Posts by EviesMom

We love and will use again: LA/SS/Sc: Moving Beyond the Page (although we slow it down and add lots of trips as well; we add more on dinosaurs; added evolution of the brain; and human evolution at the museum of natural...

OP, I'm curious how things are now. I have a friend with a child who had neurosurgery for hydrocephalus 6 months ago, sounds similar, but she is supposed to call the neurologist and the hospital/rehab immediately if her son vomits at...

I don't generally think the list sounds unmanageable, and if you talk to the nanny about it, it seems like it should be pretty simple to clear up. It sounds like stuff that she just doesn't notice or know you want done as part of her...

It's harder if it's family where you're supposed to be nice. I just nod and say "Thank you for your opinion, but this works for us."    If it's someone I can be snarky to, saying something like "When are you going to wean...

We're in NYC, vegetarian, 2 young kids. Budget including household supplies (TP, paper towels, cleaning), but not dog food, is about 150/week or $600/month. Some organic here, eggs and milk local, but we don't drink a lot of milk...

At restaurants, yes, because wandering would be disruptive. But at home, I just require that they clear their own places. I find that the dinner table is a hard place to really get kids to talk, they can feel on the spot, it's late in...

I think many parents considering homeschooling worry about that, especially if your child is 3 and at the heavy-duty "NO!" and independence stage. Like others have said, I think the directing/cajoling/requiring is just in different...

I have a 7 and 3 year old. They would totally have done the same thing! However, when something has to get clean, I wouldn't have phrased it as what we could do if they followed my plan. It would have been "Today's plan is clean, have...

This is sort of out of left field, but it sounds sort of like some males in my family (brother, cousins) and friends who are gifted, but also dyslexic and allergic to a variety of things that caused hyperactivity or "silly" behavior....

I have not read all the posts, and I don't care to get into a debate, but I delayed vaccines. I understand the science, but I don't think understanding the science means taking at face value everything a doctor says, nor reading...