Posts by thatgirliknew

I have a 3 year old daughter who loves to randomly walk in the bathroom unannounced.    I was on my period and she said "Oh no you have a boo-boo."    Simple age appropriate way to explain so she doesn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by hillymum  Hi! Welcome to mothering.com!    You might find restricting his time with his family pushes your daughter to think about moving out.  Or it could...

My son hates going back to his dad's. He begs me not to make him go. Since it's court-ordered, all I can say is, "Right now, the judge says you have to go to your dad's. I will miss you and see you again really...

Quote: Originally Posted by goylesgirl  We are going into court next week to try to resolve our custody case and I am very worried about the outcome. My state is very pro 50/50 custody unless there is an issue of safety....

Oh, actually I don't have enough posts to go into that forum yet. 

Legal Aid in my city will not touch a custody case, they refer you out to low-income lawyers, which is still usually $500 retainer and $50-100 an hour.    I am not a member over there, but I will try to join and maybe...

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I got pregnant at 16 and married the father of child and had the baby at 17. AFTER the child's birth, the father started abusing me. I left with the child when he was 9 months old, got an EPO and it turned into a DVO for 2 years. The...

With terracycle you can collect items individually or with a group. You do have to sign up for a "brigade" and some fill up quickly. They each focus on a different item to recycle (foil juice pouches, cigarette butts, etc) When you're...

I am posting this here to let people know that Terracycle is now accepting cigarette packaging and "butts" for recycling into plastic pallets and other items. I had NO clue until a couple days ago that cigarettes were able to be...