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carpenter5 @carpenter5 (6782) • United States 5 Jul 07

One of my friends from college just e-mailed me and told me that she and her husband are expecting their 11th child. They've been married for just over 20 years, and none of the children are multiples. They are missionaries and...

children

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6in12years I'm sure they appreciate a group gift. I have a large family, while my brother and sister have 3 and 2, respectively. A few years ago we changed the way we do Christmas gifts, mostly b/c I have so many. The adults play Dirty Santa, with a $5 gift. Each family...

7 Jul 07

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carpenter5 @carpenter5 (6782) • United States 5 Jul 07

One of my friends from college just e-mailed me and told me that she and her husband are expecting their 11th child. They've been married for just over 20 years, and none of the children are multiples. They are missionaries and...

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6in12years Uggh-do we have to bring race into it? Plenty of white families do the same thing. Being a lazy mooch doesn't have anything to do with race or country of origen.

7 Jul 07

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Michele21 @Michele21 (3093) • United States 27 Jun 07

My son is two years old and the most stubborn little boy!! Whenever we sit down to dinner he won't eat anything on his plate, he won't even try anything!! With the exception of Macaroni & Cheese...and who wants to make that every...

son not eating

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6in12years EEek-I have to disagree with this advice. Eating while watching TV leads to overeating and overweight. This is a temporary "problem" for most kids. IMO it is a bad idea to cure it by introducing a habit that can lead to lifelong health problems.

6 Jul 07

carpenter5 @carpenter5 (6782) • United States 5 Jul 07

One of my friends from college just e-mailed me and told me that she and her husband are expecting their 11th child. They've been married for just over 20 years, and none of the children are multiples. They are missionaries and...

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6in12years Missions work differently for every denomination, but IME, having more children isn't likely to increase their pay. They'll just have to stretch it further, which is their business.

6 Jul 07

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carpenter5 @carpenter5 (6782) • United States 5 Jul 07

One of my friends from college just e-mailed me and told me that she and her husband are expecting their 11th child. They've been married for just over 20 years, and none of the children are multiples. They are missionaries and...

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6in12years I'm not familiar with Family Allowance. I'm aware that I do get fairly significant tax breaks in the US for having children. The comment about being able to afford them is one that comes up in most discussions about large families. It's rude and...

6 Jul 07

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carpenter5 @carpenter5 (6782) • United States 5 Jul 07

One of my friends from college just e-mailed me and told me that she and her husband are expecting their 11th child. They've been married for just over 20 years, and none of the children are multiples. They are missionaries and...

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6in12years I live in the US, so I can't address your claims about Family Allowances in the UK. Children are the future of our society, though, and it makes sense to me that society would invest in its own future. I will comment, though, on your assertion that it's not...

6 Jul 07

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Juanamomof5 @Juanamomof5 (429) • United States 25 Jun 07

My son and I were out shopping this weekend and he held the door open for a woman before he would walk in. Usually he gets a thank you or you are such a gentleman, not this time the woman told him that she could do it herself and...

children

manners

respect

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6in12years I suspect her use of "macho" was related to the "you people are all alike" statement. It was a veiled racist jab.

5 Jul 07

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jolenegreen @jolenegreen (1209) • United States 7 Jun 07

My 3 yr old has been potty trained for a long time now. He dont wear any diapers at all.....except to bed. Sometimes he wets sooo much while he sleeps that he will soak himself right up to his neck. Does anyone know how to stop...

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6in12years I wouldn't praise him for staying dry at night, b/c it's not in his control and he might begin to feel badly about the nights he doesn't stay dry. Instead, I'd just handle it matter of factly and wait for him to mature a little more.

7 Jun 07

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Rozie37 @Rozie37 (15499) • Turkmenistan 22 May 07

I have heard the recent arguements about whether or not male babies should be circumcised or not. Aside from what the Bible says about it, I have heard that it makes it easier to clean it and that it cuts down on infection....

poor little lads

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6in12years Reviving an old debate here, but you have to read the Bible in context. God instructed Abraham to circumcise, and that his descendents should be circumcised to represent the covenant between God and Abraham. Galatians makes it quite clear that Christians are...

6 Jun 07

ESKARENA1 @ESKARENA1 (18261) 5 Jun 07

I have just seen a rather disturbing t.v programme which gave three Americans chance to spit hatred, bile and poison into my living room. First they said 9/11 was great, then that the recent high school massacre was a start but...

americans

baptists

fundementalists

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6in12years They aren't affiliated with any Baptist organization. They just use the name.

6 Jun 07

ESKARENA1 @ESKARENA1 (18261) 5 Jun 07

I have just seen a rather disturbing t.v programme which gave three Americans chance to spit hatred, bile and poison into my living room. First they said 9/11 was great, then that the recent high school massacre was a start but...

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6in12years Nitpicking here. I consider myself fundamentalist, although I don't use the term anymore b/c of the baggage. Fundamentalist just means someone who believes strongly in the fundamental doctrines of the faith. One of which, for Christians, is that God loves all...

6 Jun 07

Ellie @ellie26 (4139) • Malaysia 25 May 07

My sister-in-law nurse her baby just about anywhere. At one time, we were having dinner at a restaurant. Her baby cried for milk and she just breastfed him there. How do you find mothers breastfeeding in public? Do you do that or...

nursing

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6in12years Stopping nursing can be a very bad thing. Especially if a child develops allergies d/t not being breastfed. And, while not every breast baby refuses the breast after bottle feeding, some do, and you don't know which kind you have until you try it.

5 Jun 07

4cuteboys @4cuteboys (4099) • United States 31 May 07

So my 7 month old is proficent at gerber puffs and crackers of all sorts and stuff like that, things that require chewing. Now when I try to give him a jar of stage 3 gerber foods he chokes/gags. I dont get it? It's nowhere near...

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6in12years Honey b/c of the risk of botulism. Choking hazards (hot dogs have to be cut into nonchokable pieces, grapes cut in half, no raw carrots, no nuts, and peanut butter is a surprising choking hazard). If you have a family history of allergies you should probably...

3 Jun 07

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