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Gift for 10 Yo Girl?
Asked by L.H. from Detroit
on July 16, 2009
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I'm struggling to come up with a quality birthday gift for my 10 yo niece. I'm leaning toward videos and books. Can anyone recommend any for this gender and age group?...
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- I know you already posted a response, but I'll add my 2 cents worth. I am concerned with all the stuff kids get today, so I have tried to get "consumable" gifts when m...
- When my niece turned 10 last year, I got her a couple of crafting kits. I think I got her jewelry kit and a cross stitch kit. She visited last month and was still in...
- the best gift you can give her is time spent with you if you want something more material take her on a shopping trip to pick it out or to her farorite movie or restur...
More Help with Reading
Asked by R.B. from Springfield
on November 6, 2007
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I have a daughter who is 10, and she has trouble reading. She likes to read, she likes books, but she struggles. She does well in every other subject, and is social ...
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- I have a daughter, now 27, that had trouble learning to read in school. We had her tested at the UMKC Reading Institute in Kansas City. Dr. Wheelock was the doctor a...
- Hi R., My son is virtually a non reader also. What is helping for us is to find the book on tape/cd and have him read along to the story. He has done it and was e...
- Thank you for bringing up this subject. My daughter is in Kindergarten this year and is struggling with phonics. Her teacher has noticed this and is setting her up w...
Enough Is Enough
Asked by S.R. from Detroit
on May 3, 2009
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We have had our son potty trained since July of 2008...The problem is he WON'T poop on the potty, he still insists on a pullup. We have tried rewards, we have tried ch...
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- We had the same problem with our son. He peed in the potty but refused to poop. This might sound weird but my son loves playing games on the computer. He loves the ...
- Really the more you push it the more he'll fight. He'll get it if you give him time.
- I agree with the previous entry...give her a deadline and tell her no more pull-ups after that. My son was stubborn about both peeing and pooping but once I knew he h...
Guitar Lessons for My Daughter
Asked by L.O. from Dallas
on November 18, 2008
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We live in the lower greenville/lakewood area. Willing to go downtown uptown, lake highlands etc. Can anyone recommend affordable guitar lessons for my 13 year old dau...
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- Try the school of rock at http://www.schoolofrock.com/dallas/main_school.php My kids are taking lessons there and love it! It's a great community and they have season...
- I've heard good things about Gray's School of Music at Preston and Forest. My daughter sings and I got a recommendation to try there from another mom at school whose ...
- I am unsure of WHERE Greenville/Lakewood is, but I do give beginning guitar lessons in the Mesquite 75149 area. I charge $50/month for a half hour lesson per week, whi...
I Need Advice on the Attitude and Behavior of a 9Yr Old Girl!!!
Asked by M.M. from Huntington
on October 23, 2006
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My daughter is 9yrs old and recently she thinks she can talk to me however she wants. She has this attitude like she knows it all and she thinks she can do whatever sh...
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- My counselor suggested this book & IT IS WORKING!!! I have it in paperback & on CD. (Well ... I had to get my husband to “read it" one way or another. *sigh*) *...
- I think maybe your daughter is a little jealous, I think she is overwhelmed to have a two year old sister, and tries to get her in trouble so her sister looks bad. Oth...
- Hi M., Oh little girls little girls...lol..I had one once, she is now almost 20 and I still ocassionally get the sharp tongued snipet now and then, lol. My best ad...
Your Baby Can Read...Has Anyone Used It?
Asked by R.C. from Houston
on June 16, 2009
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GM Moms. I am watching the infomercial about this program. Have any of you moms out there used this program or are you using it now? I am thinking about buying this p...
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- But why would you want your two year old to read? Let her be two.I truly believe there is an age for kid's brains to learn stuff; they may be able to memorize early bu...
- I did not read all the responses and you have some very good answers to think about. I was a Kindergarten Teacher for 15 years and one thing I know is not all childre...
- When my children were small the Phonics program was very popular. We asked the principal of my son's school at the time what she thought about the program. She said th...
2 1/2Yo Not Talking Yet
Asked by T.T. from Denver
on April 3, 2008
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i have tryed every thing i can think of to get my 2 1/2 almost 3yo to talk but he refuses he will say a few things like no and yah
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- Don't worry too much if you can help it. Some children just talk later. My middle son didn't talk until he was 3 but then he started out with perfect sentences. He ...
- Hi T., Look up information on Selective Mutism...my son wasn't talking to anyone but me, my husband and my daughter at 3 years old and we found out about this from a ...
- Hi T., I would contact the school district that you live in and get your son accessed. I just took my daugther to the Granite School District yesterday and they ar...
Spotting at 11 Weeks
Asked by K.J. from Portland
on September 11, 2008
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I am currently 11.5 weeks into my second pregnancy and this morning I had some light spotting. It hasn't been constant all day and is brownish/pink rather than red, p...
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- Call your doctor, answering questions such as this is what you pay them for. Advice from the professional is the best way to calm a frightened mom in a very frighteni...
- Completely normal. I did too. :)
- I went through the same thing. Only I went to the ER and subjected myself to all the lousy bloodwork and whatnot. It is normal, but still enough to scare a person. :...
Potty Training
Asked by A.S. from Canton
on February 16, 2009
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Ok, here's my issue. My niece is going to be 4 in June and she is not potty trained, not even close! My sister-in-law is pregnant with twin boys and due in June. This ...
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- The book, Steps to Independence: Teaching Everyday Skills to Children With Special Needs by Alan J. Brightman is excellent or (This author, Teri Crane, also rea...
- It does not say where you are located at, but i would suggest looking into the Headstart program. That is the only pre-school program that I know off, that will take c...
- wow you are going to have your hands full. My son is autistic and was not totaly potty trained till he was 6 1/2. Unforunately if she is not ready there is not much ...
7 Year Old Having Night Terrors
Asked by S.S. from San Francisco
on April 23, 2008
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About 4 years ago my son began having these aweful episodes, which I assumed were nightmares, where we can't calm him down. He sees things and yells at us to watch ou...
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- Hello Sylvia, I too have a 7 year old boy with major night terrors. We tried everything from sleeping with us to , praying with him nightly, to light blanklets. We...
- My son had terrible night terrors also. Thankfully he seems to have grown out of them. He probably had them for about a year or two. I sympathize with you--it's so ...
- My now eleven year old son went through a period (two years ago) where he was having night terrors every night for more than three months. I did a great deal of resear...
