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The Associated Press reports: Study links child care to problem behavior. The largest childcare/development study in the US was recently finalized and:

“The more time that children spent in child care, the more likely their sixth grade teachers were to report problem behavior.
Also, children who got quality child care before entering kindergarten had better vocabulary […]

Excerpt from Practical Parenting February 2007:

“The Government has allocated £70 million to improving the availability of parenting programmes, after surveys suggest anti-social behaviour in children is mainly due to bad parenting. Home Secretary John Reid has said the Government will step in where parents aren’t succeeding, including resorting to court orders to make parents […]

I’m fairly new at this parenting thing, I still have only a year’s experience under my belt.
I need some help with something I’ve been pondering for a while. How often is it ok to ask grandparents to babysit?
Once a month? Once a week? Special occasions only? I have no idea.
I probably ask bi-weekly on […]

I will, eventually, be faced with the decision of having Erin start school at four and a half, or the choice of deferring for a year. She would continue to have a paid nursery place during the year’s deferment. What would you do and why?
[tags]quick question, parent, kids, daycare, preschool[/tags]

Brrrrrring! Brrrrrrring!
“Goood morning! Thanks for calling Mommy’s Sick Day! Your illness is our opportunity! My name is Becky, how can we help you today?”
“Hi, Becky, I hab a terrible stuffy dose and a feber this morning.”
“Ooooh, you sound awful! What’s your temperature?”
“I’m not sure, but I hab chills and I’m sweating.”
“OK, you definitely qualify. How […]

I never expected to stay home after my daughter was born. I had eight weeks maternity leave, and I arranged for a schedule that would allow me to work from home two days a week when it was time to go back to the office full-time. I lined up my mother to care for The […]