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Talking to My Child About Sex
Asked by N.G. from Dallas
on May 16, 2011
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Good Afternoon Ladies, Another post sparked my thought process...
I've posted about my bright little girl before. She's very inquisitive, and when she becomes curi...
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- when my boys asked about it very young, I did not want to tell them either. I told them sex was a girl or boy thing - a boys's sex was male and a girl's sex was femal...
- I recommend the book 'Where Did i Come From'. Great gentle but matter-of-fact information. My parents bought it when we were children, so i was never shocked or naie...
- Yep, I would definitely tell her, she's probably already hearing it at school.
Weather Related Toy for 18 m.o.
Asked by J.C. from Hartford
on January 19, 2009
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My 18 month old son loves to watch the weather. I was wondering if any other moms out there know a fun weather-related toy that would be age appropriate? Thanks
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- J., Other than a sled I don't know of a toy but going out while it is snowing and trying to catch snowflakes on your tongue is a lot of fun. Also making snow angel...
- Hi J.. I don't know of any toys but you could make a chart and you could help your son use to chart the weather everyday. I'm sure if you check out the websites of so...
- If you live close to Dover Nh there is a great educational toy store and teachers store called the noggin factory. They also have online shopping. They are awesome. D.
Son Is Terrified of Tornadoes
Asked by R.T. from Lincoln
on May 25, 2011
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All this talk about tornadoes, media coverage of the most recent ones and drills at school has my 5 year old son all worked up. We have family in Joplin, but thank Go...
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- Our daughter is also terrified. I found what has worked best for her is to let her watch the severe weather on TV. (She is 7, so it may be a little different.) Then sh...
- I lived in tornado alley for 42 yrs. tell him most tornado warning don't produce tornados they produce funnel clouds and teach him what they are. also teach him how to...
- My granddaughter was nervous after a tornado warning last summer. She would get scared at seeing the dark clouds and tell me "Oh no Grandma, we are going to have a vo...
Project Katrina - Please Help
Asked by B.Q. from San Diego
on March 26, 2012
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My son is doing a book report on Katrina. He needs to have a project to go with the book report. He can't have printed out stuff. It needs to be a art project or se...
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- do a diorama, those are always fun and artistic.. Use a box for example, have someone in a boat with water all around, show the scenery and that which is happening all...
- You could do a diorama. Shoebox and re-create a scene from the book. Play dough/clay for trees and water, take a hammer to a couple of toy houses, hang a toy boat or m...
- Could he do something to illustrate Dubya's swift and extreme help? Oh....no.....guess not....sorry...lol What about a paper maché model of the levees? Not sur...
Need Advice for Child with Extreme Fear of Weather.
Asked by A.F. from Macon
on July 16, 2009
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My 10 yr. old son has developed an obsession with the weather. He asks constantly what the weather is going to do the next day. Even when it's beautiful outside, he ...
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- Is this anxiety which is just coming apparent in this area? I am familiar with natural medicine (many forms) to treat anxiety. Gaba and 5HTP are two supplements that...
- I agree, educate him. Usually with the unknown, we can be scared of things. But when we are knowledgeable about something, we are enlightened and are no longer afraid....
- Give him the site for the weather... weather.com. He can see what it will be for the next 10 days so he won't ask everyday. Its just the weather... I don't see the pro...
What Does It Look like Out Your Back Door?
Asked by L.L. from Topeka
on May 27, 2011
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We have had the most coolest weahter here & rain rain rain.There has been sunshine but not many days.My kids are itching to go to the swimming beach @ the lake but nop...
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- kid toys everywhere and crispy grass. We are in a drought here in texas, its pretty bad. It didnt rain at all in april.
- Sunshine and 90-ish. We are in the middle of a major drought. Have only had one day of "real" rain in the last 6 months. It was 100 degrees on Wednesday - WAY too earl...
- I thought we had turned a corner last week. It was warm sunny and we spent every waking hour outside that we could. That all turned back into rain rain and more rain...
Fear and Intuition
Asked by R.B. from Los Angeles
on June 10, 2011
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How do you balance a child's seemingly over-sensitivity to encouraging them to listen to instinct?
Because I quote Oprah often, my daughter refers to her as, "Mom's...
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- I am all for knowledge, but it should be age appropriate. You don't go explaining cell division to a child who asks about how a baby got in your belly ("mom and dad d...
- Your son may be too old for the book "Thunder Cake" but my 4 year old loves it. It's about a girl who is very afraid of thunder storms and how her grandmother helps he...
- sometimes we educate ourselves to the point that we create fear! & while I do not advocate sticking your head in the sand either.....there has to be a happy medium. ...
How to Calm Childrens Fears
Asked by J.B. from Cedar Rapids
on May 28, 2008
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We live close to where the f5 tornados hit iowa on may 25. My six year old daughter has been teriffied since then. She sees the pictures on the news and the newspape...
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- Meet with other parents with children of the same age... hearing others talk about the storm may help. If she see and hears from the others about what they felt then ...
- J., That is a hard one! we had a tornado go through our home town a couple of years ago and afterwards my daughter was terrified. I explained to her that sometimes s...
- Hi J., I was actually in 3 tornadoes as a child. The first one I was about your daughter's age, and I was in a car with my older sister. The second one I was in a ce...
Daughter Afraid of Rain
Asked by C.H. from Tampa
on September 1, 2009
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My six year old daughter has developed a fear towards, wind - rain - heavy storms, etc. She wakes up in the morning and checks the sky for "black clouds" and asks all ...
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- Our children watch the news with us... we may not relieze that they are paying attention but they do. My daughter swears everytime it rains we are getting a TWISTER. S...
- You need to find out why she is afraid. My 3yo started something similar lately. She is convinced if it starts to storm that her daddy will be hit by lightening and ki...
- I bet she saw something on TV that was scary about bad weather! That happened to my daughter once. Hers wasn't as extreme as your daughters sounds but mine grew out of...
How Long Should a Man Stay in the "Dog House" If??? JFF
Asked by A.H. from Canton
on February 5, 2012
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He doesn't notice you got your hair cut and colored?
I understand the responses so far BUT I only splurge on myself and do this about once a year and he KNEW I was...
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- Grrrrr! Is your dog house big enough? Your husband may get a guest, my husband. Today I made tacos for dinner, I felt kind of bad for the simplicity of my dinner tha...
- I'd be hurt.. if my husband changes something on himself and I don't notice he gets all whiney so why shouldn't we? LOL.. Maybe he learned his lesson!
- Some people just don't notice stuff like that, and men just really don't pay attention to details like that. It's like getting upset because he didn't comment on your...
