Category Archives: Preschool
Exclusion from Parties
Tis the season for birthday parties and holiday parties which means your child may feel excluded from some social gatherings. This one seems to be a very tough one for us momma bears. We hate to see our child hurt and we struggle intensely with how to fix it. Should we call the other parent? [...]
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Burned-Out Moms Finally Starting to Say NO
I knew I shouldn’t have answered the phone the other night. I had a sneaking suspicion that the mom calling me at 9:30 on a school night was not going to ask me to share my apple crisp recipe or schedule a playdate for our kids. At 9:30pm, a call from a tired mom can [...]
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In Support of Lice in Schools
If a kid is identified as having lice in school they should be sent home immediately. Right? Not necessarily, according to some moms on my local email group. In the midst of a lice outbreak, we learned that our local public school system is no longer allowed to send children identified as having lice [...]
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Lice
My daughter’s t-ball team was sharing batting helmets which has lead to a minor lice epidemic, in both our preschool and elementary school. The preschool brought in professionals to check the kids and sent the lice infested ones home for treatment. The elementary school is no longer allowed to send children with lice home. A [...]
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How much influence do parents have over their kids friendships?
On the preschool playground, one mother mentioned to me that she “was not encouraging” a friendship between her daughter and the daughter of one of friends. It made sense. One girl was quiet and reserved and the other was aggressive and competitive. Still, it was the first I had heard about parents trying to control [...]
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The Vaccine Debate
When parents start talking about vaccines and the possible link to autism, the gloves come off. On one side are the folks like Jenny McCarthy who link vaccinations to autism. On the other, are celebrities like Amanda Peet and other impassioned folks who call parents pariahs for not vaccinating. Like most conflicts between parents, [...]
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Do you need to invite everyone to the birthday party?
The preschool that my daughter attended for three years had a rule that if you invited any kids from the class, you need to invite the entire class. So from age two on, her birthday parties accommodated 20+ kids. Still, the policy seemed reasonable so I never thought to question it. Until we switched [...]
Gossip… Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary?
The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article today on gossip and the efforts to teach kids to ask themselves: “Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary?” before they say something to or about someone else. It’s certainly a practice that we parents can take to heart as well. After all, how can [...]
Graduating from Mommy Friendships