Health: Older Child, Princess

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Peapod Travel Bed/tent?

Has anyone tried the Pea Pod travel bed/tent? My daughter is now too long for the pack and play but SO not ready for a big bed. We have a fair amount of travel over the next several months and I'm looking into other options. Someone recommended the PeaPod and I was just curious if anyone else has tried it. If so, did it work well and how old were the kids. Thanks!

Sleeping Habits

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Email for My 9 Year Old??

Hi moms, my nine year old daughter wants her own email address like her friends. I am against it but don't know if this is the norm out there or not. I don't want her in front of the computer chatting away with people. I am scared of what she can do with chat rooms and the internet. If I allow an email address, do I insist on knowing the password so I can check on what she is writing and receiving? Is that invasion of privacy or good protective parenting? I am at a loss and need advice. I am a single mom, husband deceased so no one...

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Bedwetting 7 Year Old

My 7 year old is still wetting herself at night. I have read all the things...

Stages & Milestones

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Do You Think That Long Acrylic Nails Are Appropriate for a 7 Year Old?

Well, 7 1/2 year old. One of my daughter's classmates wears these long acrylic nails, she's 8 years old. On Friday the little girl had her 8th birthday at the Nail Salon that her mother Co-owns & offered all of the little girls a "Spa Day Party" that included free acrylic manicures & "hair spray painting". Out of the about 14 mommies present only myself & one other mother opted out of the manicure for our daughters (I felt it was inappropriate for her age, I'm also not big on acrylic nails for various reasons). My daughter opted out of...