Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / January 2006

Thanks to all of you who gave me advice on dealing with special ed. I
spoke to my son's caseworker today, and it turns out that it was all...
let's say... miscommunication.
It turns out they have 30 days from his evaluation to send me a written

Hoping somebody can help me here.  My 9yo daughter has developed a red,
spotty rash on the back of her neck, extending just below the collar line
and around as far as the ears.  It is not itchy and she has no other
symptoms whatsoever, but it is very apparent and she is ...

I have been divorced for 5 years, and have 2 beautiful kids.
Relationship with ex wife is civil, but not overly friendly.  Wife has
physical custoday, and we share legal.  My daughters are very active in
dance school, which I encourage.  Ex wife has them in dance 4 days a

The Young Master is reluctant to use his knife, fork and
spoon to feed himself. He was 4 in December. His mother, a
naturalised citizen, who lives at another place, feeds an
extremely limited repetoire of Weetabix, rice, fish, and

My friend's daughter has a problem with her 5-6 year old daughter.
Here's an outline .She suffers stress manifested by tears , vomiting or
toilet problems when asked to play any physical game with her peers in
school. If her Mum or Dad joins in , then no problem. She has no ...

Does anybody know a good article on behaviour of twelve year olds?
One of my colleagues was taxed as behaving like a twelve year old,
because he nearly screemed and didnt let the other part (our professor)
finish during a discussion about a mark he got for an exam.

As the current international situation shows, terrorism emerges where
contradiction aggravate, where there is a change of social relations or a
change of regime, where there is political, economic or social instability,
where there is moral decadence, where cynicism and nihilism ...

My 22 MO has been taking her diaper off alot lately.  She only does it when
she's in her crib.  She tries to during the day, but I catch her and tell
her to leave her diaper on.  She generally does it after she's woken up and
she's been in her crib for awhile.  She'll do this ...

I have ONE box of UNOPENED Cow&Gate No 3 baby powdered milk.  I bought two
boxes when we tried to move my son from the C&G no1 to the next stage when
he was six months old.  We used part of the first box and found that he did
not take to it very well so we decided to leave things as ...

This department has consistently violated JD&R court orders, made errors
in
reporting of child support received, fails to keep address changes update
and is very uncooperative with the non-custodial parent.

We've kept all of our bathrooms locked since our DD was born (22 months ago)
to keep her safe and away from the water in the toilet.  We didn't want her
falling in and drowning.  At what age do you think it's safe for them to be
around toilets without fear of falling in and ...

Hi Parents -
My 13 month old daughter is not eating properly these days. Even a week
back she was eating some things(which has to be her choice though) but
now she doesnot want to take anything more than 2 or 3 bites even the

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Lately, my 2 year old son has started throwing things when he gets
hyperactive, especially when he gets put up in his room in the
afternoon for a nap.  He is also finding tiny places to pick at on the
wall, where he will pick a hole in the wallpaper.  If there isn't a

I am going to be renting a car for a long road trip this summer with
two small children in car seats.  We need a BIG car (those rear facing
seats take up TONS of leg room space!) with lots of leg room and lots
of cargo space.  The wider the car, the better.  The longer the car,