{"id":250,"date":"2008-10-09T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/10\/new-poll.html"},"modified":"2008-10-09T20:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-09T20:31:00","slug":"new-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/10\/new-poll.html","title":{"rendered":"New Poll! &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&gt;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is more of a cry for assistance than anything else.  I still don&#8217;t trust that my 6-year-old is brushing his teeth on his own well enough.  I remember getting some serious lessons in 2nd grade (remember those <a href=\"http:\/\/parenting.ivillage.com\/tp\/tphealth\/0,,3xlc,00.html\">pink-colored plaque tablets<\/a>?)<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Timmy wants nothing to do with my help when he&#8217;s brushing his teeth and I <em>know <\/em>he&#8217;s cutting corners.  So I butt in with ample protest every day to &#8220;finish the job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to add comments about your opinions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is more of a cry for assistance than anything else. I still don&#8217;t trust that my 6-year-old is brushing his teeth on his own well enough. I remember getting some serious lessons in 2nd grade (remember those pink-colored plaque tablets?) Meanwhile, Timmy wants nothing to do with my help when he&#8217;s brushing his teeth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[4,616],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-42","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":820,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/04\/happy-easter.html","url_meta":{"origin":250,"position":0},"title":"Happy Easter!","date":"08 April 12","format":false,"excerpt":"Good morning friends and Happy Easter! 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