Hello mamas, I need a reality check. Our son, a 7th grader, is reading a book at school called The Freedom Writers' Diaries. (Apparently it was made into a less graph...
Our middle school is suggesting Elie Weisel's book, Night for our 8th graders next year. We were anticipating reading The Diary Of Anne Frank. Night is a book that ...
My 13 year old daughter has a boyfriend (i.e., they sit together at lunch at school and talk/text), She and a friend want to go to a movie on a double date this wee...
I was shopping in target today. Looking for tights & panties with my baby we stumble upon bras. Simple cute small bras w/ hello kitty. To my surprise they are for siz...
Is anyone else dealing w/ ADHD? My older boys were "diagnosed" 3 yrs ago (actually we decided only the eldest has it)And last yr we took them off the meds due to wei...
My daughter is turning 12 this next week. At what age would you recommend her wearing makeup. She has a beautiful face with freckles, but she has always wanted to w...
My son will be 5 in mid August and just "graduated" from pre-school. He is really very intelligent and on target cognitively for kindergarten. However, he is young a...
My daughter has a late birthday (Dec 7) according to Connecticut's public school guidelines for kindergarten (must be age 5 by Dec 31). If we send her this fall, she...
I've been homeschooling my kids for the past 2 weeks, and it has been going well, but the comments I'm getting from friends, family and other people are so harsh. La...