News article: http://fox2now.com/2013/04/02/tenennessee-girl-sent-home-24-times-for-smelling-bad/In short, a second-grader has been sent home from school dozens of times because she smells so bad that it's disruptive to the rest of her class. Her mother claims she bathes daily and has been cleared medically. Child services has apparently been ( Read more... )

Based on the debate that constantly goes on in my head every time I buy soap ( Read more... )

How invested are you in how your children look when they leave the house? Do you make sure they're wearing matching, non-stained clothing, with every hair in place, or do you let them pick their own clothes and fix their own hair before heading out? If your child has a favorite pair of shoes that are literally falling to pieces and look like she ( Read more... )

Your kid doesn't really like to shower too often. They're a teen, but, they've always been that way. He/She thinks 2 or 3 times a week is more then enough ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: This question is aimed at parents of children who are old enough to care for their own hygiene.

When I was growing up, my mom never really took me aside and said, hey, in order to be truly clean and healthy you must remove any androgenic hair on your legs, privates, underarms and other "unsightly" areas, but I have some friends who ( Read more... )

Nowadays, girls as young as 8 are being taken to salons to get their body hair waxed.

Do you think the parents that allow their children to get waxed are abusing their children? What would you do if your pre-teen asked you to take them to get their bikini line waxed? Is this sexualizing children, or is it a harmless beauty practice?

inspired by the Lourdes unibrow post below...

Would you allow your minor daughter to go to a salon and get a bikini or Brazilian wax? Why or why not?

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To what extent are you responsible for your children's personal hygiene. To what age ( Read more... )

Background stuff you can skip if you just don't care.

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