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Comment on Letter from Santa Claus to your Child by Timmothy

Timmothy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:19:20 +0000

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Ex Back — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:53:33 +0000

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Comment on Nanny Services: Asking the Right Questions Before Hiring A Nanny by Nanny

Nanny — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:58:32 +0000

I am looking for a nanny right now and I am definitely going to take your advice. I had no idea what questions to ask, but I feel much more prepared now. Thanks for the helpful advice!

Comment on A Guide to Toddler Safety in Your Home by Ex Boyfriend

Ex Boyfriend — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:26:31 +0000

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Comment on For or against spanking? by admin

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:21:42 +0000

There are indeed some good suggestions and easy to apply. It’s just that the alternative this site offers brings us a little closer to this unwanted paranoid society based on fear. I would just stick to the traditional door to door aspect with just a reliable supervisor; we want to keep our traditions for us and our children.

Halloween is also a way to give some autonomy to our children and give them the chance to be responsible. Talk to them and ask them what they feel about it.
As for getting a cold, if they don’t catch it during Halloween, they will probably at school, it’s just an inevitable cycle.

The bottom line is that you are not over-reacting for being a concerned mom. Just try not to show your worries to your children as they sense everything and their interpretation of things might be different from ours as well as the repercussions.

Be present and always listen to your children will help you to be aware of any unwanted situation.

Happy Halloween.

Comment on For or against spanking? by Laura Harvey

Laura Harvey — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:57:12 +0000

Whats everyone doing for safety precautions for Halloween? My husband came across an article (http://i-newswire.com/pr220892.html) with some info about background checking neighbors. I thought that may be a little overboard, but it had some other good suggestions for some precautions I haven’t thought about. Last year my youngest son came down with a massive fever after Halloween. I almost thought about just taking the kids to our church’s fall festival this year instead of door-to-door to prevent that from happening again. I don’t know yet. What’s your advice? Am I over-reacting or just being a concerned mom?

Comment on Their entry in middle school is an important stage, do we have to see there the beginning of autonomy of our children? by admin

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:55:03 +0000

You are absolutely right, Albert, and you are certainly not old fashioned or paranoid, you are just aware of how society, medias and internet have evolve at a point where our brains are being flooded with hundred’s of messages per day and this phenomenon is certainly not sparing our children. We certainly cannot deny the fact that our kids are much more ahead than we were at their age. Our generation’s “bad influence” was limited to have a smoke in the toilet or a beer. But there is a good side in this evolution, it makes our children more aware of all the risks that exist around them, information is being spread in a more effective way and so they are more “equipped” to deal with outside threats.
Nevertheless I couldn’t agree more with your fear of this “school social mixer”. If the 6th graders, are so much more mature, imagine the 8th graders, and 6th graders are still in a very impressionable age.

Comment on Their entry in middle school is an important stage, do we have to see there the beginning of autonomy of our children? by Albert Maruggi

Albert Maruggi — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:13:44 +0000

I have a daughter in middle school. She just turned 12 and every bit on the younger side of 12, although mature in her personality. This is not the case across her class with groups starting, opposite sex and now instant messaging.

Having two older children, my reaction is to get more into the daily routine of my 12 year old. There are too too many influences at this age that can lead them down wrong albeit experimental paths. Whether it is a view of websites or a puff on a joint, it’s all there and those that think it is not are blind to the realities of today.

With my teenager, he was easily 4-5 years ahead of my experience. Parents, what you were exposed to in college are now available to 8 graders, that’s middle school.

My biggest problem is that middle school sometimes, puts 8th graders in the same “school social mixer” as 6th graders.

Call me old fashion or paranoid, I’ll accept either label, but my antenna is finely tuned, which is my contribution to this post. Tune into issues at 6th grade that you may have thought were a few years off.

Comment on Questions of education by admin

admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:01:42 +0000

First of all congratulation, you must be a hero for most of the parents I know, they have one or even two kids and they feel sometimes completely lost, and you have FIVE in an age range (10 to 18) which is one of the most delicate to deal with, bravo.

I don’t think you were less smart when you had your first children, it’s just that nobody is born to be a parent and to manage with an utmost manner the education of children, and every new parent has a lack of experience in growing kids. You’ve learned a lot after your first ones grew up and reached puberty and you feel much more comfortable now in detecting signs of change in behavior.

The thing is that, whatever it is your first child or your fifth one, there is one rule, in my opinion, that has to be applied: to be present and always listening. One of the main point in adolescent education is to be vigilant for any mental attitude that could lead, for example, to risky behaviors. And it is always wise to try to understand the reason for such attitude, even if it’s just a “phase” and we all went through this at some point of our transitional phase from child to adolescent. But the key here is to be able to differentiate the “normal” adolescent behaviors and the ones that could end up into more dangerous behavior if not monitored at the earliest stage.