Another wonderful essay from the “Grandma Says” feature of Growing Child. Many of the ideas seem applicable to setting up a good home environment for discovery and learning as well. FINDING A GOOD PRESCHOOL You may be getting ready for your youngster to take the first step in education outside your home this fall. That [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Daily Q: How do you eat healthy without going to the store every 2-3 days?
I really like having fresh fruits and vegetables available for my family (though I’m not opposed to frozen). With only cooking what the baby will actually finish in 2-3 days, some stuff just doesn’t last long… What do people do to keep a variety of fresh snacks in the house? read more & reply!
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Daily Q: How to deal with a toddler’s hitting behavior
My son is 16 mo old and is, I believe, starting to test limits. He has recently started hitting the pets and other kids or people with his toys. He also will occasionally take toys from other kids or shove people out of his way…. read more & answer!
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Just a quick note to let you know that we here at Parents Guild take your security seriously. Very soon after launching, a user commented that we didn’t use secure HTTP (https) for our login and logout pages. Well, I’m happy to announce that we’ve remedied that situation. We have an official SSL certificate, and [...]
Fathering critical to human evolution?
Ever wonder why it is that mothering a child connotes “caring for a child” while fathering seems to mostly connote “siring”? Maybe you answer – well, traditionally (unlike today!) fathers didn’t have much to do with the raising of a child beyond being a provider, so it makes sense that the words might originate or [...]
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Daily Q: How / when to tell kids we’re moving
We bought a house about an hour from where we live now. It is in an area that we’ve visited but our kids (oldest is not quite 6) don’t know that we were even thinking about it. I think they will love the house because it is big and has a great yard for them, [...]
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Daily Q: Kindergartners being mean
My 5 year old son is in Kindergarten and has had a pretty good experience so far this year. Since getting back from Spring Break a little more than a week ago, some kids are being REALLY mean…. My son told me he spends some recesses hiding because other kids chase him and tackle him [...]
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Daily Q: The naming of genitalia
As toddlers explore their bodies, they need to know what everything is called. What names do you use with your kids when describing their genitalia? Especially with girls? Read more & answer!
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Daily Q: How important is a second language?
Our preschool offers an immersion class in a foreign language that we don’t speak at home, starting at age 3. A local public school offers dual immersion in a different language, one that my kids’ nanny speaks (and I used to kind of speak), starting at age 5. I know that there’s a window for [...]
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Just launched: RSS feed for questions
Hear ye! Hear ye! Read all about it! Or don’t. It’s up to you. Subscribe to the Parents Guild Question Feed and always be updated on the latest questions posted to the site. You can skim the titles, read the questions, post an answer, or not. It’s up to you. One of the guiding principles [...]
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