My Daughter is not old enough for these yet so i will answer them of behalf of me.

1. Does/did your daughter(s) play with dolls such as Barbies or Bratz?  I played with Barbies all the time. Bratz dolls weren't around.
2. How do you feel about your daughter(s) playing with these types of dolls? (If she does not/did not play with them is that because of a conscious decision on your part?)  I don't think my mom cared to much she gave them to me.
3. How do you feel about your daughter(s) playing with these types of dolls (whether her own or those of a friend)? SAme thing as above. I don't think parent's would give them to them if they cared.
4. Do you feel that these dolls give girls a false ideology of what they should look like? I don't because it is not a real person. I never felt like it gave me a false ideology. I think the parent's are how girls become self concience. They watch there parent's and how they react to there self image. I think the dolls are the scape goat. My mom was never worried about her wieght and if she was she never let on or talked about it in front of me. I never had a problem with this.
5. Do you feel that these dolls are racially specific? I don't know. They do have different colored dolls but not as prominant as white ones.
6. Have you/did you hear/d your daughter(s) make comments about her physical appearance between the ages of 3-7?  I never did.  But i have heard of my friends little 4 year old told her 3 year old sister not to eat a cookie because she was to fat. But her mom is very self consience about her wieght and again i think the kids pick up on that more than the dolls they play with.
7. Do you prefer your daughter(s) playing with either Barbie Dolls or Bratz Dolls or are they similar in your eyes? I rather my daughter choose to play with Barbie Dolls. I think the Bratz dolls are a little out there in some ways.

 Please help your daughter(s) answer the following questions if they are unable to.Questions for Children:1.      What was/is your favorite toy in pre-school?  What was/is your favorite toy in kindergarten?2.      Did/do you have any Barbie Dolls or Bratz Dolls?  If so, how many of each do you have?  Do you have accessories for the dolls (i.e. Barbie Dream House, clothing?3.      Why do you (or don’t you) like these dolls?

I have had 3 Epidurals and right after i had them i did have lower back pain. But it was like a sore back pain. Like when you get a shot in your arm and it is sore the next few days. Or when you exercise a muscle and you get that soreness from that. But that is all i felt. But after the first month after my babies were born it was gone.  If it has been longer than the first month i would get it checked by a Dr. You never know what is going on. I am sure it is nothing but it never hurts to edge on the caustious side.

Plus i learned last month that ususally your mother's inttuition is right. It might not be as serious as you are thinking but it could be something that the Dr.s need to know about. Good Luck with everything.

Here are the combined names i thought of Jesstin and Ryalett

What do you think?

I say Violence is a really big issue. Not just physical violence but emotional and mental violence. I mean how many times have you heard about students who commited suicide because there so called friends were egging them on. Or people they wanted to be there friends. It is a big problem i see.

I also believe that taking the name God out of the pledge and other things like that is another big issue. I agree with what was said above. The teach all these other things but when do they teach morals and values and all the good things like that. I know unfortunatly a lot of kids aren't getting taught this at home. SO who is left to teach it to them.

Sammie i agree with you to a point. When did teenagers think that it was okay to disrespect others and especially adults. My mother or father would have just taken it to me if i ever disrespected me elders. Not beat me or anyrthing like that. But i would have been punished for not being respectful.

Mary i am not saying that they need to bring prayer back into schools. But i remember that when i was in Junior High we used to have a moment of silence. That was a time when everyone needed to be quite and coule do whatever they wanted as long as it is quite. They could pray, read a book or whatever they wanted. By the time i had reached High School they had done away with that. I graduated 7 years ago and it was gone by then. Also it does upset me when they talk about changing the pledge of alligence. That was written long ago by our four fathers and i think that is something that needs to stay as is. They built this country founded on God and that is what they believed. Because the pledge is something that came from them i think it needs to be kept and oreserved as is. I do believe in God. But i also don't agree with forcing anybody to believe. But there is also that fine line of feeling like you are being forced not to believe and not being able to be yourself because you are at risk of offending somebody. I don't think that anybody shoule give up what they are and what they believe in.

My Sons name is Rockwell Curtis. Rockwell comes from Porter Rockwell my husbands favorite person in history. Porter Rockwell was Joseph Smith's body guard. Curtis is my mother-in-law's middle name and the only thing that sounded good with rockwell.

Tyler Elizabeth is my daughter. Tyler we picked just because we liked it and don't know to many girls named Tyler. Elizabeth is my Grandmother's name.

 we like unusal names for our kids because we know no one else will have there name. I think that is cool. Growing up i didn't know anyone who had my name and my husband either and we loved it. Because when the teacher said is Malinda there only one person said yes. Not like is Jennifer there and 4 people would answer.