Posts by leafylady

(edited out as I put the same question in the longer answer below)

How and at what age do you teach children to summarize and paraphrase for research? I'd appreciate any articles or personal insight.

My 12 yr old son is obsessed with gaming, like many boys.  I'd like to see his obsessions continue to mesh with learning.  I know he's learned a lot about bartering, teamwork, using his computer, online safety and using game...

My guy is trying to quit smoking too.  It makes him irritable, so I feel for you.  His irritability seems to focus more on household tidiness and people's behavior.  Luckily, he doesn't know a whole lot about food and...

Thanks for the heads up.  I'm going to call my insurance company tomorrow and check into that.

I like having a home because we have pets and we can make any changes we like.     However, A house is a money-suck.  Something always needs repaired or replaced.  It's hard to sell these days and you NEVER...

Thanks both of you. I may do the tapatalk re-install. It works great, when it works. Right now safari on the iPad is working well too.

I've been using the tapatalk app on my iPad to follow the forums. Just a few days ago, it stopped working with the Mothering forums. any reason why? I know the Mothering forums aren't specifically set up to integrate with Tapatalk,...

I'm not anti vaccine but I completely want to maintain the right to educate myself, question, delay, and/or refuse vaccines.

13 years ago the dietician said that the body was most insulin resistant in the mornings, so that was when I was supposed to eat lower carbs, 15-30g for breakfast and focus on protein.  All of the other meals were 30-45g...