We love these books and the magazine! Right now my daughter is in a sticky situation - being pulled between two friends - both of whom she likes.

I know this sounds really gross but everyone does it too -- I've taught my kids that if they are in public, their nose runs and they CAN'T find a tissue, they turn the front, bottom of their shirt up, inside out and wipe their nose.

It's better than the tracks down the sleeves :)

Char, what do you tell her to do?

Gayla,

That's not gross - that's just smart. But, it could be a little sticky. Ick! Discreetly!

I hadn't heard of these books yet. My daughter isn't at that age yet . . . thank goodness! I'm dreading those pre-teen and teen years! I'm feeling old right now!

I am in a bit of a sticky situation right now. It's sticky because I can't stick. My son has hidden the packing tape and I can't find it to mail out the Christmas package to our relatives in Bulgaria.

So, really, help me out. If you were five years-old, where would you hide the packing tape?

Laundry hamper or trash can? A secret stash or backpack?

I am always in a stick situation - between a rock and a hard place - great prize - thank you!

I'm caught between my kids and my career. My husband is a stay-at-home Dad and now my kids are bitter that I work.

That's not funny. That's sad Agordon.

You should probably know though, that it seems children find a reason to be bitter at their mothers regardless.

I remember wishing my mother had a job so she'd have something besides me to focus on.

I once walked into a classroom and my black bra was hanging on the blackboard. I was late, so I couldn't sneak back out and everyone had plenty of time to talk about me.

Aparently the day before it had fallen out of my backpack.

I ingored it. Said nothing. Did nothing. While very hot and red.

Eventually I'm going to stop being embarrassed about it.

I had to be in a play at school and wear a dress as a costume, the dress was quite "filmy" and allowed my underclothes to show through. Of course that was the day I wore my penguin patterned underwear.....after that point, I was known as "chilly willy" to all, in honor of the cartoon penguin of the same name.

What a great book!

My goddaughter once asked me in public a sex question (she was 12) and I almost died. Ugg Im so dreading having conversation like that with my son. I belive in pure honesty even if its ugly.. but I really hate it.

I blogged ya too:
http://contestaddict.blogspot.com

was singing along to a song while waiitng for someone in the car and had it turned up and was rockin out when a knock on the window and it was a friend and her family sayingf hi

I was lucky enough to win 4 tickets to see a pre screening of the movie Enchanted and I have 5 grandchildren. Who do I pick?

The sticky situation is making candy and having fingers covered with chocalte. The phone rings... lick fingers... wipe fingers... let phone ring! What a yummy thought.

I had an experience like Tamara. When parachute pants came out, I got a red pair & thought I was the coolest! I strutted around school that day, and it wasn't until last period that someone pointed out to me my blue flowered panties showed right through! I never wore those pants again...

I am in one when I play cards because everyone there talks about everyone else. And they want you to think that they are the innocent ones.

not really liking someone you are forced to spend a lot ot time with but not wanting bad karma or to hurt anyone'afeelings!

I have lots of sticky situations. Like how to compliment one brother without implying he is better than his twin?

Those books sound perfect for my pre-teen daughter!

my mom once had to cut my hair cus i had alot of gum stuck in it

My daughter and I were in walmart christmas shopping and we had played with a little elmo toy that sings. As we were walking around I was singing "elmo's world da da da da elmo's world..." sort of loud and carefree thinking we were alone. A stocker person was on the other aisle the whole time. When I saw her my face got really red and we both just laughed at the silliness of it all.

A sticky situation is needing to be at an appointment in town(45 min) from the house with 3 kids and your 10 year old daughter barfs all over herself and the jeep. Of course it’s blazing Hot!!
Luckily I found a Goodwill store with a darling outfit and in no time flat and we made a switch in a restaraunt bathroom. Her brothers made gag noises all day. AND TO THINK i THOUGHT SHE WAS BLUFFING ABOUT BEING CAR SICK :)

agordon, come up with creative ideas for you kids as to why its good you work. I'm a working mom with a stay at home hubby as well, and get both the hubby and the kids whining about wanting more time w/ me.

and on the book...
"It's full of about fashion trends, beauty and style, crushes on boys, and teen movie stars. "

seriously, am I the only mom who's daughter still wants to be a kid! Granted she was going on 13 at 2, but my 9 yr old complained to me that the girls never wanted to play games magical powers (she's got an insane imagination, and most of her play is imaginative)... I looked at her and said, "Lola, play with the boys." and while her best friends are girls, and she does girl scouts, mostly at recess she plays with the boys, and it works, except for when I found out from the principal she smacked one of them...

actually, I remember all this worrying about boys before I was old enough to date confusing as a child. I tried to shield my daughter from it, but she still talked about having a boyfriend. So I explained to my daughter that a boy is not a 'boyfriend' unless she likes him more than her best friend (who's a girl, and who she absolutely adores). And just because she likes spending time with a boy doesn't mean she "likes" him. It just means they're good friends.

Well, now she appears to have a healthy outlook on that topic, has plenty of friends who are boys and who are just friends, and I don't think I'm going to have to worry about boys until at least middle school (which is only about a year and a half away...). Right now she doesn't think there's any way she could like any boy better than her best friend. :)

Mom would ask my brother and me, Which one of you gouged your finger into the cookie dough? She would prepare it ahead of time and store it in the downstairs freezer until baking day. Since we both nibbled at it, we could correctly say, It wasn't one of us. Mom got smart though and decided to keep the dough in the backseat of the car. It was winter and cold enough to keep them chilled until being baked.

Navi,

I am right there with you wishing that girls this young weren't so interested in the boyfriend/girlfriend drama.

It's pretty damn scary if you think of those words with the definition we carry in our own minds.

But, you are very right to realize that your daughter doesn't carry equal connotations to yours. She likes a boy. In exactly the way you describe - more than the guy sitting next to her in class and less than her best friend.

I tend to think of these primary school crushes as very similar to "playing house." They play mom and dad and they play boyfriend and girlfriend. Both are very innocent.

Ainsley has had crushes or people she "clicks with" that happen to be of the opposite gender since she was born.

I too was slightly disappointed to see all the boy-girl, fashion and trend focus in the magazine. As I said, I had expected girlhood to have progressed in a more gender nuetral - lets find a cure for cancer and create world peace - way.

I could deny Ainsley this magazine because of it, but I won't. Because the fact remains that she IS interested in these things. She does care about her clothes and shoes, she does care about boys, and she definately has the girl drama and frienimies.

I found myself in a sticky situation when I had to choose between my boyrfriend or my best friend. Me and my boyfriend weren't getting along well, and I had promised my best friend that I would go to her party. My boyfriend couldn't go that night so I told her I couldn't make it after all. It turned out to be one of the worst mistakes of my life, because as a result, I lost my best friend who had always been there for me no matter what.

Last summer my friends and myself went to Disneyland, I was wearing these pure white pants and I thought I must of been looking good because I kept having all these people staring at me...Well I found out MUCH later in the day when I went to the restroom that I had sat on something brown, anyways it totally looked like I went to the bathroom in my pants....Im still blushing from embarrassment...and worse of all my friends all knew about it!

The winner is . .. http://traceesioux.blogspot.com/2007/12/discovery-girls-prize-goes-to.html

Tamara never claimed her prize, so the next winner is Agordon10. I had Ainsley draw the name out of a hat.

Please leave a comment here AND email me directly Agordon10 so I can get your address to mail your Discovery Girls package.

We love these books and the magazine! Right now my daughter is in a sticky situation - being pulled between two friends - both of whom she likes.

I know this sounds really gross but everyone does it too -- I've taught my kids that if they are in public, their nose runs and they CAN'T find a tissue, they turn the front, bottom of their shirt up, inside out and wipe their nose.

It's better than the tracks down the sleeves :)

Char, what do you tell her to do?

Gayla,

That's not gross - that's just smart. But, it could be a little sticky. Ick! Discreetly!

I hadn't heard of these books yet. My daughter isn't at that age yet . . . thank goodness! I'm dreading those pre-teen and teen years! I'm feeling old right now!

I am in a bit of a sticky situation right now. It's sticky because I can't stick. My son has hidden the packing tape and I can't find it to mail out the Christmas package to our relatives in Bulgaria.

So, really, help me out. If you were five years-old, where would you hide the packing tape?

Laundry hamper or trash can? A secret stash or backpack?

I am always in a stick situation - between a rock and a hard place - great prize - thank you!

I'm caught between my kids and my career. My husband is a stay-at-home Dad and now my kids are bitter that I work.

That's not funny. That's sad Agordon.

You should probably know though, that it seems children find a reason to be bitter at their mothers regardless.

I remember wishing my mother had a job so she'd have something besides me to focus on.

I once walked into a classroom and my black bra was hanging on the blackboard. I was late, so I couldn't sneak back out and everyone had plenty of time to talk about me.

Aparently the day before it had fallen out of my backpack.

I ingored it. Said nothing. Did nothing. While very hot and red.

Eventually I'm going to stop being embarrassed about it.

I had to be in a play at school and wear a dress as a costume, the dress was quite "filmy" and allowed my underclothes to show through. Of course that was the day I wore my penguin patterned underwear.....after that point, I was known as "chilly willy" to all, in honor of the cartoon penguin of the same name.

What a great book!

My goddaughter once asked me in public a sex question (she was 12) and I almost died. Ugg Im so dreading having conversation like that with my son. I belive in pure honesty even if its ugly.. but I really hate it.

I blogged ya too:
http://contestaddict.blogspot.com

was singing along to a song while waiitng for someone in the car and had it turned up and was rockin out when a knock on the window and it was a friend and her family sayingf hi

I was lucky enough to win 4 tickets to see a pre screening of the movie Enchanted and I have 5 grandchildren. Who do I pick?

The sticky situation is making candy and having fingers covered with chocalte. The phone rings... lick fingers... wipe fingers... let phone ring! What a yummy thought.

I had an experience like Tamara. When parachute pants came out, I got a red pair & thought I was the coolest! I strutted around school that day, and it wasn't until last period that someone pointed out to me my blue flowered panties showed right through! I never wore those pants again...

I am in one when I play cards because everyone there talks about everyone else. And they want you to think that they are the innocent ones.

not really liking someone you are forced to spend a lot ot time with but not wanting bad karma or to hurt anyone'afeelings!

I have lots of sticky situations. Like how to compliment one brother without implying he is better than his twin?

Those books sound perfect for my pre-teen daughter!

my mom once had to cut my hair cus i had alot of gum stuck in it

My daughter and I were in walmart christmas shopping and we had played with a little elmo toy that sings. As we were walking around I was singing "elmo's world da da da da elmo's world..." sort of loud and carefree thinking we were alone. A stocker person was on the other aisle the whole time. When I saw her my face got really red and we both just laughed at the silliness of it all.

A sticky situation is needing to be at an appointment in town(45 min) from the house with 3 kids and your 10 year old daughter barfs all over herself and the jeep. Of course it’s blazing Hot!!
Luckily I found a Goodwill store with a darling outfit and in no time flat and we made a switch in a restaraunt bathroom. Her brothers made gag noises all day. AND TO THINK i THOUGHT SHE WAS BLUFFING ABOUT BEING CAR SICK :)

agordon, come up with creative ideas for you kids as to why its good you work. I'm a working mom with a stay at home hubby as well, and get both the hubby and the kids whining about wanting more time w/ me.

and on the book...
"It's full of about fashion trends, beauty and style, crushes on boys, and teen movie stars. "

seriously, am I the only mom who's daughter still wants to be a kid! Granted she was going on 13 at 2, but my 9 yr old complained to me that the girls never wanted to play games magical powers (she's got an insane imagination, and most of her play is imaginative)... I looked at her and said, "Lola, play with the boys." and while her best friends are girls, and she does girl scouts, mostly at recess she plays with the boys, and it works, except for when I found out from the principal she smacked one of them...

actually, I remember all this worrying about boys before I was old enough to date confusing as a child. I tried to shield my daughter from it, but she still talked about having a boyfriend. So I explained to my daughter that a boy is not a 'boyfriend' unless she likes him more than her best friend (who's a girl, and who she absolutely adores). And just because she likes spending time with a boy doesn't mean she "likes" him. It just means they're good friends.

Well, now she appears to have a healthy outlook on that topic, has plenty of friends who are boys and who are just friends, and I don't think I'm going to have to worry about boys until at least middle school (which is only about a year and a half away...). Right now she doesn't think there's any way she could like any boy better than her best friend. :)

Mom would ask my brother and me, Which one of you gouged your finger into the cookie dough? She would prepare it ahead of time and store it in the downstairs freezer until baking day. Since we both nibbled at it, we could correctly say, It wasn't one of us. Mom got smart though and decided to keep the dough in the backseat of the car. It was winter and cold enough to keep them chilled until being baked.

Navi,

I am right there with you wishing that girls this young weren't so interested in the boyfriend/girlfriend drama.

It's pretty damn scary if you think of those words with the definition we carry in our own minds.

But, you are very right to realize that your daughter doesn't carry equal connotations to yours. She likes a boy. In exactly the way you describe - more than the guy sitting next to her in class and less than her best friend.

I tend to think of these primary school crushes as very similar to "playing house." They play mom and dad and they play boyfriend and girlfriend. Both are very innocent.

Ainsley has had crushes or people she "clicks with" that happen to be of the opposite gender since she was born.

I too was slightly disappointed to see all the boy-girl, fashion and trend focus in the magazine. As I said, I had expected girlhood to have progressed in a more gender nuetral - lets find a cure for cancer and create world peace - way.

I could deny Ainsley this magazine because of it, but I won't. Because the fact remains that she IS interested in these things. She does care about her clothes and shoes, she does care about boys, and she definately has the girl drama and frienimies.

I found myself in a sticky situation when I had to choose between my boyrfriend or my best friend. Me and my boyfriend weren't getting along well, and I had promised my best friend that I would go to her party. My boyfriend couldn't go that night so I told her I couldn't make it after all. It turned out to be one of the worst mistakes of my life, because as a result, I lost my best friend who had always been there for me no matter what.

Last summer my friends and myself went to Disneyland, I was wearing these pure white pants and I thought I must of been looking good because I kept having all these people staring at me...Well I found out MUCH later in the day when I went to the restroom that I had sat on something brown, anyways it totally looked like I went to the bathroom in my pants....Im still blushing from embarrassment...and worse of all my friends all knew about it!

The winner is . .. http://traceesioux.blogspot.com/2007/12/discovery-girls-prize-goes-to.html

Tamara never claimed her prize, so the next winner is Agordon10. I had Ainsley draw the name out of a hat.

Please leave a comment here AND email me directly Agordon10 so I can get your address to mail your Discovery Girls package.