valentines

At some point in life, every mom faces a parenting dilemma and more often than not it's in the first few years of her offspring's life. Suddenly, getting your child to eat more than just carbohydrates or stopping them from throwing fits seems easier said than done. So we've enlisted parenting expert and Montessori school director, Lonna Corder, to answer your questions this week! She's been doling out advice for 25 years as a teacher, parent/child consultant and on television.

Q. Last year a little boy in my son’s preschool class gave a girl classmate a very expensive Valentine on his own accord. Do you thinks it’s appropriate for such young children to partake in this affectionate holiday?

To see Lonna's answer, read more

In case the Law & Order: SVU valentines I told you about aren't your style, there's a new entry in the pop-culture Valentine's Day market. ABC just put out some funny e-mail valentines that let Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, and Lost do the romancing.

Seriously, "You're not like the others"? How great is that?

The Ugly Betty ones are a little disappointing (other than the one with a drawing of Henry Grubstick's melting heart — that one's pretty genius), but the Lost batch makes up for it, with Sayid's "Life without you is torture" and Desmond's "I see love in your future" among the best. The Grey's ones aren't bad, either — I love that the heart on Cristina's is stitched up with little cartoon sutures. But man, that Ben valentine is just going to make me giggle all day.

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Wondering what to get your Geeky Valentine? I search high and low to find mine the right gift, and although I cannot reveal it (come on folks you know he reads my site!) I have a bunch of suggestions for all you last minute shoppers.

My top four picks for the geeky fella in your life are the new colorful iPod shuffle, $79; the new blackberry 8800, $299; the black and gold calculator hoodie, $19.99; and the Dwayne Wade Sidekick 3. For the rest of my list, read more