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My youngest has been thinking of joining the Boy Scouts this year so we can go on camping trips and have some activities during the summer since this group stays active all year long. I was never in the Scouts so I don't know what it's like, just what I've read and heard. Is it a good idea? If...

I know times are very different from when I grew up, but do you think kids are growing up faster now? I don't mean physically, I mean mentally and their actions. I know music and movies have promoted this but it seems like they don't even get to have a childhood now.

I've heard a lot of this situation that is developing in Lybia. I am afraid our troops are going to be spread even thinner than they already are and we are going to be footing the bill for yet another war. I really don't know if it's getting to the point we are going to have to stay there or...

My kids all woke up with snotty noses and coughs this morning. To beat it all it's rained all day long with them changing classes between trailers since the classrooms are all overcrowded. I am predicting some fever tonight, maybe a little trouble breathing through their noses. I do not look...

My 13 year old daughter has a school friend who has been hospitalized for anorexia. I thought she was young for this but I guess not. It's a shame that stress makes kids do things like this.

Does anyone else watch movies before you let the kids watch them? I have almost gotten to that point with my kids after watching a PG 13 movie and finding some inappropriate material in it. Does anyone else screen movies first?

We've had our first injury of the coming spring season. My eldest son got out his skate board this afternoon and was riding it down the street. Unfortunately, he didn't miss the pot hole that was left from this winter's freeze/thaw. We just got back from ER and he has a broken bone in his left...

My son has been getting bullied at school and I really don't know how to handle it. He hasn't said anything about it until now but I've just known something has been going on. Should I let him take care of it or should I step in and do something. He hasn't been harmed physically but he's really...

Hey guys, I need a good hot dog sauce recipe. My son's scout troop has decided we are going to start selling hot dogs at the soccer games this year and we are all going to take turns bringing crockpots full of hot dog sauce with weiners in it to keep them warm. I need a good recipe to knock...

It seems that children are getting older a lot faster than they did when I was a kid. I don't remember having the issues my kids deal with until I was in my teens. There is a kid at my son's school who's 14 year old girlfriend (he's 13) is going to have a baby. Now all the kids are discussing...

This time of the year when the weather is still winterish and it's been such a horrible winter, I usually wind up very depressed. I know it's probably just due to lack of sun but do you do this to? What do you do to lighten up a bit? The kids have even noticed it this year and I don't want that...

How often have you heard this one? I have had it with my daughter saying this! She wants to do everything that everyone else does. I can see this to a certain extent because of peer pressure but geez! It's not like I don't let her do anything.

I have always been against having credit cards and paying cash for everything we need. My wife has been wanting to get a credit card for the last few months with the thought that we can slowly pay off surprise items like car repairs and such. I think we should use what money we have saved to do...

I've lived through several of my wife's labors and I have a bit of advice for you. Don't take anything she says literally or personally while she is in labor. You never know what they are going to say when they are in pain, and there is quite a bit of pain unless they have an epidural. Just a...

Well, this weekend all of the kids are sick. We finally went to the doctor and everyone except me had strep throat. So I've been Daddy nurse this weekend. The kids still aren't in any shape to go to school so if there is school tomorrow morning, they aren't going. What do you do when everyone's...

We are getting ready to grill out tomorrow. The only difference is that the food will be eaten inside instead of outside. I love grilled food and we are going to cook hamburgers and steaks. Wonderful food for before the game!

When I cook, I don't fix a lot of different dishes for everyone's taste. I just fix what I want and let them eat what they want of it. I simply refuse to cook something different for everyone who is eating. My sister, on the other hand, cooks a different dish for every member of the family since...

Do you all have a "quiet time" in your home? We do. Right after homework and dinner is done, the kids know they need to go to their rooms for an hour just to give everyone a "break" from each other. My wife and I usually sit and watch a show on TV or just sit and talk but it really helps us all...

I have become a fan of some of the cooking shows on Food Network. I'm not a chef by any stretch of the imagination but I do cook a lot. I watch Paula Deen and Rachel Ray mostly. And occasionally I'll watch some of the others. I have actually picked up some tips from all of these.

What are you getting ready to have for dinner tonight? I am fixing baked Hawaiian pork chops with rice and a salad. They are delicious. It pretty much works the same way as cooking a ham. You line a pan with aluminum foil and lay out your pork chops, then you sprinkle them with brown sugar...