Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / March 2008

My 4 yr old is having ear infection and for last few months (4 months
to be precise) he has been under some nasal spray medicine. Last week
the ENT specialist asked us to go with tubes. He did hearing test and
found that there is a loss of hearing for 30 decibals(no sure if I am

What are the latest recomendations for diet for children.  I remember
a few years back the "Healthy Eating Pyramid".  Has this been replaced
with the healthy plate or something?  I'm particurlarly interested in
what percentage of daily calorie intake should come from simple

I came across this site where you can print coupons for all kinds of
everyday products from major and local retailers. I just had to share
this with people. In this economy I could use all the savings I can
get. Hope this is of some value to you.

How do you deal with kids who refuse to go to school. what is the
parental style that you would choose for your kids?

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I have different experiences with my children in school refusal in the
first week of the school, i have four children, all of them refused
going to school in the first day, they observed my response to their
refusal, when they found that its useless they accepted the school,