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Dear UrbanBaby community,

Thank you so much for being a valued member of the UrbanBaby community. We wanted to inform you that we are shutting down the site on July 6th. We are grateful for your participation and support that has helped make UrbanBaby such an important resource to parents for many years.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can email us at urbanbaby-support@cbsinteractive.com.

Thanks so much,

UrbanBaby Support

[ - ] Argh...!! I just read Helicopter mom blog... and she's freaking me out! Is life going to be miserable trying to educate my dd in NYC? 15 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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New York City 05.25.08, 10:53 PM Flag
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No. That's just one person and one child. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 11:56 PM Flag
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No, she's more than a little nutty, and her son's experience at Lower Lab is not typical at all. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:23 AM Flag
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Is it LL? I think her older son's story at NEST is freaking me out more if it's true that the parents have to do all that help... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 06:34 AM Flag
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can i have athe link/ [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:31 AM Flag
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No, that is one person with an ax to grind. We had a ds in public K and are thrilled! He learned to read by November and we did nothing to teach him. All his teacher. He can do double digit addition and subtraction in his head. What is your zoned school? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:57 AM Flag
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have, not had, sorry [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:57 AM Flag
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It seems like her problem stemmed from a combination of her child's particular needs and a teacher with wrong ideas ("cover up the word and look at the picture" is just wrong). My child, like her younger son, required very explicit phonics. Many kids do not, and will learn to read just fine with the methods used in school. Luckily my child was in a school that helped her get break through with decoding. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 06:41 AM Flag
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^^^ Most private schools use Explode the Code workbooks for reading. I do think many children in NYC public schools, especially those from lower income backgrounds, would benefit from more explicit phonics teaching. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 06:44 AM Flag
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where is helicopter mom blog? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 06:43 AM Flag
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www.goodcityliving.com [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 06:45 AM Flag
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Good City Living website [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 06:46 AM Flag
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My dd is in public zoned k which uses balanced literacy. She's ending the year reading chapter books. We did go on Starfalls once in a while, but other than that I don't know how the reading happened. I also read that blog and I see there are a few kids in my dd's class who are really not learning to read at all. Some kids need explcit phonics and the schools should provide it for those who do. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 08:08 AM Flag
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How long does it take for your dd to get through a chapter book? Does she read the whole thing or only a few pages at a time? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:52 PM Flag
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A great tutor helps. Look into Reading In Preschool, a tutoring company in NYC [ Reply | More
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General Topics 12.21.14, 12:52 AM Flag
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OMG - you pulled up a thread from 2008? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 12.21.14, 03:58 AM Flag
[ - ] youbemom.com 0 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 10:42 PM Flag
[ - ] testing 0 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 10:42 PM Flag
[ - ] Is $7k-8k range alot for private kindergarten? Clueless and starting to look around. What are you paying? 3 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 10:35 PM Flag
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In NYC there are 6 week camps that cost more than that! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 04:52 AM Flag
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that seems cheap [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 04:53 AM Flag
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If you live in the outerboroughs that is a reasonable cost [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:05 AM Flag
[ - ] what is the link go ybm??? 2 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 10:29 PM Flag
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its http:www.google.com [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 10:33 PM Flag
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stop the ybm SPAM!!! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:05 AM Flag
[ - ] yes everyone is at ybm 0 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 10:03 PM Flag
[ - ] What is with the new UB? There is a post about peeing in the park from this morning and it is still getting responses hours later? Are you guys recycling posts or something to get the board moving? 5 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:51 PM Flag
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lol [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:59 PM Flag
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Everyone's at ybm. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 10:29 PM Flag
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no they are not. i signed up for that site and its pretty dead. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:18 AM Flag
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you are probably not sorting by recency. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 10:34 PM Flag
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It probably comes from having the "most watched posts" sidebar [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:25 AM Flag
[ - ] wow, has everyone really gone to ybm? 2 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:40 PM Flag
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Yup. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 10:21 PM Flag
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no -- that board crawls -- stop trying to get free promotions on UB for that site. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 04:46 AM Flag
[ - ] Well, I'm glad someone asked about preschoolers reading... It seems that a lot of kids are and it's no big deal that if anyone's dc is reading 2nd grade chapter books already. 8 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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New York City 05.25.08, 09:37 PM Flag
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Neither is it a big deal if someone's child is not reading entering K. Many kids are not. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:52 PM Flag
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It really is meaningless. The most important thing is that your child loves reading and becomes an avid book reader as an adult. At what point they start from birth to second grade matters not. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 06:19 AM Flag
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The benefits of early reading is that it builds confidence so that your child is comfortable and confident and school, it also ignites imagination, teaches vocabulary among other benefits. If you have a child who is eager to learn, why not support them in their desire? If you're looking for an amazing program and a great tutoring service, check out READING IN PRESCHOOL [ Reply | More
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General Topics 12.21.14, 12:55 AM Flag
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General Topics 05.26.08, 04:21 AM Flag
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Is this the same responder that keeps being a jerk on any reading post? If you don't like them don't read them. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:04 AM Flag
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Most kids aren't and it means nothing either way. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 06:18 AM Flag
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ds scored 97 on the sb and 99/99 on the OLSAT/BSRA and he has no interest in reading. so what? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 04:02 PM Flag
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Nothing. why be so defensive? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:14 PM Flag
[ - ] wtf is going on with my 4 year old?? he has scratching himself for hours and has a red rash all over different parts his body. he is not under the weather was playing just fine but is annoyed now. he test 2x neg for strep a week ago had a virus but took antibiotics for 2 days then lab test came back and PEd said to stop meds. could this be strep, measles.... 3 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:33 PM Flag
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op -and is a ped closed tomorrow?? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:36 PM Flag
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sounds like allergy to medication. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:55 PM Flag
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This sounds like a reaction to the antibiotics. My son had this and it lasted for a couple of weeks. Get something from the pharmacy to help him with the itching (the stuff you put on with chickenpox or measels. GL [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 02:06 AM Flag
[ - ] so what should we do tomorrow? UWS location, not going out of Manhattan. 3yo ds. Needto be at a fancy family dinner at 530 so can't be the whole day... 1 Reply [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:22 PM Flag
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there is nothing bad you can say about Hillary that you can't also say about Barack - and the race-smears and sexism make him even worse. He's not only done the GOP's work against Hillary for them, he's also done the GOP's work against racial equality for them. They have been trying for years to convince black Americans that Democrats are just as racist as they are, and now Obama has based his campaign on convincing them that they're right! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:27 PM Flag
[ - ] probably the worst offender is the NBC/MSNBC network, which has what one prominent Clinton activist describes as "its nightly horror shows". Tim Russert, the network's chief political sage, was dancing on Clinton's political grave before the votes in North Carolina and Indiana had even been fully counted - let alone those of the six contests to come, the undeclared super-delegates, or the disputed states of Florida and Michigan. The unashamed sexism of this giant network alone is stupendous. Its superstar commentator Chris Matthews referred to Clinton as a "she-devil". His colleague Tucker Carlson casually observed that Clinton "feels castrating, overbearing and scary . . . When she comes on television, I involuntarily cross my legs." This and similar abuse, I need hardly point out, says far more about the men involved than their target. 4 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:17 PM Flag
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But never before have the US media taken it upon themselves to proclaim the victor before the primary contests are over or the choice of all the super-delegates is known, and the result was that the media's tidal wave of sexism became self-fulfilling: Americans like to back winners, and polls immediately showed dramatic surges of support for Obama. A few brave souls had foreseen the merciless media campaign: "The press will savage her no matter what," predicted the Washington Post's national political correspondent, Dana Milbank, last December. "They really have their knives out for her, there's no question about it." [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:20 PM Flag
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Hillary Clinton (along with her husband) is being universally depicted as a loathsome racist and negative campaigner, not so much because of anything she has said or done, but because the overwhelmingly pro-Obama media - consciously or unconsciously - are following the agenda of Senator Barack Obama and his chief strategist, David Axelrod, to tear to pieces the first serious female US presidential candidate in history. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:22 PM Flag
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"What's particularly saddening," says Paul Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton and a rare dissenting voice from the left as a columnist in the New York Times, "is the way many Obama supporters seem happy with the . . . way pundits and some news organisations treat any action or statement by the Clintons, no matter how innocuous, as proof of evil intent." Despite widespread reporting to the contrary, Krugman believes that most of the "venom" in the campaign "is coming from supporters of Obama". [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:22 PM Flag
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FWIW Paul Krugman has been vocal about his anti-Obama sentiments for months. So I would take what he writes with a grain of salt. Same with whatever Chris Matthews and Tim Russert spews on MSNBC. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:27 PM Flag
[ - ] did anyone see the movie shortbus? 2 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:12 PM Flag
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Yup. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:47 PM Flag
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Yes. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:47 PM Flag
[ - ] where should i move to in westchester? 1 Reply [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 09:11 PM Flag
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Mamaroneck or Larchmont. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.28.08, 02:51 PM Flag
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