Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / March 2007

Here's my situation:
I'm currently going through a divorce and live in the house with our
two children.  Both of our names are on the title, but only his is on
the mortgage loan.  With my half of his pension plan earnings during

Hi - my son is 2yrs 3months, I know I need to start thinking about
preschool but haven't the 1st idea where or how to start.
I'm not from the US originally so am a bit lost in the US education
system in general. What age should he start preschool? Do you have to

For the first few weeks, our baby daughter rarely slept more than an
hour straight. At around 3 weeks, we were completely exhausted, and
desperate for sleep, and tried different places for her to sleep. We
discovered that the only place she would sleep well was in her

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A Morning Wood Moral Reminder
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As a parent, you need to STAY CALM when you're angry or mad with your
child to avoid complicating the situation. Many times people asked me
how I managed to stay calm.
It's NOT that difficult actually. If you're determined to stay calm,

My kids are 10 and 12 now and it seems like yesterday that they were
really little! I look with longing on those pictures and video and
let
them sit on my lap as long as they want because pretty soon they

We live in a condo where almost every family and everyone is nice and
polite.  We greet to each other friendly everyday.
Since my baby was six months old, a neighbor who lives under our
floor, has never greeted to us.  He complains about my baby making

I'm confused, Nathanael has had a gunky eye, that we had presumed not to be
infected as there is no redness on the eye, nor does the eyelid appear to be
swollen, he has slight redness at the other side of the eye from the nose,
we presume from our attempts to clean the eye. ...

Ok some of you seem to be fine with sex in books, rather than violence. How
much of sex would you think is ok for a 10 year old to read? I realize how
silly it seems to choose that my child read violence over sex but I can't
help feeling that way, yet. She knows the basics of sex ...

A recent study reveals that 70% of all marriages end due to financial
stress. Add to that crushing statistic that divorce has not only
become acceptable, but nearly inevitable!  Why?  Because we as a
society don't take the time to do the work up front to ensure lifelong

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=63668&provider=gnews
The story links to a couple of lists for deadbeats.  And here are the
relevant numbers:
Number of males: 137

Here's my situation.  I am a non custodial father of three kids ages
15, 14 and 12.  On 1/14 my kids informed me that they were being
evicted from the house my ex rented.  On 1/19 my two older kids moved
in with me along with their dog and cat and some of my ex's

We bought our first house this fall, which happens to have a pool
(above-ground) in the back yard. It was open and running when we viewed
the house; the sellers closed the pool at the end of the summer as we
weren't closing on the house until the second week in September. I've

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       should be given relief, a recourse or a remedy when tricked or

How can we the NCP's fight the rates and change the laws on child support.
Do we have a voice NCP's