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My daughter has been eating apples with skin since she was about about 20 months old. She's had all her teeth since she was one and she has a heck of a set of chompers on her.

I also agree that scare tactics are not a good parenting tool. Kids need structure and discipline, but scaring them is just not a constructive way of teaching them.

We don't set a limit. As for counting clothes as presents, I think there is an age range (like from 5 to 10 or 12) when no kid wants to open a present and see clothes. I doubt we'll be buying clothes as a gift for my daughter until she is a teenager and asking for specific things.

How about taking this approach: tell her you realize both of you are stressed and you would like to help her through her stress and you need her to help you through yours. Ask her what you can specifically do to help her. Likewise, tell her exactly what you need from her. Presenting it just like...

That's an excellent point; however, I see a lot of parents allowing their kids to get away with stuff that I would have been disciplined for as a kid. I'm not sure if it's because there are a lot more divorces and, therefore, a lot more parents who only have their kids part time, or if it's...

At what age are kids supposed to start speaking in sentences? My daughter is two and she knows a lot of words, but they're all pretty much nouns that she uses for identifying different things. I'd really like to see her start to communicate a little better soon.

I think it was several years ago they made a movie about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Does anyone remember this? I never got to see it, but I always wanted to. Now, with Jobs' sad death, I really want to try to find it, but I can't remember the name. Can anyone help me out?

I've heard Qtips aren't good to use as well, but I do it anyway. I haven't had a problem with ear infections, but my ears do get pretty clogged once in a while. My wife got me some over the counter stuff at the drug store that helps clean them out. I still need the Qtips though because my ears...

I'm also curious to know what the wife says about this. I know my wife would go bananas if I did something like that. Lazy and selfish is what that guy sounds like.

Wow, good to know. My daughter will be starting preschool next year and I had no idea what to be prepared for. It does sound expensive, but I definitely want her in more of a learning environment as opposed to a play environment.

Knowing the way some of my friends are with their kids, I can see why it's unpopular. However, I think there's nothing wrong with teaching kids to properly use knives when you think they're ready.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Kids have a sixth sense like animals and they know when something is going on even if you don't tell them. I think my daughter definitely picks up on it when I am agitated, but thankfully there isn't that much stress and tension in our house.

That really sucks if she just took credit and didn't recognize her department. I've worked with people like that before. They're just selfish and there isn't much you can do about it unless everybody gets together and calls her out on it.

When I was in high school there was a female wrestler at one of the other schools in our district. Technically speaking, she did okay at the sport, but I remember hearing that she got teased a lot. The teasing would be my biggest concern. However, maybe times have changed enough that she...

I think the changes this time are pretty minor, but I really wish they would stop messing with it. I'm a creature of habit and I don't like having to get used to new stuff all the time.

My wife had some mood swings, but they weren't nearly as bad as I thought they were going to be. She cried now and then and would get frustrated at little things, but that was about it.

I haven't heard anything about it. I just don't understand these guys who are into kiddie porn. It really is a sickness. And what in the world was he doing with inappropriate pictures of her?

Have you been to any of those live shows like Dora or Sesame Street Live? What is a good age to start taking kids to those shows? Sesame Street Live is coming here soon and I'm not sure if my daughter (2 years old) is still a little too young for it.

I know it's usually the women who get crafty this time of year, but I decided to try my hand at carving signs. I came across some really nice cypress planks and so far I carved a pretty nice name sign for my Godson. Last night I sketched out the signs for my daughter and stepson and I'm really...

I don't have a problem with people who use a ton of coupons, but you have to go by the store/coupon limitations. I don't see the point of arguing with a cashier about store policy.