

Beware!  There are sex offenders who have not registered as required by
law!