just so you know....my thoughts on boys and the tooth fairy....sorta'. http://applesinwonderland.blogspot.com/2011/03/just-so-you-know.html

hi ladies! I am mom to four- 3 amazing girls(25,13 and 9) and a delightful little boy(16 months)...he is totally spoiled by his 3 big sisters and I am really loving "the boy experience"!!

Hi ya'll. Mom to one boy, four stepsons, and one daughter. Yes, lots and lots of boys. Everywhere.

California Mother Arrested for Encouraging Son to Fight (CNN) -- A California mother was arrested this week after she was captured on video encouraging her son to pummel another boy, police said. The woman can be heard yelling "Beat him down. Body slam him," as the two boys swing wildly at each other in the scuffle that leaves one bloody. At one point in the video, circulated on the internet, the woman offers pointers to her son on how to win the fight. She also assures the combatants they have permission to fight in her yard and that she will not call the police. Police say they have arrested the woman, identifying her as Jennifer Zuniga, 33, of the central California city of Ceres. She faces child endangerment and contributing to the delinquency of a minor charges, police said. "Jennifer can be heard and seen in the video yelling and encouraging her son to batter the other juvenile. Jennifer is heard yelling a barrage of profanities and enticing the fight," Ceres Police said in a statement. The video was posted on YouTube and police say they learned about it from a tipster. Police also credited a man who witnessed the fight and can be seen on the video stopping it. "This man (challenges) Jennifer Zuniga's actions and stopped the assault before someone was seriously injured," the police statement said. At the end of the video, the man is seen getting in between the brawling boys. "Lady, you're letting them fight like this? What kind of example are you, lady?" the man asks. "I don't care," the woman replies. Original article here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/23/california.fight.video/index.html?hpt=T2

Hello! I am the boy mama of two little ones, Adam is 3.5 and Lucas is 13 months. Boys sure do keep you going, love it !

Hi there! Proud Mama to two boys here! My sons are 3 and 18 months. Great to meet you all!

Hi! Mom of two boys. Jason, 6 and Dylan 12. Happy to have found this!

How is everyone today? I'm really looking forward to summer. This past weekend I got a taste of it as the boys road their bikes - through the rain puddles - and really had a blast!

Wayne Besen's--Why I Support J. Crew's Ad....
It was my senior year of high school and our basketball team was playing our rivals. As the team's captain, I knew I had to carry the team on my shoulders if we had a chance to win. Despite my 25 points and 15 rebounds, we still lost to a team with superior talent.

Following our defeat, our angry coach barreled into the locker room and slammed the chalkboard. He then launched into a tirade where he bellowed, "Everyone on this team played like faggots... except for Wayne." Although I was not out of the closet yet, I thought, "Coach, if we would have played like fags, we would have won the game."

I tell this story to point out that sexual orientation and gender identity are about who a person is deep inside -- not a result of the clothes they wear or the activities they participate in. I grew up playing basketball, football, and baseball. The entire time I was playing -- and at times excelling -- I knew I was gay.

Unfortunately, anti-gay activists are exploiting a new controversy to portray gay and transgender people as confused heterosexuals who are different because their parents let them play with the wrong toys as children or dressed them in "non-gender-conforming" attire. Nothing could be further from the truth, but this hasn't stopped the right wing from trying to further stereotypes and misconceptions in an effort to foster discrimination against LGBT people.

The controversy in question occurred when the clothing store J. Crew published an ad this week that featured the company's president, Jenna Lyons, painting the toenails of her son Beckett. The text read: "Saturday with Jenna -- Lucky for me, I ended up with a boy whose favorite color is pink. Toenail painting is way more fun in neon."

Read the rest here:
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I actually saw this ad over the weekend while looking for our J. Crew coupon. It didn't make me stop at all. In fact, I didn't think anything of it. Yep, Beckett like most kids will grow up and could probably use counseling. I joke that I should keep a list of things that will need to be covered in counseling later in life. However, I would doubt that any child will need counseling for the bright pink nailpolish their mother would put on them. If that's the case, my kids and I are doomed. And if this ad depicted a daughter doing something traditionally *male* would this be in the headlines? Yeah, I thought so.

Hello! I am the mother of a 1 year old little boy! Never thought I would know what to do with boys, but now I do not know what I would do without him!

Circumcising our son -- How do we decide? By Lee Rose Emery, Special to CNN (CNN) -- Knowledge is said to be power. But as parents living in an information-driven age, we feel compelled to grasp all of the facts that bombard us. We are hyperinformed and ultraconscientious. We surf the Web, we read the books, we poll our friends. Yet in accumulating new insights, we are often left feeling confused and uncertain. The most vexing parenting decision my husband and I have faced thus far was whether to circumcise our son. Religious tradition was not a factor for us, as non-Jews, so instead we searched our consciences, weighing myriad factors such as aesthetics, tradition, hygiene, future sexual pleasure, and self-esteem -- lofty concepts indeed to contemplate for the unnamed bulge in my tummy, but contemplate them we did. Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/04/19/emery.infant.circumcision/index.html?hpt=C2

Hi. VERY new here - and I have 2 boys. Just turned 6 and almost 4. Can't wait to read more!

Sooner I will be a mother of twins and I really The Vampire Diaries so I will give them name as Stefan and Damon. http://www.thevampirediariesmegavideo.com

So my oldest son... Turned 6 this summer. He broke his arm last weekend. Welcome to the world of active kids, right?

My one and only son turned 14 a few weeks ago. He made the JV football team this year though it would be stretching the truth to say he's been "playing" football. The freshman don't get much field time. This past week was Homecoming at his high school and I'm feeling a little nostalgic for even last year when things were a little less hectic and one more string hadn't been yanked away from me. He's having such a good and fun year so far. Open house was this past week also and all we heard was what a nice and kind son we have. As a bonus-he's keeping up in ALL of his classes! His lowest average is an 85% in math, and for a subject he really struggled in last year, this is a huge jump. Last winter he had a lead in the middle school musical and he's looking forward to this winter when he can try out for the high school musical. The deal was-bad grades, no musical try out. I think beyond the threat of this punishment is the knowledge that HE is responsible for his own actions. His high school successes and failures lay squarely on his shoulders alone. I guess he is (BIG SIGH!!!) growing up. It's exciting, sad and frightening all at the same time. It's nice to see some of our hard work paying off. By the way-The payoff of being strict and holding him accountable-Totally worth it!!!!!!!

Situation: Englishwoman living in Italy, diagnosed with nephritis but as yet type not been specified. Italian husband who thinks he knows it all including every aspect of my illness, Italian mother-in-law who thinks her son's perfect. Two small boys I adore, aged 3 and 4. Get accused by my mother-in-law last night: "well why do they never ask for you when they're at my house (rare event) and always ask for their pappy?" My internal response. Crumble. Does this woman not realise that a) I am ill b) I do not need to hear this in this moment. How would you react? and am I being paranoid? Have spent four and a half years as a stay home mum and now being accused of not giving my children quality time by my husband. Yesterday I had to spend the afternoon in bed due to chronic kidney pain. Am I right in thinking that chronic illness and two small children don't exactly go together and when those children are two gorgeous and very lively and physical boys, am I to blame for sometimes just feeling like I can't cope with them? Am I the inadequate mother my husband is claiming that I am? Answers on a post would be welcome. Rachael

I recently joined my 7 yr. old son in Cub Scouts. My older boys did the same back in the 1990's. Still a traditional group & still a good thing for kids to do.