Day Camp: Older Child
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Help-my 8 Year Old Is Very Picky About Her Food.
Asked by L.Z. from Odessa
on April 29, 2008
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I have an 8 year old that is very picky about food. She either wants something different from what i've made and if not, she won't eat. I can't get her to eat veggies...
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- I think it is a phase....my now 9 year old went through that also. Now she is trying all kinds of things. I would never go out of my way to fix her a different meal if...
- My children have done the same thing. She's associating the new food with the vomiting. My child did that with a certain food. It was a traumatic experience and the...
- my daughter has done this most of her life since 2 yrs old - she is now 23 yrs old. Over the years we have learned that some of the things she did not like - she has ...
Summer Day Camp
Asked by S. from St. Louis
on March 15, 2006
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I am looking for an all day summer camp or something of that sort to send my 6 year old girl. She gets bored at daycare all day and I am looking for an alternative. So...
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- I know that this is WAAAAAAY late to be responding to you but keep this in mind for next year. If you live in the city, the city parks have day camp. Once example is...
- I know the YMCA always has summer camps available, and while I've not used them, I know others that do and love them. Also, if she is in scouts, or entering them in t...
- Check out your local parks department. Kirkwood has a great day camp. Or check out Savvy Family Magazine, http://www.savvyfamily.com/. They have great suggestions o...
Summer Day Camp Info
Asked by B.W. from Los Angeles
on March 10, 2008
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summer camp info for 4 1/2 year old boy.... day camp, arts, music, crafts, sports, etc.... near Hancock Park/Beverly Hills.
Also, Does Hollywood Bowl offer kid mus...
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- I am not yet a mother, but I grew up in LA and did attend Beverly Hills YMCA Day Camp. Although it is no longer there, the Westside Family YMCA should. Westside Fa...
- Larchmont Charter School offers is offering Summer Camp program for the first time this summer. It will be on the Hollygrove campus - Vine just north of Melrose. It lo...
- I used to work for a software company in Hancock Park when my daughter was 5. Believe it or not, the best choice for us was the YMCA near the Grove, off 3rd street. ...
Day Camp Issue
Asked by J.J. from St. Louis
on June 11, 2008
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Ok I have an issue, my son started Day Camp on Monday and yesterday he was punched in the chest (my son is 6) by another boy in the 6 year old group who is twice the s...
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- Hi J., In my mind, hitting is hitting and if the camp personnel can't protect ALL the campers, it is time to demand money back and find other childcare arrangements...
- I am really sorry your 6 year old was hurt. It looks to me like you did everything right.Go back to the director with the "Rules and Regulations" in hand and point out...
- Yes, you should go to a supervisor on this. First of all, if your child was hit so hard that it still hurt the next day, obviously they had to know about it at the tim...
Almost 6-Year-old Wants a Nintendo DS or a Wii
Asked by A.L. from Sacramento
on March 22, 2009
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My almost 6-year-old has been pleading for a Nintendo DS or the Wii, like all his cousins and some of his friends have. My mother-in-law really wants to get him one f...
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- I would go for a delayed gratification avenue. Tell him he has to wait until he is seven (or eight) to have that toy. Then I would suggest the Wii and make it a fami...
- You've received a lot of great advice and insight herre. You also seem to have a strong instinct that this isn't a good idea for him right now. Don't succumb to the ...
- Here is my thoughts and experience. My son has been growing up with his peers around him having these types of games from a young age. I'd say around 5 and 6 is when t...
Summer Camp
Asked by L.O. from Boston
on August 13, 2008
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Does anyone have any good reports of a happy summer "camp" experience in the Haverhill area - specifically for the younger 5 and 6 year old crowd? Sad to say, but I'm...
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- Hi L. I don't know if your girls are interested in dance but Nancy Chippendale's Dance Studios has an all day summer camp monday-friday 9-2pm (starting next summer)...
- My daughter is 4 1/2 this summer and had a great experience at Brooks School summer camp this year in North Andover. They do some great things, seems really organized ...
- In Haverhill you can look into Cedardale, they have camps all summer long...I think the counselors might be a bit older. They Y in Andover/North Andover also have cam...
YMCA Day Camp, a Little Nervous...
Asked by S.K. from Dallas
on June 18, 2010
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My Six year old is going to Day Camp on the lake through the YMCA (Park Cities/Town North Dallas) and he is very excited, which I am encouraging. The problem is I am a...
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- It's ok and perfectly normal to be nervous. My daughters have been going to day camp for 8 years, and sometimes I still get nervous. Keep in mind the councelors ...
- I know it is scary, isn't it. I panic every year. However my son has the time of his life at camp and always asks to go back. Apply tons of sunscreen in the morning, t...
- I get nervous too! The worst was putting my not-yet-four year old child who is anaphylactic to peanuts and tree nuts on a bus to a bowling alley two years ago when we...
"Seeking Advice on 6 Year Old Bed Wetting"
Asked by S.A. from Detroit
on July 31, 2008
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I am wondering if anyone has any advice on how to handle a 6 year old boy who wets the bed every night. He is in such a deep sleep that he doesn't even know that he h...
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- I still get this from my 5-1/2 year old daughter. We have been watching the liquids after dinner and making sure she sits until she pees before bed. Still happens as s...
- I would put a pull-up on him at night. He may not want to feel like he is wearing a "diaper" - so, they have these new kind out that look just like boxer shorts!! In...
- Hi S., I just went through this with my 6 year old son a few months ago. It just started to happen more frequently. I also asked the Mamasource Mom's with overwhe...
Inexpensive Childcare or Day Camp in Sacramento
Asked by H.M. from Sacramento
on May 14, 2008
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I am always seeking a reasonable daycare or day camp for my 9 year old daughter, who attends a year round school, she'll be off track in June and I can't afford 4th R ...
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- Good Morning H., I was just sitting at my desk yesterday thinking the same thing, one of my co workers and i both live in the South Sacramento area and she gave me a...
- Hi H., I am a SAHM to an 8yr old boy and a 4 month old boy. I am in the process of getting my daycare license. I am looking to take in a couple school age children f...
- Community centers have camps, and libraries offer them also, look in the parks and recreation book located at any community center/library.
6 Year Old Terrified to Go Upstairs
Asked by S.B. from Houston
on May 11, 2008
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My 6 year old son sleeps on the floor by my bed every night. He is too scared to even GO upstairs alone and ABSOLUTELY won't go in his room without escort even in bro...
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- Without reading your replies. When I was turning 7 we moved to a new house and new town. I can remember laying in bed terrified. My new room was down a long, narr...
- I agree with seeking Christian counseling. I had a neighbor when I was a child who was cruel to me and it happened in an upstairs home. I kept having nightmares as a...
- S., #1 Try a baby monitor. Tell your son that if he needs anything to just call for you and you will come. You will need to respond to every call for a while and...
