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The WebMD Community Team would like to invite you to become part of a focus group which will help guide us as we add new and exciting functionality to our boards. While we have some ideas, we know that this is YOUR community, and we want to know what you'd like to see and what you feel would be most useful to you. The first five members to respond from each board will be added to these first focus groups, but if you are interested, we will be forming more going forward.

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On the early evening of Wednesday, October 6th, we are going to be having a conference call with members from this community to discuss ideas — both yours and feedback on ours — for how best to improve the functionality of our WebMD communities to make it a better experience for all.

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Halloween recipes and ideas?

Hello Mommies! Do you have a great Halloween recipe or candy replacement idea? I hate giving...

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Monday's updates for 09/27

Hello parents! We would love to read your updates. Lainey How was your weekend? I was ill all...

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Divorce and parenting.........am I wrong here?

Ive been divorced for almost 6 yrs and have a 7 yr old daughter who is my world. For the last 6 yrs iv had...

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Ive been divorced for almost 6 yrs and have a 7 yr old daughter who is my world. For the last 6 yrs iv had constant problems with my ex wife working with me in regard to what i believe is fair and reasonable time with our child on a weekly basis. She lets me have her 2 days a week and its not enough time. Once in a blue moon ill get her for 3 days and that extra day really makes all the difference in the world. A yr ago she moved a half hr away and i have our child durring the week so ive had to make that long trip to take her to and from school 5 different times a week. Not including her extra curricular activities that my daughter and i have to miss out on lots of the time due to the extra drive back out to where her mother lives later in the evening. It was getting to be too much so i decided to move as close as i could to her mother(ten minutes away due to cost of living where she is) I told her before I moved that this is a win win for both of us. She works till like 8 in the evening tue-fri and on the days she has our daughter she is with a sitter that picks her up from school and takes her to her extracurricular activities. i told her with me being so close its better for her to be with a parent instead of a sitter and that i would be able to do these things now that im closer. She agreed,but her actions havent changed. She recently went out of town for a week and instead of telling me she just made arrangements for our daughter to stay with a sitter for 4 days. i just found out about this and went and picked up our child and she is staying with me till she gets back. She has remarried to a wealthy man and i cant understand for the life of me why shes being so difficult! Am I wrong for being upset about all this? Have i crossed some boundry in regard to her days are her days and i dont need to be concerned that our child is with someone else instead of the other parent? We have joint custody so i have as much right as she does to the best of my knowledge. You would think most women would aprreciate a father wanting to do all this! I dont know........View Thread

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Father defending his child may face jail time.

An upset father boards a school bus and confronts the bullies that have hazed his handicaped...

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New guest expert Dr. Tanya Altmann

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New expert in our parenting community!

Hello Mommies! Please welcome our new expert Dr Benaroch to our parenting community. He has begun...

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Fun Articles to Browse Through

WebMD has a selection of articles that I hope you'll find interesting. Take a look at one, or browse...

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WebMD has a selection of articles that I hope you'll find interesting. Take a look at one, or browse through them all on a range of topics.

Edible aphrodisiacs can turn up the heat in more ways than one." Want to learn more? Click on Eat Your Way to a Spicier Sex Life to get the juicy details.

"Sleep deprivation hit Laurel Egan-Kenny hard for years before she realized what was wrong. In the middle of the night, she would wake up worrying about work, finances, and scheduling. Unable to fall back to sleep, she got out of bed and worked on her computer in the kitchen for hours while her husband and three children snoozed soundly upstairs." Find out How Sleep Loss Affects Women More Than Men by reading the rest.

"For many women, turn-ons aren't necessarily about traditional romantic gestures like getting roses on Valentine's Day or canoodling during candlelit dinners. Simple everyday rituals like pitching in with the dishes or having coffee together at sunrise can be downright sexy." Learn more about Surprising Turn-Ons for Women right here.

"Hot, home cooked meals ... just the thought of hearty food brings back memories of mom's meatloaf and mashed potatoes or chicken noodle casserole. But many weight-conscious families are frequently on the go and eating meals in a hurry. Unfortunately for many American families, this translates into eating packaged and processed foods and doing the fast food drive-through more often. So how can your family focus on weight loss when you're on the go?" Health Expert Elaine Magee has the answers right here:
Eating Healthy on the Go: Quick Foods Kids Will Love .

"Ladies, be honest: when your sex life becomes a little humdrum, out comes the mental catalog of all the ways your partner isn't quite measuring up. Guys tend to get a bad rap when it comes to understanding women's bodies and what turns us on, making them easy targets in the blame game when sexual satisfaction starts to wane. And sure, they make their fair share of bedroom errors. But as the saying goes, it takes two to tango. As it turns out, top sex and relationship experts say that women make plenty of sex mistakes of their own." Find out what 6 Sex Mistakes Women Make are, and how to prevent them.

Let me know what you think about the ones you read!View Thread

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10 year old friend question

Ok, bare with me... My daughter has been friends since first grade with a girl from school. They hang out...

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Ok, bare with me...

My daughter has been friends since first grade with a girl from school. They hang out at recess together, along with another girl, they sit together at lunch, and even ride the bus home together. It seems they are "best friends"... and they live on our street. Now they are starting 5th grade together. Sounds like a great friendship, huh? I used to think so.

This summer, this girl, we will call her Jasmine, had her birthday party (their birthdays are a month apart) and my daughter wasn't invited (again). My daughter was invited in the first grade but never again. My daughter has invited Jasmine every year to her birthday party and she came last year but once again, this summer Jasmine had a big party and my daughter wasn't invited. Our next door neighbor's daughter was though... so that's how my daughter found out about it. Now it's time for my daughter's birthday party (she's inviting 5 girls) and we've decided to not invite this girl. Now, Jasmine asked my daughter why she wasn't invited and my daughter told her because she never invites my daughter to her party. I'm just so tired of this!!! I'm tired of my daughter being so crushed each year she finds out this child had another party and didn't invite her AGAIN. Jasmine says that her parents don't want my daughter spending the night at the sleepover. Ok... then why not just invite her and then have us pick her up when the "party" is over? I just don't know what to do about this. It seems so unfair for my daughter to constantly invite Jasmine when Jasmine can't invite her to her party. I'm getting so annoyed with this girl's parents. It's not the girl, it's the girls parents. I know I should probably invite her anyway but how many times before Jasmine's parents get a clue that they are being rude? Three years this has happened... She also has an older brother who says my daughter is weird.... nice of Jasmine to tell my daughter this.... am I being petty to let this get under my skin so much? What lesson do I need to teach my daughter?? Turn the other cheek time and time and time again? I think I need to teach her to draw a line in the sand and stick to her plan of not inviting her even though she really wants to... I'm not sure what to do.View Thread

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Health insurance when you have children with pre-e...

Hi Everyone, If you have a child with a pre-existing medical condition then getting them health...

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Having a chat room

I think it would be really neat if webmd had a special chat room for parents! I am a stay at home mom with 5...

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Inappropriate Stepfather

A friend of mine grew up with a stepfather from the time she was about 7. Around age 12 or 14 he began to act...

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A friend of mine grew up with a stepfather from the time she was about 7. Around age 12 or 14 he began to act inappropriately and sneaky. Most of it was peeping either through a hole around her ceiling fan or a crack in the bathroom floor. She also noticed when she was older (16-18) that her bedroom door hinges were sprayed with WD40 and that he was obviously entering her room at night. One night when she was about 18-19 she woke up on the couch to find him right next to her bottom. She didn't necessarily feel anything because she was a heavy sleeper, but he jerked and quickly started putting on his shoes. It was a huge sectional couch and no reason for him to be so close. Another time something similar happened but later that morning she discovered a cut (with scissors...it was a straight cut, not a rip) that went through her long johns AND underwear.

After that she confronted her mother. She essentially was called a liar and a trouble maker by her stepfather and her mother believed him. She is now in her later 30s and her mother acts as tho she believes her, but doesn't know what to think, do or say. It was all so weird with no real proof or an instance of clear cut touching. The daughter has forgiven and moved on. The parents have a decent relationship and she never wanted to ruin that or hurt her mom. They have been married nearly 30 years now.

She now has a daughter of her own who is about 6 years old. She allows her daughter to spend the night there once in a great while and though it causes her distress, she feels nothing would ever happen...but a part of her is very torn. The grandparents, especially the grandmother is very close with the granddaughter and they live an hour away. Her mother and husband tell her they genuinely do not think there is anything to worry about and the mother tells her she never lets the granddaughter out of her sight.

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Rod Stewart is a daddy for the 7th time!

Rocker Rod Stewart will be 65 when his Seventh Child is born (This is not a WebMD site and we...

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What's for dinner? Weekly post.

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does anyone use gdiapers??? I am considering them for the LO on the way. Or maybe you can suggest another...

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Recently Confused

I have a 9 year old and he was born Oct. 22, 2000. The doctor said he was born 4 weeks early which puts his...

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Don't Miss WebMD the Magazine!

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How do you choose? Great topic on The Parenting Co...

Hi Parents! I thought you could give Dr Adesman some great info regarding; how you choose a...

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Treatments for Lice

I am currently as Toddler Teacher, We just discovered that a couple of kids from our room have lice? I am 30...

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What is Your Biggest Health Care Challenge?

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Special Needs Information?

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Step parent opinions

Hello parents! I am a step parent and noticed that some have difficulties with parenting our...

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Open for Questions: Ask the White House About Heal...

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ideas on how to get pregnant

Hello, my name is Stephanie. I have been with my husband for four years now. We just got married in...

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What to do...

I know this issue has probably been discussed numerous times, but I need some advice from moms who have been...

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I know this issue has probably been discussed numerous times, but I need some advice from moms who have been through this, or are going through this.
I have a 2 year old son. His father and I have been together over 6 years. It's been a very rocky 6 years, as most relationships are. Ever since my son was 3 or 4 months old, I've been back and forth due to constant fighting. When he was a little older than one, I moved out, got my own place, and tried to move on. I was so much happier without the constant fighting and anger. Being that I had never been in this situation before, I thought it would be best to keep a "good relationship" between his father and I for his sake. Bad idea. That made things worse, and more confusing with us. After 6 or 7 months of being on my own, I decided to move back. Things were okay when I first moved back, but they're slowly going back to the way they were.

It's not only that we fight. He will kick me out of the house whenever he feels like it, he's mean, he's sneaky, he's secretive...and most of all, I most certainly am not in love with him. I thought that I could suck it up and deal with it for our son, and I have for the past year or so, but I can't do it anymore. I think everyone deserves to be happy, and although my sons happiness is most important to me, I think it's time to be a little selfish and think about myself, too.

I'm not asking for advice on what to do, because I know I don't belong here. I know I don't want to be unhappy for the rest of my life. There's issues with his family and I..I mean you name it. I'm just asking mommies who have been through this, how they deal about their children eventually being around another woman, once the father moves on. Even thinking about that TERRIFIES me. I'm not sure how I will be able to deal with it, but that has been one of the main reasons why I haven't left for good. He is the most important thing in my life, and not knowing where he is, who he's with, and what he's doing when he's not with me, is going to be so difficult for me. How do you/have you been able to handle this?View Thread

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