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Overscheduled?
I have my three-year-old involved in several after-school activities each week and am worried I overdid it. Let me be clear: I did NOT sign her up for these classes to get her into schools or improve her "skill set" or something absurd like that. I was simply concerned that her long seven-hour post-school stretch at home (waiting around while sibl...
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Uncut
Our five-year-old son is uncircumcised. We just moved countries. and he says most of his classmates and all of his friends are cut. He's asking about getting circumcised to look like them. How do we handle his request? We sure don't want to circ a five-year-old. — Uncut Dear Uncut, Though there are hordes of people in both pro and anti c...
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Sister Act
My question is about my niece. I am only twenty-four and have no children of my own, but mothering has always been second nature to me. I spend a lot of time with my niece, especially because parenting has proved a bit overwhelming for my sister. This can be a problem sometimes, because even though my sister and I are very close, our childcare tec...
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Temper, Temper
I always thought I was a patient person, until I became a mum. I'm a good mum, and my kids know they are loved, but lately I've been feeling terrible about losing my temper with my five-year-old and three-year-old. Read more...
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We Don’t Need No Education
Do I really need to take childbirth education classes? I was planning to, but I keep hearing people say that they never used what they learned. So I'm sort of wondering why bother. Should I go? And if so, is there one technique that's better than the others? Read more...
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Pregnant and Miserable
I am sixteen weeks along with my first pregnancy and I am a basket case. I wanted to get pregnant, but now all I do is cry. And when I'm not crying, I'm in a state of panic. Read more...
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Grandparents Just Don’t Understand
My in-laws are on the plane, arriving shortly for two weeks over the holidays. They want to give us some nights out to ourselves and babysit our four-month-old, but I'm worried about it, because they believe that crying is a natural and even healthy part of being a baby. When he cries, they talk to him and pat him, but they don't ever manage to s...
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A Jew Among Gentiles
Another Christmas is upon us, and I am totally dreading it. Our family is Jewish, and we usually just avoid the whole thing. But I don't think we're going to get away with that this year. Our almost-five-year-old asked about Santa Claus last year and we could brush it off. This year, she's a lot more inquiring. My impulse is always to tell her the...
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