Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / September 2006

A friends daughter is about to have her 9th birthday who has been seen
enjoying singing into the karaoke machine of a friend of similar age.
The machine was plugged into the  television and the song titles
appeared on the bottom of the screen along with a wiggly music line to

The worse time in a parent's life has now come to me. I know what my
first and second choices are but the third choice is a problem. Now
apart from the 1st and 2nd schools having entrance exams and being
heavily oversubscribed, and they are comprehensives, I have no problem

Apologies if this is a FAQ, but a quick Google doesn't throw up any
recent posts that I can find!
We will shortly be receiving the voucher from the government to use as
the basis for a Child Trust Fund account for our newborn. What are

A friends daughter is about to have her 9th birthday who has been seen
enjoying singing into the karaoke machine of a friend of similar age.
The machine was plugged into the  television and the song titles
appeared on the bottom of the screen along with a wiggly music line to

We have are in the catchement area for three grammar schools and
one secondary modern: the secondary modern is mixed, as is one of
the secondary schools.  The other grammars are single sex.
The open days/evenings started last week.  The open days are organised

Dusty wrote:

{From another forum and various undisclosed locations}
NEW ELEMENT FOUND!
The recent hurricanes and gasoline issues are proof of the existence of a
new chemical element. A major research institution has recently announced

I don't know how many of you have kids, or have an experiance with
them, but there is an evil seed out there.  I saw it when I was young,
because I didn't like getting in trouble, and I didn't want to do
anything wrong.  I am not alone, and I have seen many kids in my day,

I'm having a couple of young folks come visit me.  I know they play on the
computer at home and I was looking on the internet for suitable downloads
and at stores for kids programs.   I can't decide.  The 3 and a half year
old is pretty advanced and the 6 year old is a little slow.

Shaina (14) has swim practice every day after school. Two of those days
she has 90 minutes of 'conditioning'  (weights, running on the
bleachers, push ups ...) followed by 90 minutes of swimming. By the
time she finishes, she's crawling on the floor .... I encouraged her to

    The Boston Globe
        August 29, 2006
        Roxbury, MA (AP) - A seven-year-old boy was at the center of
        a Boston courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court

Is there anything else I should be doing?
I'm going away (on business) for a week to India, and I've never left ds
(aged 3.5) for that long (or dh come to think of it!). I've been away
overnight and he's fine (sometimes creeps in 'daddy's bed' - but hey, didn't

I am interested to know other parents views on whether children should go to
school wearing proper shoes or trainers. Is there any evidence to show that
their feet don't develop properly if they usually wear trainers? Is it
'character building' to be properly shod?! My daughter's ...

arrerage is to goto whom if the child is emanciapted me or my son i'
being sued and may get criminal charges because my son was emancipate
and arrerage checks still come to me in my name he's filing crimina
charges against me and the county stating child support is in the nam

Okay, my DD school is trying to enforce 'healthy snacks'.  Nevermind my
feelings about the school trying to enforce what I should be feeding my
child, but I have a question about what you all think.  They have this
program they call 'snack attack'  Every couple of days, during ...