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My Kids Are Irrationally Scared of Bugs
Asked by S.G. from St. Louis
on March 27, 2008
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We are not even into summer yet and again this year, my kids have begun freaking out of every bug they see outside. This originally started with my oldest daughter, w...
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- Stephanie: First off, sorry you are going through this. My son was terrified of everything involving anyone dressed up. So, of course, any time we went anywhere we ...
- have you thought about going outside with them a couple times, and find some harmless rolly pollies or ants to show them? be all excited and show them how fun outside ...
- Check out some books on bugs, get one of the bug catchers and let them 'take care' of them, talk to them about bugs. How they have families too and how they play an i...
3 Yo Extremely Afraid of Bugs
Asked by E.K. from Lawrence
on July 3, 2008
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I am hoping someone out there has some helpful advice! My dtr has recently decided she is terribly afraid of bugs. It started with ladybugs that were in our house, to ...
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- I have found out reading books to childre nabout bugs helps. Where I live we have a Ruge center that has free programs on outside life. They have it adapated to childr...
- One of the first things you probably need to do is try to find out the best you can, where the fear came from. I know that might be hard with the language barrier at ...
- Relax, yours is not the only one who reacts this way. At this age they are just starting to really understand the world around them is not all good. My daughter went...
Science Theme for a Girls Room?
Asked by B.G. from Birmingham
on October 19, 2011
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I have a 6 1/2 year old girl that is not typical. Instead of being interested in princesses and Barbies, she's very interested in science. This is GREAT - I love it! ...
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- In addition to glow in the dark stars... theres REALLY COOL paper with holes that you can tape to the ceiling. Dab the holes with glow in the dark paint... and you hav...
- That's so awesome. Your daughter is way cool! I love the suggestions too :)
- My daughter had a space theme.......she loved it. We had it for about 3 years then moved to a jungle theme. We had deep blue on one wall with all the wallies for pla...
Is My Son OCD?
Asked by R.M. from Los Angeles
on November 30, 2007
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I have an almost 4 year old son that seems to "obsess" over certain things. One month its spiders, one month its the toilet flushing when he is near it, this month it...
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- Your son, while he is probably a lot like you AND probably feeds off of it when you are stressed, is most likely not OCD. It is totally normal for four year olds to b...
- R., Your son is not OCD he is just a very smart, curious little boy. My son would get on one subject and talk about it insistently. You may also be placing some o...
- Most likely, no. Not right now. Right now he is going through the "normal" developmental fears and probably has a great imagination. He can't tell the difference be...
2 1/2 Year Old Suddenly Fearful
Asked by D.G. from Philadelphia
on November 11, 2008
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My 2 1/2 year old son has suddenly because afraid of lots of things all of the sudden. He's afraid of Ursela on The Little Mermaid and the dragon on Echanted, which I ...
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- My now 3.5 year old has many fears as well. He's funny too because the way he seems to deal with them is to become completely obcessed with the feared thing. Right now...
- His imagination is strong! it is a phase and he will soon want to know much more about what he used to fear....He may become an eye doctor.....LOL.....
- Hi D., My 8 year old son still has many many fears. He started being fearful around the age of 2 or so. I feel it's because they have a very vivid imagination and t...
Need Help Preschooling My Own Son
Asked by M.O. from Salt Lake City
on July 17, 2008
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I want to do some kind of simple preschool with my almost 4 year old son. I want to do something simple that I can do during the rest of the summer months and during ...
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- I have the perfect website for you... youcanteach.com. It is a basic, fun curriculum that teaches children letter sounds, etc through games, music, singing, etc. The...
- M., If you can find any books by Glen Doman regarding early childhood education, use them as a jumping-off point. They are really excellent, help develop your child...
- hi M., i run a small preschool out of my home, so i know how you feel about trying to get all that info organized into a schedule. my suggestions are to 1) pick a ...
3 Yr. Old Terrified of Bees....
Asked by J.K. from Cleveland
on April 22, 2010
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My 3 yr. old has never been stung by a bee, nor have bees bothered him in the past, but he has suddenly developed this fear of bees. I took him to the zoo last week a...
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- My son was the same way, right around that same age too. He was terrified of bugs! In his case though, it was ALL bugs. Now, both of my kids are afraid of bees stil...
- oh please let me know how this goes, I am the same way w/ bees.....for no reason at all. thanks for posting this and I wish us both, lol, the best w/ this.
- i have bee phobia as well. So much so that I did a 360 on the highway due to a yellow jacket being in my car!! I'm much better than I use to be, but I really have to f...
Sleep Issues in 2.5 Year Old
Asked by R.L. from Minneapolis
on May 27, 2008
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Up until recently, my daughter has always been a good sleeper. I could probably count the number of times she has woken up in the middle of the night since she was an ...
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- My daughter who is almost two has always been great when going to bed. She has never fussed or woken up in the middle of the night. She visited her Grandma for a cou...
- Hi R., My son went through this at the exact same time and he too was a perfect sleeper until 2.5. We had to start leaving the light on in the hall and I also foun...
- Yikes! Unfortunately, it sounds familiar to me. We had problems with my now 3.5 year old for almost 6 months starting at 2.5 years old. He started taking longer and...
Crayon in the Laundry
Asked by A.K. from New York
on July 12, 2008
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Hi everyone,
Keeping up with the laundry and housekeeping is hard enough, so when I opened the dryer to find that red crayon was all over my clothes, I was not happy....
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- A., I've done the same thing (with blue). Go to crayola.com they have an entire section about getting stains out. Good luck.
- Place a paper towel on each side of the article of clothing and iron it on the lowest setting, and change the paper towels often until you have removed all the wax. Fo...
- A., Pick up a bottle of Shout Advantage and also Grease Lightning, try them both. I use Shout Advantage on everything and have even taken out stains that were like 2 ...
What Should Every Kid Experience?
Asked by M.D. from San Francisco
on April 5, 2012
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Reading an article about 8 things every kid should experience:
Being part of a team
Camping
Chores
Snow
Farm life
A lemonade stand
Flying a kite
Bowling
Wh...
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- Totally on board with the beach, camping and snow! I would swap walking thru leaves to jumping in a pile of them! pumpkin picking catching or chasing lightning bugs...
- Playing in the rain and jumping in puddles Picking bunches of dandelions Riding a bike Kisses and hugs at bed time Roasting marshmallows A lazy day every once in ...
- Picking berries Fishing, catching one, and cooking it for dinner Catching things and keeping them as a pet- tadpoles/snakes/crawfish/turtles/whatever! Scrambling fo...
