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Ideas for Healthy Alternatives to Donuts for Zero the Hero Day
Asked by F. from Dallas
on October 15, 2007
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Hello Mamas,
My daughter started Kindergarten this year, and although we are extremely happy with the school she goes too, we are really troubled by the amount of j...
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- Please be highly sensitive to the nut allergy thing! My son's class does not allow any nut to enter the classroom (there is a child in either his class or the neighbor...
- When I taught Kdg. I used a pretzel stick with something circle shaped for zero the hero so the children had to learn the place value of the 1 and the zero ex. pretzel...
- You are to be applauded for your ideas and efforts and concern. The advice from the last person is excellent -- you are on the right track -- sounds like you have a bi...
Encouraging Constructive Activities Without Creating an Aversion to Them
Asked by J.T. from Chicago
on March 12, 2012
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I need your help. All my five-year-old son wants to do is watch superhero shows, play superheroes or transformers, or play the Batman Lego game on the Wii. I have no...
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- you are very wise to realize that over-structuring and enforcing 'creative' activities sucks all the juice right out of 'em. and i totally get your concern about him n...
- Leave him be! I have three boys and all differed widely in their interest in doing sedentary, creative things. My middle boy - who so far looks to be the one with the ...
- I am going to focus on ideas for you to get your son interested in "branching out" without so much resistance. 1. Play-Doh..... When he's not there, make an impres...
Teen Step-daughter Failing School and Coming Between Us
Asked by T.B. from New York
on May 18, 2009
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Hi Ladies-
I have been reading and responding at mamasource for sometime now, and now I need your help!
How to summarize the last five years?!
I am the mom of two...
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- There are obviously a lot of issues going on here. Number one of which is the age difference among your children and step-daughter and that her half siblings have a '...
- T., please try not to see this as critisim, but I find your personal information very revealing: "A working mom with 2 beautiful boys". You are a working mom with 2 ...
- T., I believe that things that we go through is to teach us something and I ask God what am I to learn from this? Perhaps to help you understand, threats are not good....
Is This Normal?
Asked by K.P. from Buffalo
on June 10, 2010
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My 4 yr old daughter appears to have a very "dark side" when she's playing. If she's playing with her dollhouse, the baby is always crying, if she's playing with her i...
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- Here are 2 good links for you... that will explain the reason for this, in your child: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=679 http://www.nncc.org/Curri...
- It seems like she may be one of the people that constantly runs through crisis scenarios in their heads to rehearse their response. This is normal and some believe it'...
- It's fine. I was a "dark" child too, and I turned out "normal". I killed my barbie dolls, but I don't have any thoughts of killing anything not made of plastic. I ...
How Much Time Should a 5 Year Old Be on the Computer Each Day?
Asked by T.M. from Los Angeles
on January 12, 2010
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I am wondering how much time is acceptable for a 5 year old to be on the computer each day? Also, how much time is too much? My son loves playing games on the computer...
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- Depends on the kid, IMO. For my ds7, he uses the computer for school and silly time (we homeschool). Silly time is limited - 1/2 an hour to an hour-, school time *t...
- Regardless of what the manufacturing companies want you to believe, the use of computer is a limitation for developing human brain. so to answer the question about tim...
- My girlfriend makes her kids buy computer game time with reading time. If they want to play 20 minutes on the computer, they have to read for 20 minutes first... I tho...
Please Help
Asked by E.S. from Houston
on March 24, 2010
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Hi moms,
I am in need of advice. My 12 year old nephew has lived with me for 4 years. He has always loved school and made all A's. He was born premature and he i...
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- He will need to learn how to deal with negative and/or hurtful people in his life, so I would find out what he would like to do to build up his opinion of himself. Ta...
- E., I'm so sorry for your nephew. In this day and age you do need to take this seriously. I don't know a lot about homeschooling but I do know it is very expensiv...
- Ugh, I hate hearing this.. Go to the school and speak with the Principal. Have you done that yet? There is ZERO tolerance for this behavior. Ask them what are they...
Finding Time for Everything...
Asked by J.W. from Seattle
on December 21, 2010
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Ok, so I am a SAHM of 3 kids. One 6yr old in Kindergarden, one 4yr old in Preschool, and a 10 month old baby girl. My husband works between 8-12 hours a day with a 2 h...
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- I'm in a similar boat, except my husband is only home on the weekends, I homeschool and we have a farm! I'm lucky in that we don't have to follow a strict schedule as...
- You've gotten some great suggestions so far. I was also going to add that maybe in your neighborhood there is a girl (around 10 or 11 years old) that can be a "mother...
- I stay home with my 3 kids. My husband has a similar schedule to yours - but he does all the bills (so that's not on my list). Here is my schedule: Get up with my...
Seeking Answer from Moms
Asked by S.S. from Dallas
on September 2, 2010
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HI ...I have a 5.6 yr old boy he is obsessed with planets ,black hole space etc. When we talk to him he about anything he will just talk about planets or something ab...
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- Wow, you sound like you have a really smart son!! When my boy was about 4 he could not GET enough of dinosaurs. Constantly talking about them, books on them, he had ...
- you may have a child prodigy on your hands...how awesome is that? What a great gift he has at such a young age, who knows he may be the next Einstein =)
- It might be a little annoying and scary to hear him obsess over something, but you need to let him be himself. And, he's only 5.
Husband Thinks School Is a Waste of time-I Want a Career That Requires School
Asked by T.V. from New York
on July 6, 2011
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My husband thinks school is a huge waste of time. I want to go to school to be an RN. I have put this off for 5 years now between having my two kids and overall life g...
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- Go to school! Tell him you want to be able to support yourself and your children if anything should (God forbid) happen to him. Tell him you want to do it for yourse...
- I don't know how to advise you about your husband, but I am currently in two classes that are required for the nursing school I'm applying for in the spring and so far...
- Ugh. I could see his point if you wanted to go to school for a BA in Underwater Basket Weaving or even something as useless at this point in your life as a liberal art...
Need Toilet Training Ideas
Asked by J.F. from Medford
on March 18, 2008
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I have a 2 1/2 year old son who will be 3 in May. I have introduced the potty and just recently started getting serious about using it. He was really energized about i...
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- J., it sounds like you have a busy schedule and a full life! Both of my children, a boy and a girl, are now young adults, but they were both toilet trained around the ...
- try taking him to the store to buy real underpants. My son, who will be 3 in April, likes his 'car' underpants and doesn't want to take them off because of them being...
- I think you have to decide if this is important to you or your son. He will use the potty when he is ready and if you push to hard he may get discouraged and not use i...
