Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / February 2007

In 2002 my husband and I divorced due to his abusive behavior towards
the kids and his drinking problems.  He was continually drinking and
driving and had 2 convictions.  He basically could not handle pure
pressure from people at work to go to bar after hours.  I was tired of

  I'm divorcing my wife and leaving the US to live in another
country.
  My income has dropped significantly (I moved 4 month ago) because
this is not a well-developed country and the average salary there is

Hello.  Our son is 30 months old and he has trouble pronouncing the letter
"s" and all two letter combinations including the letter such as "sh" and
"st".  He is making normal healthy speech progress with most other letters
of the alphabet.  Is there anythung we can do at home to ...

WH Smith, Ryman, Woolies and other shops I've tried only sell hard,
brittle 'low dust' chalk which engraves, rather than writes, on
blackboards. Any idea where to buy proper chalk - the softer,
'creamier' stuff? If it was good enough for Einstein...

The new site lowersupport.com has a free petition to modify(lower) child support.

There is an article about having autistic brothers in The New York Time
Magazine today:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/magazine/18autistic.t.html
Though you might be intereted.

I'm a super-alpha-man and I can offer to impregnate you for free.
I can offer perfect genes and uber-intelligence.
Then, you can claim that a man of your choice is the father (you
should prefer wealthy guys) and you'll have enough $$$ for yourself

For various reasons, we did not push cup training prior to 11 months
with our 4th baby.  (With my other children we got them using the cup at
about 8 or 9 months and finished using bottles at 12 months.)  She is
really resistant to using the cup.  Any suggestions, things to try?  ...

Got the results of the PImary School allocation yesterday and I'm gutted.
I didn't get any of my 3 preferences and they have given me the Primary
School that we are in catchment for which I dislike very much.
Understanding the allocation criteria I can see why we've got 'the school ...

here goes, maybe someone can help.   My ex and I have joint custody of our 8
yr old.  My child support payments are 125.00/wk.  Two years ago I was
injured at work and two serious back surgeries latter, I no longer have a job.
I have continued to pay my support payments and have not ...

Why do all these people think that sleeping with parents is a good
idea.   At first I had many sleepless nights teaching him that he had
a bed of his own.   Now he relates well to this and if he wakes in the
night sometimes he comes in bed for a cuddle and when he's happy I

The wife and I flew to visit our families for a few weeks with our two
month old son, and I've got to say that I'd recommend always flying
with a baby or child. This is assuming you're a good parent/guardian
and you have a kid that doesn't generally cry too much. There are

I was wondering when I would receive a voucher for my kid to go to nursey ?
He's almost three and I'm not sure if its sent automatically to me or if I
have to request a form  ?
My health visitor has no useful information.

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We have our one year pediatrician appointment soon and I was wondering
what I could expect in the way of shots at this point.  We are in MA,
USA.  Is there any variability in what shots different pediatricians
give at 12 months of age?  What is optional, and what is required?