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Ok, even though I don't celebrate Christmas I am a sucker for sappy movies during the holidays. Recently I watched the movie "Four Christmases"...it was one of those moments where I got a good deal and thought why not? Anyway, here is my review in case you are looking for a decent holiday...

Trying to think of some ideas of what we can do this year on XMAS....anyone got any creative ideas? We are a 12 year old, 9 year old, baby and two adults....not exactly a cohesive group. People have recommended: Go to a movie (baby?), go skiing (expensive and again baby?) Anyone have any...

When my kids were little I used to avoid confrontations as much as possible. So, instead of saying "Don't play with that" I would say, "That is not yours but this is yours. You can play with your toy." Redirecting my kids tended to get them to learn what they could do and to usually distract...

Exactly! For example, my son last year was tasked with being the bodyguard of a friend of his on the school ground that kept getting beaten up. (we live in NYC and the school is huge and teacher assigned him). Anyway, one day the boy was getting hit and my son intervened and as he was walking...

KWIM=Know what I mean (sorry should probably just write like a normal human) I agree, this is one of those areas where you really need to trust your heart and your lawyer.

My understanding is that some infants that get hiccup a lot seem to have a higher rate of reflux when they are born. That said, my recent boy had hiccups all the time when I was pregnant and still gets them a lot and he didn't have reflux at all.

Totally if you don't feel it is safe then you definitely shouldn't! My brother has never seen my kids and he never will unless he is in counseling for several years and is sober for a long time. I will never expose them to people (family or not) that I feel unsafe around. My grandmother is very...

My parent's let us wrestle and what-not as kids and someone always got hurt. I don't let my kids play-fight but only because my daughter is not into it at all and so whenever my son tries to she immediately gets upset. That said, they take Tae Kwon Do and they do practice together. I think...

Under these circumstances as much as I would hate it I would let my kids see their grandparents. Sometimes it is so hard to determine what you are doing to protect your kids and what you are doing to protect yourself (I was a single parent for a long-time and had to deal with these issues) I...

Yeah I thought about Harry Potter because it just came out on Blu-ray but it seems to dark for kids that age. Maybe Up is a good idea...although it may be young for the 11 year old.

<t>Help! I can’t decide what Blu-ray movies to get my nephews for Christmas. They’re both boys, ages 9 and 11. Do any of you have a Top Five list of Blu-rays out there that kids would love? The movies don’t have to be recent, just good for kids. Thanks!</t>

My 11 year old gets in bed at 9 and goes to sleep by 10. She has an hour to read and listen to music before lights out.

I agree with this in the big picture but I have a number of friends who have had run ins with social services over things that were entirely unjustified and getting them off their case was very difficult. For instance, a friend of mine had her 5th child in a hospital and that hospital required a...

Well where it does affect is with funding. If the CDC and then the APA both recommend circumcision for medical reasons then insurance companies (including government run insurance) will have to cover circumcision. One of the reasons the numbers have been going down is that many insurance...

Did you guys see this? I am neither for or against circ'ing your son (my oldest is and my youngest isn't) But the idea that the CDC may step in to "urge" all boys to get circumcised seems a little much to me. What do you think? TODAY Parenting Today Show Video Player

www.cosmeticsdatabase.com is a good place to search for safe/safer sunscreens. they rank all kinds of cosmetics according to the safety of their ingredients and the "data gaps" that exist regarding each one.

I do market research and have recently had to look at cosmetic products and I would definitely stay away from any of the coppertone or major brand sunscreens for children! Most of them contain really nasty chemicals (alas I just found this out and my older two have been slathered in them for...

IADad: We do have two cats and I am hoping that this isn't a cat allergy:( that would be really horrible.

Ugh, he still is coughing and it doesn't seem to be getting better. The doctor still says to not come in and I am beginning to think I need a new doctor. I breast feed and he refuses to take a bottle so water is definitely not going to happen. Sigh...poor little guy isn't getting much sleep.

My 7 week is suffering from a cold. No fever and I already called the doctor who said I should probably just wait it out at home. Does anyone have any natural remedies that they have used on their infants to help relieve their discomfort (I have already done the steamy shower.) Funny note, the...