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Doctors Recommend Leaving It Up

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Dec 13th 2008 2:00PM

The next time you complain about the toilet seat being left up, consider this: if you've got a little man in the house, putting it down could pose a hazard to his, um, well, little manhood. British doctors found several cases of boys between the ages ...
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Nine-year-old invents toilet seat lifter

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Nov 4th 2007 3:03PM

"He's been reminded thousands of times over the years," says Beth Wulf of her nine-year-old son Jake. The issue at hand? Remembering to lower the toilet seat when he was done. "He's in too big a hurry to take care of that," she explained. So what did ...
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The advent of non-stick gum

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Sep 17th 2007 2:09PM

Darn! Those punk kids from the middle school across the street from my old apartment will be SO BUMMED! Their favorite past time was spitting their used (see: no longer sugar-packed) chewing gum all over the sidewalk in front of the school, the ...
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Literature in the loo

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 20th 2007 2:54PM

I was talking with some parents from Jared's school the other day when one mentioned that her daughter has taken to reading while sitting on the toilet. She even goes so far as to have her younger sister fetch her another book after finishing one. ...
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Positive Reinforcement

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 30th 2007 5:01PM

There are a lot of things that we all do that no one notices -- unless we don't do them. Rachel doesn't notice when I put my dirty clothes in the hamper but she does take note when I leave them in a pile on the floor. With children, however, it's ...
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Things they don't tell you Volume 432: Potty training is hard

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jun 26th 2007 11:29AM

"Poop!" Nolan looks at me with wide eyes, one dimpled hand creeping slowly to the elastic waistband of his size-6 Huggies,"I gotcha poop!" I scoop him up and for the thirty-second time in the last week, run into the bathroom, snatching a glimpse of ...
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The allure of the public toilet

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 20th 2007 4:59PM

What is it about public restrooms that children find so irresistible? Before we leave the house, I always ask Ellie to use the bathroom at home. Despite begging and pleading on my part, she insists that she doesn't need to go. Until we get to Home ...
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Conservative Norwegians think forcing boys to pee sitting down is wrong

by J.D. Griffioen, Posted Oct 16th 2006 8:30AM

A Norwegian primary school headmistress had a meeting her school's janitors, who were fed up. It was an affront to their dignity, they said, to constantly clean up the pee that the little boys in the school couldn't get in the toilet. These Norwegian ...
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Blogging Baby Size 6: Toddlers and water activities

by Heather Craven, Posted Jun 2nd 2006 3:00PM

I have made no secret of the fact that my toddler kicks my butt everyday as I try to keep up with him and all his needs. Having been a working-outside-of-the-home mother with my other two, I am truly struggling as a work-from-home mom with this one. ...
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