Kevin

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Apr 20	answered	What are some age-appropriate tasks that my pre-schooler can do around the house?
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Apr 20	comment	How do you handle poor behavior by other people's children? Well, crap, you said pretty much everything I was going to say. And probably said it better than I would have. +1 The only thing I might add would be addressing/discussing the behavior with your own child afterwards.
Apr 20	comment	Should I enroll my child in driving lessons or teach them myself? But will you personally feel more comfortable letting your child drive if they've only been taught by you, or if they've been taught by you AND an unbiased third party?
Apr 18	answered	What features should I look for in an infant or toddler bath tub?
Apr 12	revised	What is the reason for covering infants during transport? spelling typo
Apr 12	answered	What is the reason for covering infants during transport?
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Apr 11	comment	Should I enroll my child in driving lessons or teach them myself? @Javid, there you go
Apr 11	revised	Should I enroll my child in driving lessons or teach them myself? Added link to source for statistics
Apr 11	comment	How do you tell your child they are terrible at something? 8, almost 9 years old
Apr 11	asked	How do you tell your child they are terrible at something?
Apr 11	comment	Can a school prevent a child from walking home? I don't know about the legality of the issue as far as the school not allowing it, but depending on the streets she is walking on (strictly within a neighorhood or crossing/along) major and what the area is like safety-wise, it could represent a child-endangerment issue and the mother could be opening herself up to trouble that way. I will check with a social worker friend and see if she has input on that score.
Apr 11	comment	Should I enroll my child in driving lessons or teach them myself? @Javid - Fair enough. I'll see if I can find it. I think I origonally saw it mentioned on the freakonomics blog, but I can't remember
Apr 11	comment	What are some strategies for raising a bilingual child? @Rhea, the best bet is to find some more people that speak your language to hang around with if family is not in the area. My mother was an immigrant from Yugoslavia. Most of my cousins speak Croatian pretty well because the family all pretty much stayed in the same area and had each other to talk to so the kids picked it up easily. But my Dad was military so we moved around a lot and my mom had nobody to speak Croatian to. We (my brothers and sisters) know the names our favorite food, the word for Granmda (at least what we called her) and not much else.
Apr 11	comment	What are some strategies for raising a bilingual child? One thing I would note is to not worry if the child is "delayed" speaking, at least according to standard development charts. I have a friend who is a native English speaker, married to an Arabic man, with a Spanish speaking nanny. Her child didn't speak a word until she was a little over 2 years old, significantly delayed by "normal" standards. But a little after the two year mark, she "took off" in all three languages equally.
Apr 11	comment	What methods are effective for teaching vocabulary to young children? +1 for the signs. Best thing we ever did was teach or kids to make the sign for "more" at about 6 months.
Apr 11	answered	What methods are effective for teaching vocabulary to young children?
Apr 11	comment	When should I introduce different foods to an infant or toddler? I basically agree with you. There are a few rules that I consider to be hard and fast, such as no honey before the age of one. Other than that, I would read lists like these, and then have them in the back of your mind but not stress too much.