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How young is too young to start wearing makeup?
A couple of us in the office today were talking about young girls and makeup. One mentioned that his daughter is thirteen and already wearing makeup, another mentioned her niece wears makeup as well and is about the same age. However, growing up, I…
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Strong-willed, 14 year old. Caught with e-cigarette paraphernalia and a condom
My 14yr old son, youngest of 4 (other 3 are triplets), has always been a very strong-willed kid. Over the years we have been able to channel that will thru his love of soccer.
He plays a very competitive level. About 6 months ago, his Dad was…
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How do I handle when my step kids parent buys them everything they want?
My fiancee and her two daughters (8 years old and 4 years old) live with me and my two sons (7 years old and 10 years old). Six people is quite a houseful :)
The girls' father sees them once a week for a couple of hours. When they are with him,…
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How to explain the concept of past / future to a kid?
I have troubles explaining the concept of past / future to my son. He certainly has some idea of time by now, but can't express it correctly. He has picked up the word "tomorrow" and uses it for both future and past. A typical conversation goes like…
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Is there any scientific evidence for TV being intrinsically harmful to children, or is it the loss of what TV replaces that is harmful?
It’s commonly accepted that responsible parents should regulate children’s amount of TV time closely.
Is this because there is something particularly problematic about the actual act of watching television that is problematic?
Or is it rather a…
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At what age can you detect hearing problems in infants
My baby girl is 4 weeks old. The midwife that delivered her told us that it is very difficult to test the baby's hearing while they are too young. Out of curiosity, I have attempted some tests on my own by making sounds on either side of the…
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What consequences are appropriate for pre-teens?
There comes a time when time-outs don't cut it anymore.
Normally, when my kids exercise poor judgement, I let them experience natural consequences. However, sometimes their actions go against what we are teaching them and the consequences are…
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How much noise does it take to negatively impact an infant's hearing?
In our apartment complex we have fire alarms that are outrageously loud. Last night, we woke at 4:30 am to the alarm going off all through the building. We got out as quickly as possible, but I'm worried about my 4 month old.
The alarm is loud…
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What benefits does using "baby talk" provide, and how do you maximize those benefits?
When I was doing my initial language development research about 7 years ago, I vaguely remember seeing several (probably non-scientific or blog sources) recommend against using "baby talk", arguing that modeling proper pronunciation would help teach…
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Why is my newborn crying constantly?
my 4 week old daughter will not stop crying. We've tried everything from sucking, both on pacifiers and fingers to breastfeeding, white noise, movement, diaper is clean she doesn't seem to have a fever.
We've tried everything we can read about and…
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Breastfeeding and a Job Interview
My 4-month-old is 100% breastfed. I am currently looking for a new job and have a job interview in two days.
The problem is that it is a full-day interview. I cannot go 8+ hours without pumping, but there are no breaks in my schedule.
So I have a…
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How to discuss with my kids returning to dating
My situation is perhaps a bit unusual for a single parent: my wife passed away three years ago. My kids, six and eight, have clung to me since. When I approached the topic about six months ago, they specifically asked me not to date. Which was fine…
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Is teeth grinding bad for my child?
My one year old daughter will occasionally grind her teeth together for a few seconds. She has four teeth on top and four teeth on bottom, and she will grind them back and forth when she is walking around or playing with something.
It freaks me…
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What aspects should we consider when choosing a name for our child?
I thought of this question while writing an answer to this related question. I think it would be useful to compile some ideas:
When we were expecting our first child, we discovered how hard it can be to come up with a name that is really good. We…
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How long should one wait between pregnancies?
I've read What is the least problematic age difference between siblings? but I had a different question.
That question is rather "from a child's point of view: what age would you prefer your siblings to have".
Mine would rather be:
Are there any…
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