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When You Think of Connecticut...
Asked by L.M. from New York
on August 27, 2011
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My daughter has been selected to attend a national event. She needs to make small inexpensive favors that represent her state. So I was wondering what other people i...
Teenage Son Wants to Visit Girlfriend at Her College
Asked by B.C. from New York
on December 9, 2008
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My 18-year-old son wants to take bus from CT to IN to visit his girlfriend for a few days during his college break. My family and I want to see him here in CT for a w...
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- Ahh let him go. No harm no foul. Just tell him to bring protection unless he wants to be a young daddy. I was that age going from Niagara Falls to Rochester to visit m...
- B., As a mother who has already raised a son, who is now 28, and still lives at home, my advice would be to let him go. Technically, since he's 18, he really doe...
- Hi B. Since I have twin girls that are also 18 and freshman in college. One is living on campus about 3 hours away and the other is commuting. Since we are still pay...
Moving from Connecticut to Irving,Texas
Asked by E. from Dallas
on April 3, 2006
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I am interested in other mom's opinion's on cities around Irving for schools and basic area information. Great places to live, where not to live, schools, doctors, pe...
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- When I first moved to the DFW back in 2000, my 2 daughters went to Las Colinas Elementary School. It is in Carrollton/Farmers Branch ISD but in Las Colinas (North Irv...
- Hi E.. My husband and I lived in Las Colinas (part of Irving) for 2 years and my husband was raised in Irving. My recommendation is to have your kids enrolled in priva...
- Coppell is a really good area to live in...excellent schools, great central location to everything. One drawback is that you'll pay quite a bit more for a house in Co...
High School Freshman
Asked by S.B. from New York
on September 12, 2006
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We have moved to Connecticut from Florida and my son is having a hard time making friends at school. He has only been there for 6 days, but it seems that everyone her...
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- Bring in donuts and hot chocolate or juice for his homeroom - don't forget coffee for the teacher - a little goes along way and the kids will talk to him first... it m...
- S., I have spent a great deal of time in Conn and FLA. I can tell you from experience that people in Conn aren't the easiest to get to know and become friends with....
- Hi, I can relate to your sons situation. I am an adult and have been in the northeast for 8 months and still feel like an outsider. I am from the Midwest and I can tel...
My Child Is Confused
Asked by A.N. from Washington DC
on January 15, 2010
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I found out that I was pregnant 1 month after I turned 19. I was previously in a relationship for 2 1/2 years and split up. Started seeing another guy and after 3 mo...
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- i would go immediately to the ex and tell him there is no need to take you to court, you would LOVE for him to spend time with the little boy he has helped raise since...
- Clearly your ex is attached to this child - as he should be. Even though the two of you had/have problems he has still been around since before this child was born. ...
- I think the only thing you can be is honest. As your son gets older, he will understand more about the difference of biological versus an acting fathers. The most impo...
Keeping Breast Milk Cold at Daycare
Asked by J.H. from New York
on July 29, 2010
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My daughter is going to start daycare in few weeks and I just found out that they do not allow the lunch boxes to be stored in the refrigerator at her center, rather ...
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- With the thousands you'll be spending in daycare, why not just buy them a frig for everyone to use?
- I thought the "baby rooms" had to have their own fridge? Well, I don't know about CT, but, I'm pretty positive they have to here in TX. Any daycare I've seen has their...
- I put the breastmilk in a bottle for my son, then put in an insulated lunch box with an ice pack - it worked every time.
Fall bday...send to Kindergarten or Keep Home?
Asked by H.R. from Hartford
on March 20, 2008
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My daughter has a late birthday (Dec 7) according to Connecticut's public school guidelines for kindergarten (must be age 5 by Dec 31). If we send her this fall, she'...
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- Hi H., I'm going through something similar...What I was advised was to take in to consideration her development for her age. And, if it will be to her advantage to ...
- Hello H.! I am a single mother of a 15 year old August 22nd baby! I made the decision (as an educator and sadly as a mother ... THEN) to retain my son in Kindergar...
- Hi H. R., I too struggled with this last year (and still this year). My daughter turned 5 in Sept., 2007. She had been in Pre-K the previous year and I had talked t...
Going Back to Work
Asked by D.R. from New York
on June 22, 2009
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Hi Mamas!
I need some input. My twins are about to turn 2 (July 10th). When they were 4 months old I went back to work part time as a special ed. teacher. Every ...
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- You are blessed to have been able to take the time you have taken thus far. I went back to work as a full time psychologist and part-time grad student when my son was...
- Hello D., I say follow your heart!!! If you can financially afford to stay home and you don't mind living with your parents, then stay home. Kids grow up way too fa...
- I don't have much advice other than to hold off on that 3rd child if money is an issue NOW and you're husband is out of work....I hate to sound harsh but this is why p...
Not Sure How to Handle These Feelings.....
Asked by M.R. from Boston
on November 5, 2010
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I'm a mom of three in her early forties. I have a great college education and a very diverse career background. I also have been working since I was 15. It all started...
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- MamaMegan, I understand your anxiety, but you are letting your past dictate your future. Stay focused, write down your current expenses and plan what you would be ...
- Can you rent your house out, downsize to a smaller home (don't buy, just rent for awhile until the market changes and you can sell your big house) and sell a bunch of ...
- It sounds like you just need a new job, I know, easier said than done. I was also laid off 6 months ago and I'm still looking. But, sales is the toughest out there, it...
My Husband Wants to Move Away and I Don't.
Asked by C.P. from Jackson
on February 11, 2012
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My husband of 17 years and our two kids ages 5 and 10 have lived for the past 8 years in my hometown. My family is here, including my dad who is the best grandparent e...
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- there are lots of good reasons to stay where you are. it would be especially hard to leave your sick mom, and a school that you love. but i think you and some respond...
- Stay put is my response. I would hope and pray that my daughter and SIL and grandson would never move away. Tearing grandkids from their grandparents is just horribl...
- You're both stuck on the different sides of the same coin: - Family & Weather The only real difference being that you're established where you currently live. (g...
