Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / February 2008

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urine therapy (drinking one's own urine, using one's own urine) makes
children able to tolerate the pain of divorce and child custody
battles more easier.
The caretaker will have to drink their own urine first, before the

I've been running a humidifier for my 3 year old but I'm wondering if
there is any other options that can help him sleep at night.

I wonder at what age kids "need" to have their own bedrooms. With 4yo
and 2yo boys and a 1yo girl, if we buy a 4 bedroom house and use one
room as an office, and if we give the girl her own room, the eldest
boy will never have his own room. I think the boys will just have to

[Any man that's good enough to support a child is good enough to have
custody of such child]
Just curious:
A woman chooses to use a man's sperm to produce a child. What, exactly, did

I'm organizing a birthday party for my toddler on Monday, but she was
sent home from daycare yesterday, Friday, with a fever.  The fever is
now gone and she is fine.  On Wednesday, my younger child got a
stomach bug, but he's been fine since yesterday, Friday.

My 9 year old step-son has no concept of money and thinks my ATM card
provides an endless supply of cash whenever I need it.  When he asks
for something I tell him I can't afford it, his response is, "well
just use your card."  When he gets money of his own, he immediately

I use garnier fructise leave in conditioner for my DD's hair every
single day. By the next day it's frizzy again. I wash her hair once a
week. Can anyone recommend something stronger than the leave-in? Is
there a hair gel appropriate for kids hair? She's very sensitive to

A few words about my current perspective on parental alienation:
In my opinion, the best defense is to stand proud and tall in who you
are, and trust your child to see the truth for herself. My kids were 3
and 6 when we got divorced. It's scary when they are young and you

DD is too young (I think) to really be into potty training at 19
months. She doesn't like her wet diaper (cloth) but she doesn't quite
signal that she needs to urinate. She does have obvious poop signs,
usually. However her language skills are lagging and she definitely

We have a twin bed in a guest bedroom that is frequently used by young
kids.
Can anyone recommend a quality waterproof mattress pad?
Many of them are noisy, don't wear well in the washer or tend to slip

OK, so we're going to refinance our mortgage since our credit has finally
recovered from the child support paying years and the interest rates are
excellent. While searching for our mortgage loan papers, I ran across our
child support files--stacks and stacks of forms,  orders, ...

My kids (preschoolers) like cereal, especially applejacks or fruit
loops. I'm not that thrilled about the sugar content in these. They
eat fruits but not at breakfast. I'm wondering what your kids eat for
breakfast. If you come across less sugary yet tasty cereals, please

I have two girls, preschool aged. Currently, their room doesn't have
any furniture. We're going to buy a trundle bed (probably white sleigh
bed design). We are also thinking of painting their room. Can anyone
please give me ideas on the paint color, theme etc? My DD1 (5 yo next