Category: Parenting
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The Royal Flush of Potty Training
We have mastered potty training, finally. Three-feet-of-fun is three and a half years old and is now a champion underoo wearer. He didn’t have much of a choice, he’d outgrown public changing tables and…
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Taking Tots to the Theater
My husband and I took our three-year-old, three-feet-of-fun to the movies to see Kung Fu Panda on Friday. He loved it and sat enthralled the entire time from the previews to the end credits.…
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Unexpectedly an Expert
Woman: What’s your secret? Me: Secret? Woman: Your son. Is he always that well behaved? Me: Well he has his moments, but yeah, usually. Woman: How do you do it? Every evening after dinner…
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Educational Market Trips
Every trip the the market can be fun and educational for the little ones. Even tiny babies (assuming they are awake) can benefit from the learning possibilities while you get your grocery shopping done.…
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Computer Maintainence: Start-up Options
Clearing Your Start-up When cleaning your family computer, the first thing you should clear is the first thing that loads when you computer starts. This is the start-up and tells your computer what programs…
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Thwarting Babysitter Drama–Forewarned is Forearmed
Every now and then, my husband and I try to get out without our darling boy. In fact, last summer, we started having a standing date every Friday night. Once the colder months hit,…
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Family Computer Maintenance
The Family Computer Today many families rely on computers in one for or another. Some of you may work from home, share photos with family, speak with friends, or use the computer as an…
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Spring is time for…
…Puddles! The snow is melting. The spring rains and “seasonable mixesâ€? are falling…and that means one thing and one thing only to the little ones—puddle jumping. To parents this instills thoughts of wet shoes,…
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Teens and Open Discussion
My oldest daughter and I had a conversation about sex yesterday. I tried to play it cool, but inside I was in a turmoil. She is 14 and very interested in boys. I can…
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Xbox Live Gamers Support Autism Awareness
There is a new website that is dedicated to recruiting people who enjoy playing video games and want to contribute to a good cause. Gamers For a Cure is located at http://www.gamersforacure.com and is…