Next Monday Consult: What do you want to know?
The floor's open.
What's your most important question involving your kids right now? Remember, you can use a first name or just a handle, so that teenager who's been caught looking at overly mature sites won't know you're asking in a public forum about how to deal with him.
Kris suggested a fire safety primer, which I think is a great idea for the near future, but since she supplied last week's question I'd like to give others a crack at it. (In the meantime, here's a link to our story the other day on smoke detectors, which has lots of vital information about how to prevent and escape from a fire.)
Let's hear from all of you, including all the wonderful stay-at-home dads who showed up yesterday.
Comments
How about ideas for places to dine with children that are nice for the grown-ups too?
I'm hoping everyone who can will respond under the previous post, which some may have missed:
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimoremomblog/2008/03/httpweblogsbaltimoresuncomente.html
Posted by: Cecilia Meisner | March 5, 2008 3:33 PM
How do you motivate a kid to do better in school. I am a single mom to a 12 y.o. boy who is very smart, but much like I was at that age, he is lazy. Punishments (no computer, tv, or video games) and bribes (when we get our few hundred bucks from the gov't this summer, we can go on vacation - you can pick where we go - within reason) aren't working as well as I would have hoped. Nor is the promises of having the most awful summer of his life by making him do chores, not only around our house, but for everyone who lives in our building - ALL SUMMER! How can you motivate them to do well in school/life just because - not for a reward or to escape punishment! Any suggestions?
This is a good one. Thanks.
Posted by: Susan K | March 6, 2008 11:52 AM