How to rule out school sickness?!

As a mom it's very important to me, my kids are well mannered. So if somebody says something, and they didn't quite catch it, I don't want them saying: 'Huh?' The correct answer is...  To teach them this, for every 'Huh', I offer the correct response: 'What did you say?' Unfortunately this parenting method turned...

'Who's cheating who,' sang Charly McClain. That's exactly what I wondered when my 11 year old son told me he found out Santa Clause was just another case of the Tooth Fairy when he was 8. 'I just didn't tell you, because I wanted to get my presents,' he explained. So all that time we...

• Play Beauty parlor, with you as the client. Be sure to remove all permanent markers first! • Play hairsalon, with you as the client. Remove all scissors that still work! • Play Tattoo parlor, with you as the client. You had already removed all permanent markers. Right?! • Let your kids read to yóú,...

My twelve year old son Ot  is working hard at school. That has not always been his way. In fact, all parent-teacher conversations went along the line: 'He just doesn't seem to care.' But he has decided he wants to become a Game Designer, and that seems to have lit a fire under him! But...

E-x-c-u-s-e excuse t-h-e the -w-a-y way I t-a-l-k talk, b-u-t but I s-a-t sat i-n in o-n on t-o-o too m-a-n-y many s-e-s-s-i-o-n-s sessions o-f of s-p-e-e-c-h speech t-h-e-r-a-p-y therapy f-o-r for m-y my s-o-n son. A-n-d and n-o-w now I'm s-u-f-f-e-r-i-n-g suffering f-r-o-m from S-p-e-e-c-h T-h-e-r-a-p-y S-y-n-d-r-o-m-e Speech Therapy Syndrome. T-h-i-s this i-s is a...