Phrases & Sentences

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Help Me Explain to My Daughter About Phrases.

H.B. asks from Minneapolis

My daughter is 4yrs old and she's a very quick learner...if she hears it once it's forever in her head. And she has picked up a few phrases that I don't appreciate. O...

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JFF Phrases That Irk You. Have Any?

D.P. asks from Pittsburgh

You know the kind--the "pat" answers people give so freely. Along with "this too shall pass," I would say that "been there, done that" tops my list as most annoyin...

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JFF: Regional Phrases

S.G. asks from Grand Forks

Where I live we have quite a few words and phrases that are unique to our province. We hold fundraising parties called "socials" to which you need to buy a ticket...

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Replacement Phrases

K.M. asks from Chicago

Okay, so my 5yr old son is abusing the phrase "Now I'll NEVER get to do xyz." and it is getting over the top in this house. I say no to ANYTHING and his response is ...

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JFF - Phrases That Have Gone the Way of the Dodo....

S.R. asks from El Paso

So, I was glancing at facebook and someone mentioned addicting someone else to Pinterest, at which point in my head, I started saying "Be kind" and finished with "Be ...

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Phrases or Words You Are Embarassed You Say

J.M. asks from Philadelphia

I am thinking that when I was in labor I was more able to be taken over by spirits. I mean kids are close to "the light" so one building body parts in M. and exitin...

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Bad Words or Phrases Your Kids Say.

W.. asks from Detroit

Was talking with some friends this morning and discussing funny things toddlers say. My two year old refers to cotton balls as "Cock and Balls". When my son used t...

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"I Can't" and "It's Too Hard" Are My 3 Year Olds Favorite New Phrases

A.P. asks from San Francisco

I have a vibrant fun little 3 year old son, but all of a sudden every task is "too hard" or he can't do it. Everything from putting his shirt on to cleaning up his to...

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My 25 Month Old Daughter Is Not Speaking a Lot, Is It Normal?

S.M. asks from Los Angeles

My daughter turned 2 last month. She is raised in a multilangual family where we speak 2 additional languages plus English. She is still not speaking a lot. We ask h...

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I Want My Kids to Forget "Cars 2" -- Doable??

X.O. asks from Chicago

My kids saw Cars 2, which is very violent, has plenty of inappropriate phrases, and, in my opinion, has stifled my kids' imagination. They won't even touch a non-"Ca...