year round school

Do you think there should be year round school? I do. Kids forget a lot over the summer, so the first part of the school year has to be spent reviewing. They could learn much more and retain it...

Car Seats and Booster Seats

What are you state laws. Viriginia just enacted a law that kids had to stay in a booster seat regardless of size until the age of 8. That seems a little excessive to me considering our neighboring...

Rude And Hateful Kids...

The other day I was at Walmarts and there was a woman in her early 20’s who spoke in such a way that you could tell that she was somewhat mentally retarded. There were also 2 girls about 11 that were...

i thought i had found my dog

i was going though the list of found pets again on petfinder.com and came across a lady that found a husky not far from where we were so i emailed her and sent a couple pictures but she emailed us...

is it wrong to put a child on a diet

my son is a little over weight but he is a bigger build too. he has always been a big boy and thats fine but in the past 5 months we have had to buy him all new pants 4 times. now i don't mean like a...

My sons school is officially crazy!

This morning my son went to school like always. His school starts at 8:15am. At 8:30am is school calls to say that they are letting out at 9:15am due to weather conditions. The boy was at school for...

My Fellow Americans - I am a Plagiarist!

I cannot tell a lie. Well, I can, but I try to make it a practice not to. So here is my confession. When I heard about the recent actions taken against a much loved and admired friend to many in...

When did you allow/encourage your kids to get their own meals?

I catch a lot of flack from other moms because my older kids (7 and 6) get their own breakfast and lunch. They say I shouldn't force them to grow up so fast and let them be kids or that it should be...

having four dogs is too many pets?

Me, i mean my family, we hav four dogs..3 male and one female. two of them r four years old, one is 3 and the youngest is going to b two january..and all these r not at all in good terms with each...

Why Do Parents Get Up And leave School Concerts?

Tonight I attended my grandsons winter concert with my daughter. I found it very rude that after quite a few children were done performing their parents took them and left. All the children worked...