Recent content by MistsOfSpring

I suspect that the reason the age of first sex is declining is largely related to the fact that the age of puberty is also declining.

I'm referring to the stuff kids say and do sometimes, not realizing at all that there is anything racist in what they are doing. Specifically, one of my daughter's friends taught her a clapping game and song about going to a Chinese restaurant and a Chinese person named Chugga Chugga Choo Choo...

I noticed my first grey hair when I was 23, which coincidentally was also the age that my father and brother first noticed their own grey hairs. My dad was quite grey by the time he was my age (40) but I'm not very grey at all. I most definitely have noticeable greys, but they are individual...

I agree with pretty much everything people have said here. My daughter is 7 and her range without me in the neighbourhood is going around the block and down a side street. Her school is a 25 minute walk away, so many of her friends live much too far for her to just drop in and visit. When I...

Thank you both for the feedback. I feel better now.

When my husband died, I spent a lot of time making sure our daughter knew that we were still a family, even though there were only 2 of us. I took a high school class that was kind of an introduction to sociology and I remember a friend of mine being very upset over the definition of family...

I think it makes sense for it to be mandatory for the child to have some time alone with the doctor because there are some parents who won't allow it if it isn't mandatory and the kids often won't feel comfortable talking about sexual issues or drinking or drug use or abuse in front of the...

I frequently doubt myself and I can't judge for certain if I should have done things differently. This specific occurrence isn't huge, but it's what happened yesterday and it has me doubting. My daughter is 7 and a half. One of her best friends is a 6 year old who lives two doors down from...