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Nov 9 |
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Why are parents so concerned about profanity around their children? I just saw a clip on Conan last night: a guest tried to get him to say "Vagina" and he refused for most of the interview. A little while later, he said it in a very dramatic and exaggerated way. A parent had a video camera out, taping a child (about 2ish) watching the show. The child spent the next 30 seconds saying "Vagina! Vagina!" the same way. Now granted, this isn't the same sort of word as a f-bomb, but the principle exists for any word. |
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Nov 9 |
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Should we worry about my toddler accidentally banging his head against the sides of the crib? About SIDS specifically: By definition, nothing causes SIDS. If you know the cause, it isn't be SIDS. According to the American SIDS Institute, SIDS is the sudden death of an infant under one year of age which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation If it was explainable (for instance, you can say this bumper caused it by smothering) it would not be SIDS. That warning essentially says "A higher than normal rate of unexplained deaths occured with babies using this product". They're legally required to do so, but in reality it only ends up scaring parents. |
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Oct 10 |
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Introducing a newborn to my 2 yr old I will add that. We did make a specific effort to do that too. That includes mommy-girl time, daddy-girl time, and mommy-daddy-girl time (grandma and grandpa helped a lot for this last one!) |
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Oct 9 |
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Why are parents so concerned about profanity around their children? Ironically, I swear more now that I'm a father than I ever did before I had kids... What? I never used to have people pulling my chest hair for giggles!! |
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Oct 9 |
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Toddler always get close to the TV, might it point on bad eye sight? If you were to decide to not get her eyes checked specifically because of this, when would her next regular eye check be, and when was her last one? |
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Oct 9 |
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Carbon Monoxide @Brian - the fact that the word local was used in your comment indicates that instead of including a location, the question should be closed as too localized. |
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Oct 9 |
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Carbon Monoxide @Dave Not so much as a parent, but as a big fan of having enough oxygen to breath, I rather like CO detectors. As a parent, I hope to pass on my love of oxygen to my daughters, like how my father passed down the love of classic rock to me. |
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Aug 28 |
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How do we stop our child screeching? My daughter (20 months) never screeched at all until my niece (7 months) started. She 'learned' it from the younger one and now does it basically whenever she doesn't get what she wants. My wife and I thought we had dodged a bullet, but it turned out to be a boomerang :) |
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Dec 22 |
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I don't like my child's teacher's teaching style Not that I want to expose your second grader to all the harsh realities of the real world, but not everything we are asked/told to do makes sense to us, and often times it really does have no practical purpose. And yet, we have to do it because someone in authority over us has instructed us to do it. Sometimes we are lucky to have bosses who listen to reason, and are able to explain their motives, but I find that to be the exception. Doing useless things is an important lesson in authority. Not that I recommend doing useless things for the sake of it, but learning to 'accept it' is important. |
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Dec 7 |
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Our infant cries with anyone else if we're not in the room as well I would question the usefulness of step 2's first part. While I agree that using conversation with infants is important, I doubt they're really going to understand you when you say I'm going to the next room. I was also wondering if you had a citation on the 'no such thing as over-cuddling'? |
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Nov 17 |
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What credentials are available to identify a babysitter as trustworthy? I'm not sure I follow your logic in the third paragraph. Your first and second sentences seem to contradict each other. I'd expect composing a letter would take at least as long as the face-to-face conversation. Where I'm from, a written letter of recommendation is one of the highest forms of praise you can give someone for almost anything, short of a recognized award. I would assume this is mostly because it's recorded, not just a conversation which can be denied. I would think someone willing to go on record with "I trust this person with my child" would make a BIG statement. |
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Sep 24 |
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Can temper tantrums indicate a behavior problem? To me it indicates a behavior problem, but not necessarily with the child. I'm not trying to blame parents for everything, as there are lots of things out of their control, but I have some friends who simply accept the episodes their children throw. Kids are unlikely to stop throwing tantrums if they work. |
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Sep 7 |
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At what age should infants have playdates? The babies in my wife's playgroup (which is just as much for the mothers as it is for the kids!) do a lot of parallel play, and most of them are under a year. Like so many things in development, the ranges in articles are guidelines :) |
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Sep 1 |
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Is it better to send your child to school with lunch, or lunch money? Your last point is a worth a +1 on its own. The only time I would say it's potentially different is if they're in after school sports. At that point, they need a 'better lunch' more than otherwise. |
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Jul 6 |
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What should you do after you've raised your voice at your child? @tomjedrz continued... So I agree that if you treat them with disrespect, you should apologize for it. As a parent you should lead by example, and that means treating everyone with respect, and having a high threshold for losing it. That doesn't mean that raising your voice is always disrespectful. Now as with Javid, I recognize that not everyone feels that way, and I am okay with that difference of opinion, vast though it may be. |
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Jul 6 |
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What should you do after you've raised your voice at your child? @tomjedrz while yelling is definitely a release of emotion, it is not always a loss of control. I agree if you lose self-control that you should apologize, but that does not mean when you yell you're losing self control. When I raise my voice, I'm very much in control of what I say and do. If I think for a second I'm not going to be in control of my emotions and actions, I tune the situation down so all parties can 'simmer down'. It rarely comes to that, though. There is a world of difference between raising your voice as an assertion of authority and throwing an adult-sized temper tantrum. |
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Jun 12 |
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How can I prevent my 8-year-old from spending time with his bad friend? This really is too bad. I'm a strong advocate of responsible gun ownership, including teaching my children to use them properly and responsibly. It's parents like that boy's, who let their kids say things like "I wish I could use this gun to kill people" that give the rest of responsible parents on the issue (of which we are the majority, you just don't hear about us doing stupid things) a bad rep. |
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May 3 |
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Is the Rosetta software a good tool for teaching a toddler foreign languages? @Gary unlikely, because at that rate it'd be 109 years :) I've also heard it since childhood, which far predate's Gladwell's book. |
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May 3 |
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Is the Rosetta software a good tool for teaching a toddler foreign languages? I always heard it said [citation needed] that you only need 15 minutes a day to be an expert in anything. Of course, no one ever told me how long you had to keep it up at 15 minutes a day before you became an expert... |
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May 3 |
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How do you explain terrorist extremism to children? @Andrew Thankfully we can count on the Onion to be America's finest news source, broadcasting their 24-hour TV news network since 1892 (three years before radio was invented) which is now seen in over 811 countries around the world (which is 616 more than are actually in the world.) They're spot on good reporting. |
