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| bio | website | standage.public.iastate.edu |
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| location | Bloomington, IN | |
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| visits | member for | 2 years, 1 month |
| seen | May 1 at 2:43 | |
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Husband, father, graduate student, aspiring scientist, avid programmer, amateur technophile, flipper of pancakes, and baker of biscuits.
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Mar 5 |
answered | How much of an effect does parenting style have on a child? |
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Feb 29 |
answered | Do I really need to wake my newborn to feed him? |
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Feb 29 |
answered | Are prenatal classes worth it? |
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Feb 29 |
answered | Is it okay for my newborn to sleep in a travel bed instead of his crib? |
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Jan 24 |
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How to simultaneously spoon feed twins? It seems that the children typically do survive. It's the parent's that are scarred in the end! :) j/k |
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Dec 22 |
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Why don't kids like vegetables? I think the taste rule is great, although I have picky nieces and nephews that make up their mind to hate a food before they even put it near their mouth. In this case, 3 bites may convince them that it's not so bad after all, but they're so stubborn that they will continue to refuse. In general, though, this is a great idea! |
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Dec 22 |
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Can rocking an infant make her too dependent on it? Good point about rocking in the womb. Dr. Karp (author of the Happiest Baby on the Block book and developer of the 5 S's method the OP mentioned) even mentions this in his books and videos. Imagine getting used to this rocking for 9 months and then suddenly you're born into a whole new world with much less rocking. Even if you were rocked for hours a day, it would be a cut back from what you're used to! |
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Dec 22 |
answered | How can I stop my pre-schooler from whining? |
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Dec 8 |
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What studies exist regarding computer usage and computer game playing that support limiting access? Those are some excellent points. The studies above should be taken just for what they're worth. |
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Dec 8 |
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What studies exist regarding computer usage and computer game playing that support limiting access? @Doug Thanks for the quality, well-thought-out comment. I don't think anybody implied that correlation is causation. The OP asked what types of studies support limiting video game usage. These are simply a few examples of studies parents might base these decisions on, as well as a few counter-examples. You're probably right to say that we cannot establish causation (like I said, I didn't read the research), but you'd be naive to assume that the correlation is uninformative simply because it doesn't imply causation. |
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Dec 8 |
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Why do kids always do things which we tell them NOT to do? added 19 characters in body |
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Dec 8 |
answered | What studies exist regarding computer usage and computer game playing that support limiting access? |
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Dec 8 |
answered | Why do kids always do things which we tell them NOT to do? |
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Aug 15 |
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How do you choose a first pediatrician? +1 for speaking to members of the community...especially if you can talk to friends, neighbors, or somebody with which you share an extra level of trust and understanding. |
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Jul 29 |
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Is bribing children with cash incentives a good idea? Can't wait until your kid(s) start explaining Fibonacci numbers to their friends in kindergarten! |
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Jul 29 |
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How can we discipline our toddler? My wife had a lot of friends that swear by the Supernanny method. It definitely didn't change our lives overnight (I had mixed feelings at first), but as we've used it consistently over time I think it's slowly beginning to work. I don't think we use it because it works wonderfully, I think we use it because everything else fails so horribly! |
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Jul 29 |
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Jul 29 |
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When upgrading our toddler from a cot to a bed, how do we keep him in his bed? @TorbenGB We keep it gated from the time we put her down until the time we get her out of bed. The rest of the house is mostly child-proof, but we don't think she's quite ready for 30-60 minutes of unsupervised activity through the whole house. We may not use the gate when that changes. Re: your other points, have you noticed any activities you do during the day that help him calm down? Sounds like a very energetic young man! |
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Jul 29 |
answered | When upgrading our toddler from a cot to a bed, how do we keep him in his bed? |
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Jul 29 |
answered | How can we discipline our toddler? |
