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Recent content by Martin Calvin

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    Potty Training Tales.

    My son has jsut started with potty training. He started selecting spots around the house to go a couple of months ago, and has also learned to tell us potty (and pat his diaper when he's going). We started in with potty training slowly and aren't pushing it too hard yet because we don't want...
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    Megan's Law and You

    I have to say that I'm in total agreement with Jenna. I'm skeptical too, and I work in a Daycare. I'm also not going to check the site because it's incredibly ungracious in my opinion. It's like saying someone's forgiven, but then always remembering what they did wrong. My advice is to watch...
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    Anybody here Ap? or Grace Based discipline?

    My son is two and we are starting to hand over the reigns into Love and Logic based discipline. If I'm not mistaken this is the secular name for GBD (I hadn't ever heard of GBD). We started with it when he was 1 but he still wasn't able to make deffinitive choices at that point so we walked...
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    Was your spouse supportive of you breastfeeding? (Husbands, too)

    When we had our son, my wife tried and tried for days to get him to start nursing. But the combination of his size and other factors made it impossible for him to breastfeed. I remember how hurt my wife was, and how scared she was about my reaction (She thought that I would judge her if she...
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    3-2-1- Magic

    I'm on board with you all too. My son is just two, but he can already count to three (well almost we're having a little trouble with prounanciation, but getting there).
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    When can you tell if your child is handicapped?

    I work in a Day Care and have a two-year old. I've seen the entire spectrum, including ADHD, FAS, and Autism. My son took his own sweet time in walking and incrawling for that matter. We just got a check up on friday and he got signed off with a clean bill of health. But we're a little...
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    Damned children?

    I believe that the dogma (or faith tradition) of "age of accountiblity" is being misunderstood and completely misused here. In the OT it talks about a coming of age in regaurds to acceptance of legal responsiblity (like citizenship and paying taxes). In the NT it talks about both young and old...
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    Noisy Toys

    I work in a daycare so I should be used to this by now, but somehow not. I don't know why it is, but I can handle 15 2 year olds reinacting Lord of the Flies but I can't handle the new toys my mother in law sent my son for his birthday. All of them make noise all the time, and no matter how...
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    The adorable things our children do!

    While I don't get to see much of it I'm usually scared to call my wife on my lunch break and find out how the day is going. Our son has taken a keen interest in everthing with moving parts and mechanical. He has manged to bread three VCR's, fry our laptop, and do in a printer. Not to mention...
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    Feeling Left out

    My son (who will be two on monday) has finally decided that cuddling with mommy and dady isn't all that bad. Problem is that he likes to do it when he's tired before his nap, I'm at work then. When I get home he's so excited to see daddy home (and a chance to play rougher than mommy likes to)...
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    Baby Sign Mishaps

    I think your son in so adorable when he says thankyou by blowing a kiss instead
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    Spinning My wheels looking for advice

    Thanks for the encouragement. Right now is a transition time and I feel like there is nothing to grasp on to. I also find it ironic that you were studying mechanical engineering. My dad is the everpresent voice saying "get a degree, and degree, and you can do what you want," and right now...
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    A question for any ordained ministers. Is masturbation a sin?

    First let me say that I'm not ordained yet but would still like to comment. My first response to the first question "is touching yourself a sin" is to say it depends what is on your heart, or in this case what's in your head? If you are able to complete the task at hand with pure thoughts and are...
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    Spinning My wheels looking for advice

    Hi all~ I'm new to the forum, but wanted to see If I could get some advice. I am decerning my call to ministry and trying to get through my undergrad. Due to a serries of rather unfortunate events with my university I am stuck starting over at a community college. While this will be good for me...
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    How Often Should You Partake in Holy Communion?

    Coming from a formerly Quaker background (who don't take the communion elements) we understand that if someone is in Christ Jesus they are made a new creation and are in constant communion with God as they repent of their sins. According to them we're in constant communion so the elements are...
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