Now I know many are going to argue with me, in fact I argued it at first. I mean who were they to tell me Cookie Monster no longer ate chocolate cookies, that was the one thing he craved.
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I bet they were thinking the [...]I was curious as a friend recently mentioned one of her children catching another sibling in the bathroom at what age do we stop allowing them to go in with us or even when they are big enough to go in a plublic one on their own. I know it [...]
When a High School Principal sent home a student for crossing dressing there was a big stir up. One question for you is how far would you let your child go to be an individual?
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Now what if that look actually distracted the students? That’s what [...]
This category is full of everything from getting kids ready for school to picking out those summer fun activities. So it shouldn’t surprize you that when someone emailed and asked me:
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My son is 3 years old and refusing use his potty chair. Any recommendations?
My first [...]
My daughter, Sarah, is 11 and in the 6th grade. She is a good student (just brought home a perfect report card), an athlete playing on both the volleyball and the basketball teams, and a musician with weekly guitar lessons.
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She’s silly and funny, usually [...]
I don’t care what they try telling you, mom and dad are soft spots for kids. No matter what they don’t want to see mom and dad vulnerable, hurt or sick, when they do it frightens them. Â
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I have been sick for over a week and [...]
WARNING: This post will turn your stomach!
This came across my screen early this morning and honestly I thought of not even posting it but I kept asking myself: How did these people allow this to happen? Why did no one stop it?
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That poor girl. I’m sure [...]
Do you have a young teen in your home? How many have a little girl that would love to dress like a stripper?
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Okay, maybe not a stripper but she’s been eyeballing that tiny maid skirt at Walmart for a month now hoping that she’ll somehow convince [...]
With this economy everyone is getting hit in the pocketbook, which is a surprise when you head to the store and see that the Halloween Costumes are the same prices they were just last year and the year before.
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Yes, apparently the costume makers aren’t feeling [...]
A friend of mine recently asked me how she will be able to juggle multiple children, sports and school. First, she has her own children plus a few nieces and nephews that she came into.Â
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She explained that she has a nephew that wants to join [...]I was rather disappointed in the web this morning, especially when I came across a post written by a mommy blogger that had expressed her feelings of anxiety about her daughter’s upcoming first day of preschool. Now I wasn’t disappointed in the post but the lack of sympathy from one [...]
This is a Guest post by Shauna Johnson, nutrition instructor at WellSpring Academies.
The experts at Wellspring (www.wellspringacademies.com) , the leading treatment program for overweight children and teens, have several recommendations for parents this year at Halloween:
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-Â Wait to buy your candy. We [...]
How many of you tend to snack off of all that Halloween candy? I know many of you probably sneak into your children’s bag of treats and take a few pieces.Â
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Others may actually just take the bag and divide it up for the kids, placing it [...]
In just two weeks there will be little goblins galore roaming the streets and knocking on doors. Will your child be one of them?
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If you have children chances are you are either going with them this year or they are going in a group. [...]
I have heard many people complain that they can’t get their children to eat the “green stuff”? There could be a lot of reasons for this, which we will discuss here and hopefully add a few fun ways to introduce them to your children. Ready?
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Get a Name
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With Halloween only a few weeks away, I’m sure many of you are imagining how much candy your little one is about to consume. Children that will go outside and knock on doors wearing ghosts, goblins, little witches, super heroes,etc with their pillow cases in hand until they get too [...]
Many posts around the net and even in magazines have been focusing on the “Fat America” and even on how we are gaining so much weight and blaming it all on our children. I am about to be as honest as I can be with you all, but hoping [...]
By Joyce Cooper-Kahn PhD and Laurie Dietzel PhD
Kids with weaknesses in planning and organization have trouble independently imposing structure and order on tasks and on ideas. So, they have difficulty organizing information in their heads, as well as organizing their stuff or planning out a long-term project.
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Just yesterday my little girl (age 6) came home very upset, she didn’t come directly to me, instead she ran to her brother to tell him the teacher had told her something wasn’t real and instead fiction. Thankfully the subject at hand was a unicorn, yes the teacher informed all [...]
The Swine Flu, aka H1N1, has been definitely leaving a mark in history and finally it seems that someone is going to try to stop it. Cities around the country will be having access to the vaccine this Friday, many schools will even offer it right inside the nurse’s office.
With the new school year and Fall here I can’t help but wonder if schools will actually close because of the swine flu or the common flu. How many of you are curious if thse “flu symptoms” will be ignored and no notices will be sent home in the fear [...]
With Fall upon us many kids will come home with a bad cough, runny nose, sneezes and of course the fever. What’s a mom or dad to do during times like this?
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Plenty of soup and vitamin C is definitely on the list of good things to [...]
We’ve finally hit the month of October, which many look at as the month of all things Halloween but some know it is more about the changing of the seasons and colors, fun and outdoor adventures. So what can a family do for fun in the month of October?
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I just read an article about Martin Middle School, a Tennessee Middle School, that has a new phone service and apparently hasn’t worked out all the kinks. It called the homes of 475 students to say they were absent for that day.
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Worried parents called back, 20 [...]
The war has officially begun in the Jon & Kate Plus 8 Divorce. Okay sure it may have begun the day Kate announced she and Jon were splitting up but not someone’s showing their true colors.
On the same day that TLC announced a new makeover of the show, a [...]
Obama believes American school days should be longer. What do you think?
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My own personal opinion is we barely get enough time with our children as it is. My kids are in school from 8-4:30 pm, I get them to feed breakfast and put them on the [...]
How many of you remember those hooded sweatshirts? Well this is one thing my son is actually requesting to be placed on his Christmas list this year.
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Thankfully he doesn’t attend St. Mark’s Charter School or Andale Elementary because they are banning hooded sweatshirts this year from [...]
A new report has come out stating children that are spanked may actually have a lower IQ then those that don’t get spanked. I want to know your opinion on this.
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Spanking can get kids to behave in a hurry, but new research suggests it can do [...]
This past week a panel of 15 teens actually sat across from some City Hall Candidates. Why is this odd? It normally isn’t teens that are involved in this process, nor do they make the decision of who will actually be in the City Hall. But this time they do, [...]
It seems that the FDA has just made flavored cigarettes illegal in the United States. Apparently The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is finally going to take a stand and stop promoting to the kids.
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While the ban seems to be on all flavored, spiced or candy [...]
There’s a new cookbook out there that encourages family bonding and I’m not meaning by just making recipes together. Karen Berman the author of “Friday Night Bites” has created a family friendly cook book that has 20 themed meals for families to make together.
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Berman created [...]
There has been an updated change of policy at the Boston University that may have some parents saying, “Excuse me” while the students are saying, “It’s about time.” What is this little thing that has people at odds?
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 According to BU Today there will be stricter Privacy [...]
School has started in every part of the country by now, which means more and more kids are wanting the “trendy” items. Kids will want those trendy bracelets, hats, skirts, “the look”, etc. For those that have no clue what the kids are wearing this year, here is a sneak [...]
I remember babysitting children at a very young age, I can’t recall exactly what but I know it was after 8 and before 12. Today there are so many rules where you can or cannot leave your child home alone, certain states have certain rules for when a person can [...]
I bet everyone is waiting to find out who the lucky winners were for the Limeades for Learning. Right? The lucky winning numbers are #40 and #87 according to the Random.org number generator, man I love that machine it makes picking a winner that much easier. So this means the [...]
I swear I need to invent a hair brush locator, it doesn’t seem to matter where I designate where the hair brush goes by morning it is missing once again. How many of you deal with this? Or how many of you deal with one of your kids not being [...]
Early this morning I caught up on the VMA Award Show via youtube and watched in horror as some very unmannerly events happened. For those that don’t know Kanye West jumped on the stage just as Taylor Swift won an award and was about to give a speech.
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Remember those jelly bracelets from the 80’s? You know the ones that everyone had and tried collecting or sharing with their friends, well now they have a new meaning that you may want to know about…especially if you have a child wearing them.
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These are now becoming [...]
My son will be going to his first school dance. But get this he will actually be able to go no matter what, as long as he isn’t sick that day. Why?
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It’s actually during school hours. How many of you remember attending your first school dance?
Here [...]
People all around the United States are planning on doing something special today. Why? To honor the victims of 9/11 and those that served to help. Will you be doing something special today?
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President Obama will be formally declaring September 11th a National Day of Service [...]
This past Friday a Florida mom rode her horse to pick up. Why? Simple, it costs tons of money to wait in line with your car going at an inch every few minutes. This mom didn’t want to waste gas money that she didn’t have, so she hoped up [...]
I remember growing up when someone would ask “what’s your
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favorite subject” kids would quickly reply recess. In a way recess really is a subject of its own, this is a place where children get to be who they want from day to day, deal with [...]Sonic Drive-In and DonorsChoose.org are both working together in order to give teachers back a great big thank you this month. September is “Limeades for Learning” over at Sonic, for every Sonic drink you buy you’ll be able to go and vote for specific teachers to win $200-$400 grants. [...]
President Obama is doing a planned speech to all the kids at
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school, that are able to recieve it. Already this speech that hasn’t even been aired yet, has recieved a lot of criticism from parents/teachers and news stations around the US. Why? No one knew what [...]
The swine flu, aka H1N1, only goes back to april 2009 but it has
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already marked itself in our history books. So far there have been 1,154 deaths from the Swine flu around the world. (according to a CNN report from August 5th, more have died [...]
It has been announced that on September 8, 2009 all schools will turn their televisions on in the classrooms for the children to tune in to President Obama. Apparently he plans on addressing all the students and wishing them a great new year, encouraging them to stay in school and [...]
I must admit I was a bit shocked when someone sent me an
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instant message asking if I’d heard about the man that slapped someone else’s child for not shutting up. What’s worse is the child was only a [...]
I was a bit shocked this morning when I woke up and saw the
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world was talking about “Swine Flu Toys.” Yes, I said toys and not just the swine flu. While many are freaking out and trying to go germ free, others are wondering [...]
A friend recently told me that her child’s school actually had a
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change in the bus route but never told them. Shouldn’t parents be one of the first ones to know about such changes? Here’s what happened:I got the oldest out to the bus stop at [...]
What would you do if you packed your child a meal every day only to find over half of it was never touched? Many may not think anything of it. But when she is coming home every day asking to eat because she is hungry or tired and wants to [...]
It amazes me watching the “Wife Swap” or any of those swapping
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television programs. While some can’t help but watch and wish that they could swap with some other family, others watch in horror and want to scream, “Why?” I have found myself in both of these positions [...]
Believe it or not, moms actually need a break every once in a while. Actually both parents need a break from time to time, in my case it became pretty obvious when I was talking with a neighbor and realized that I have never been away from my kids. Not [...]
Laura Dekker, 13-years-old wants to sail solo around the world for two years. Many of you would probably be jumping up and saying, heck no about now. Am I right?
I mean who in their right mind allows their child to sail solo around the world for two [...]
As many of you know, my youngest daughter got her first pair of
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glasses the same week that kindergarten started. She’s been great with them and honestly she hasn’t been too upset by them. I have noticed [...]
On August 20th I posted “Wake Up Call: Teens Texting While Driving”
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and included a link to a video that was released in the UK. A video that hadn’t been released in America due to its extreme graphics of reality. Yes, I said reality. When you [...]
The other day we were sitting in a restaurant when suddenly one of the employees started smiling and chatted with my 2-year-old boy.
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That’s when I spotted her taking her camera out and flipping it open, the flash made it obvious and then she turned my way, [...]
Tiger Brewer has broke the world record on wing walking and he’s only 8-years-old. Tiger’s grandfather heard that the little guy was afraid of heights and decided to break him of his fears. Before anyone freaks out entirely, he was harnessed to the wings with several harness straps and there [...]
Every day a person gets into a car and drives to work, to the store, a school, to their house, etc. Every day someone else gets in a car to do
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the exact same thing, only they decide to get on the phone or text a friend. [...]
Every year we go enroll our children in school and get a new set of rules to follow, this year will not be any different. With different teachers you’ll
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get ways of teaching, methods of correcting and what they want out of the school year. This [...]Every year it seems that the cost of the school lunch goes up. Am I right? We have two sets of prices to follow this year, one being the
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Junior High and the other for the elementary school and let me say it is cheaper when [...]
Two of my children started school this past Friday, the other doesn’t start until Tuesday. Why the gap? Two are transition days, or that is what they are calling them so the kindergarteners and Junior High kids
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could get use to the new school surroundings. But even [...]With the school doors opening within the next month, many of you are probably wondering about all those school rules you and your child will have to follow. One rule that hasn’t always been around but is becoming more and more popular deals with cell phones. Does your child’s school [...]
Every year your child will either get on a bus or walk to school, that is unless they get a ride to school. However, at one point they will
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probably get on a bus for one thing or another at which point they will need to follow [...]
How did you feel when your child went off to school on their very first day? Sure, they were either happy or nervous but it is mom and dad
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that are left behind with the “weird feeling.” [...]
Over the summer kids looked up a ton of things online, but the terms may and may not surprise you. Sit back moms and dads, after reading
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this list you may want to check those parent control settings. Symntac has pulled together all those search terms the [...]
Oh I just love reading the funny things kids say or do and this week I’m bringing one to you from Jerri Ann. Jerri Ann writes a ton of blogs
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but you might know her by “Mom~E~Centric.”
The two of us had been talking and I mentioned [...]
Is your child a Miley Cyrus or a Hannah Montana fan? If he/she is I’m guessing they want to watch the Teen Choice Awards tonight. Am I right? Okay, now I haven’t seen this entire thing but I have been reading the blogs and want to give a bit [...]
Wow, now I’ve heard of getting irritated at your kid and while I understand why some put those leashes on their children this is the type of mom that makes those leashes such a horrible thing. This
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mother actually dragged her son through the [...]
People all over the country were hitting the stores early Saturday morning, lines from here to Timbuktu. Why? One answer…the tax free school weekend. For those that actually do not know this is when many, if not all, stores decided to take the tax on any school related items.
[...] As ya’ll know my little girl, BabyGirl (age 6), got glasses this past week. This was her very first pair and while she was thrilled to get something new and was proud showing them off yesterday it all went downhill this morning. Why?
[...] Believe it or not they have finally made the perfect doll to explain breastfeeding to your 5-year-old daughter. By this I mean there is a doll, the Bebe Gluton, that your child can now breastfeed! I do remember all the questions my son had on why I was letting his sister [...]
My little girl had to go in last week to have her eye exam in order to go to Kingergarten. I stayed at home until daddy brought BabyGirl back, but I must admit
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I wasn’t entirely shocked when he told me our little girl [...]When it comes time to sharing a room there are a few tips you should know in order to get some type of balance between your children. I remember sharing a bedroom with my sister from 8-years-old until we finally got into the 7th grade. There were times when we [...]
I normally don’t even think about this topic, for me the household is all done by me, the mom. The husband goes to work and comes home and sleeps, okay that isn’t all he does but you get the drift. I’m the one home all day with the house and [...]
I decided to let ya’ll know that you should ALWAYS make sure your records are up-to-date. Now yes, I know many of you are going to say that you know but even I
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thought I knew this one. However, after getting shots just last week, the [...]I was just reading a post at Mom Logic that got me thinking and brainstorming with my own kids. In case you haven’t read yet, head on over and read, “Abducted Teen Called Parents Twice.” The sad news is, this is not a happy ending and not only was [...]
Warren Buffett is ready to take on our children. What do I mean by this? Oh he’s decided to teach all of us, errr our children, about business and how to make money, invest, etc. He’s
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actually made a web series of cartoons that will be available [...]
Good afternoon everyone, it has been one VERY long week here in my house. I mean first, one thing happened that made my house smell entirely of smoke and I’m NOT
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going into it just yet here but let me say everyone is fine. Following that horrible [...]
Today the kids and I spent the entire day, well the first part they did have to clean their rooms, working on putting together a puzzle. It was a lot of fun and yes I do realize how boring that may sound but it really is. You work together as [...]
Yesterday I posted my review of Kookie Krazy and now I have some good news for you.  Well, Kookie Krazy has decided to be very gracious and donated two prizes
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for a giveaway here. So as always I’m going [...]
I was recently asked to sample some cookies from Kookie Krazy, which has a really cool idea, cool according to my kids. The kids all gave it a thumbs up, so did I, in fact I didn’t want to share. Course now they are asking “Why isn’t there one here mom?”
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BabyGirl got her shots today and she took it all in stride, to be honest I was very worried about this with her. As ya’ll know the last time she got her shots the nurse accidentally broke the thing and
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the needle was left in her [...]We all know Jon Gosselin and Kate Gosselin have split up, they made a big deal out of telling all of us viewers that they had filed for a divorce on their last show. So now my question to your readers is how soon is too soon when
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The 17-year-old, Zac Sunderland, had one goal on his mind a little over a year ago and that was to be the youngest person to travel around the entire world by themselves in a
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boat. Well, he has done it, it took one year, one month [...]
What would you do if your daughter turned up missing? This has become a reality and nightmare for Scott Baum who is due to deploy back to Iraq very soon. The big question at the moment, besides
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the fact of where is she or who [...]
I thought it would be fun to bring up this topic as I’m sure I’m not the only one counting down those days for school to start. Right? Oh I’m the only one, well we did end before June so maybe
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that’s why. What? Oh you [...]It’s already mid-July (yes I had mid-June), which means kids are just about ready to head back to school. Okay, so the kids may and may not be ready to head back to school, but either way we must prepare them. I
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notice that the years I [...]
All week long the kids have been counting down the days until Saturday. Why? Simple, last week they made some money doing a yard sale and wanted to try their hand at it again. Now they made less than $10 last week but they were inspired by this and wanted [...]
I want to warn those of you with weak stomaches not to continue to read this, it will grow very disturbing. What is school bullying? I thought I knew what school bullying was after my son was bullied at school when he attended the third grade. His teacher actually allowed [...]
Every year hundreds die due to swimming, in 2005 there were over 3000 deaths all due to drowning. For every 1 out of 4
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were children 14 or under, this is too many for us. With a few rules maybe we can prevent a death from [...]
Summer is here and everyone is spending tons of money to do those fun activities with their families, this includes expensive nights out. For some the expensive night out may just be a night
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at the movies, others may head out to the carnival/fair/circus/etc. These type of [...]
I know I normally do the funny things kids say but for today I have a funny thing my child did. Now I’ve heard of children being picky on certain types of food because of color and taste but never over a word. Do you have a child that is [...]
Swimming pools are sure to give a work-out this summer and while many will be just splashing around some may want to find a few swimming pool games you use to play. Can you recall any favorites?
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I will not lie to you, I’m one of those horrible mothers that tend to protect their children as much as they can. So now
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that I’ve come clean I can tell you that I’m slowly, very [...]
This past week was all about getting out with the kids and
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just enjoying our time together. Course, even like the posts I recently wrote there were some times that my parenting skills weren’t the greatest. I [...]
 Have you ever sat down and thought about what you teach your children on a daily basis? I mean, right now just think
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about it. A child will drive somehwere with a parent at least once during the week, or at least weekend.They will more than [...]Is it a requirement for a child to be fully up-to-date on their immunization records before attending their first day of
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school? That’s the question I see in many forums lately and with the new school year approaching I thought it would be perfect timing. For [...]
Yesterday I began a post and should’ve kept it more on the rant, instead I touched on a law that had just hit Michigan.Â
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Today, I’d like us to talk about any experiences we’ve had with kids not wearing seat belts  either in our own vehicles or seeing [...]
