Marker, Crayon, or Ink: First Response

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Help with Permanent Marker

L.N. asks from Sheboygan

Hi I have a question for a friend of mine. Her 5 yr old son took permanent marker and wrote not only the walls (which she got the marks off) but decided to write on ...

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Unknown Stain on Laundry and Clothes Dryer

L.W. asks from Toledo

Hey everyone! I started to do a load of laundry this weekend and in the process of the washer filling, something happened with our water so I had to shut it off....

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Being Harassed by CPS Because My 10 Year Old Has a Normal Hygiene Problem

K.V. asks from San Diego

As a parent of a ten year old boy, I've done my research over the last few years as my son has gotten closer to puberty; Both through the web and through family membe...

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Is This Really Neglect?

G.H. asks from Salt Lake City

Just recently my son had caught salmanilla poising, and then right after he got strep, so he had missed daycare for 3 full weeks. After missing daycare for a few wee...

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Daughter Won't Stop Scratching

S.E. asks from Los Angeles

My daughter is 16 months. She keeps scratching her back, right below her neck. Yesterday we noticed that she must have been scratching it so much that it started to...

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Do Some Kids "Fail" at Daycare?

A.D. asks from Portland

My boys, ages 2.5 and 4.5, have been going to a home-based childcare provider for about a month. The littlest has only been there alone for two hours, and he was depr...

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Possibility of down Syndrome

J.O. asks from Louisville

My sister in law just had a ultra sound done and they think the baby might have Down Syndrome. They did a neck measurement and apparently the neck is not the right si...

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Thumb Sucking

A.M. asks from Dallas

I have a two and a half year old boy who has a habbit of thumb sucking and I cannot seem to get him to stop. If he is not doing anything for a second his thumb is in ...

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Was Your Child Bitten?

M.R. asks from San Francisco

If your child was bitten at preschool or daycare by another child (about 3 years old), what would your response be? It may or may not be the first time your child was...