Tips & Strategies: Older Child

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Seeking Blended Families Advice

A.B. asks from Los Angeles

My 9 year old daughter was signed up for a sport that I did not consent to. Her father and girlfriend signed her up anyways telling her that it would only be on their...

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Still Need More Advice....

T.M. asks from Denver

Hi all you Moms. I posted this a few days ago but am posting it again b/c if you are like me you only read the days Mamasource and then if you don't get time to respo...

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Hiring a Housekeeper/nanny. Be My Sounding Board, Moms?

W.S. asks from Los Angeles

Part of my brain and psyche think it's stupid that, as a stay-at-home mom, I need help, but the house is a mess (even by my messy standards) and another baby is comin...

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I Am a Single Mom Who Is Really Feeling the Pressure.......

M.C. asks from Kansas City

I am a single mother who works part-time and attends college full-time. I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist and put a lot of pressure upon myself to be perfect. L...

23

Don't like Daughter's Friend

D.M. asks from Chicago

I'm sure this comes up a lot, but my daughter has made friends with a little girl that I don't really care for. We're very protective of everything she's exposed to (...

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Is It Really Necessary to Have Help with a Newborn?

V.S. asks from Philadelphia

We are expecting baby #2 in early February. We have a 3 y/o son and moved a year ago 2 1/2 hours away from family due to my husband's job. Despite being close to fa...

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Just Wanted to See What You Guys Think.........<venting>

K.N. asks from Wichita Falls

Hi, I was reading on baby center just a minute ago about celebs and how they go on talk shows and say how wonderful it is being a mom and how they make their own bab...

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Stainless Steel Appliances

M.B. asks from St. Louis

Does anyone have any tricks on cleaning stainless appliances? I use windex to clean them and then soda water for the streaks. And I still have streaks and I use hal...

22

Free Range Parenting

N.G. asks from Dallas

I had been suspecting that I was verging on helicopter mom status for a while, so I have been working on trusting my kids and their own independence for a while, whic...

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Moms of Toddlers - How Do You Clean?

L.D. asks from Dallas

Help! I have a three year old and a one and a half year old and I work full time. House cleaning is the biggest exercise in frustration! I turn the vacuum off, and...