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- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Copyright 1998, Diane Lin, John R. Cobarruvias and Maureen Vahey. Use and
- copying of this information are permitted as long as (1) no fees or
- compensation are charged for use, copies or access to this information, and (2)
- this copyright notice is included intact.
- _____________________________________________________________________________
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- Misc.kids FAQ
- Table Of Contents
-
- Part 1.
- 1. Changes to the FAQ File Index
- 2. Welcome to misc.kids
- 3. Netiquette on misc.kids
- 4. Posting to misc.kids via email
- 5. Related newsgroups
- 6. Mailing lists
- Part 2.
- 7. FAQ index
-
- _____________________________________________________________________________
-
- *** Changes to the FAQ File Index ***
-
- *** New File ***
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Head Lice Christopher Biow
- biow@ezmort.com
-
- On the Web: <http://www.ezmort.com/kids/lice-english.html> and
- <http://www.ezmort.com/kids/lice-espanol.html>
- _____________________________________________________________________________
-
- *** end of changes ***
-
- *** Welcome to misc.kids ***
-
- Welcome to misc.kids, the newsgroup for parents, soon-to-be parents, and other
- people interested in children. In this group, we discuss issues relevant to
- pregnancy and child rearing, solicit advice from other netters on a host of
- parenting concerns, and generally seek and provide support and encouragement
- with respect to raising kids. This is a group intended for parents of children
- of *all* ages, including teenagers and adult children. This document introduces
- new readers both to the preferred etiquette for misc.kids and to a service we
- have devised in this group: a compilation of files of Frequently Asked
- Questions (FAQ).
-
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- _____________________________________________________________________________
-
- *** Netiquette on misc.kids ***
-
- Most of the guidelines here are the same as in news.announce.newusers. In fact,
- it is *strongly* recommended that you read the etiquette guidelines in
- news.announce.newusers (or in any other introductory text on news readers)
- before you post any articles.
-
- * misc.kids is a discussion group. Please do not post binaries. There are
- groups specifically chartered for this purpose. misc.kids already has a
- tremendous amount of traffic and the extra bandwidth used by these files
- is not appreciated. Please remember that someone has to pay for all
- those bytes to be trasmitted around the world.
-
- * Please do not post advertisements. misc.kids is a non-commercial
- newsgroup. Reviews and discussions of commercial products relating to
- children are appropriate, although they would be more appropriate
- in misc.kids.consumers.
-
- * Please be very careful when asking for or giving medical advice. It is
- one thing to state what your experience with X might have been, and
- another thing entirely to dispense medical advice to complete
- strangers. If you are asking for medical advice, please consider the
- source, and consult with a trusted medical professional before using
- any advice you obtain from the net.
-
- * Please respond via e-mail whenever possible; if the original poster was
- soliciting advice/information, s/he should post a summary to the net.
- This helps cut down on net traffic.
-
- * If someone takes the time and energy to respond to a query which you have
- posted, *please* extend some common courtesy by acknowledging his/her
- response via e-mail. A simple "thank you" should suffice in most
- instances.
-
- * Please read all follow-ups before posting one of your own; in many cases,
- someone else has already covered the same point.
-
- * Please limit the amount of material included from previous postings as
- much as possible, and try to be concise. Certainly, .signatures should
- be excised. Remember that most of the audience for misc.kids are busy
- parents. However, please make sure you include enough of the original
- article so as to make your follow-up sensible. (For example,
- follow-ups such as "I totally agree!" with no material included from
- the previous article make no sense at all, due to the nature of news
- readers. And of course, if *ALL* that you want to say is "I totally
- agree!", that should certainly be handled via private e-mail.)
-
- * Please watch your attributions carefully; avoid misquotes and
- misconstructions.
-
- * Please avoid cross-postings to other newsgroups unless you are absolutely
- sure there is relevance to the other group(s). There is usually
- nothing that will spark a flame war faster than to cross-post an
- article to groups such as soc.men, soc.women, or alt.sex. If you feel
- you must cross-post or respond to a cross-posting, please delete
- misc.kids from the Newsgroups line as soon as the relevance to this
- newsgroup disappears.
-
- * Please check your Subject line carefully! If you are starting a new
- thread, do not use the standard follow-up command. (If you aren't sure
- about how to post a new article, read some help articles, or read
- news.announce.newusers (strongly recommended reading for any new
- netter anyway).) Similarly, if you want folks to read your article,
- and especially, if you want people to offer advice/comments, tailor
- your Subject line accordingly. This is a very busy newsgroup, and
- Subject lines that are vague might not catch the eye of the very
- people who might have something to offer. For example, if you have
- questions about breastfeeding and sibling rivalry, please take the
- time to write two separate articles with appropriate Subject lines.
-
- * Please remember that this newsgroup has a world-wide readership. With
- that in mind, please note the following: First, readers whose primary
- language is not English might not know what a VBAC (Vaginal Birth
- After Cesarian) is, or what Tylenol is. (There is an FAQ file entitled
- "Acronyms" -- please check the FAQ File Index for instructions on how
- to request that file.) Second, check your Distribution line before
- posting an article. If you are looking for an occasional babysitter in
- Idaho, you're unlikely to find interested readers in New Zealand!
- Third, please be understanding and patient with spelling or style
- errors made by people who are obviously posting from a non-English
- speaking country. (For that matter, spelling and/or grammatical errors
- should not be pointed out via the newsgroup, but through private
- e-mail if you feel it is absolutely necessary to show someone the
- error of their ways.)
-
- * Before posting an article to misc.kids, please be sure it is actually
- relevant to parenting or children. Misc.kids can be a great source of
- support, but it is not the only newsgroup on Usenet. Thus, queries
- regarding the best dishwasher to get would be entirely inappropriate
- for this newsgroup.
-
- * While there is a newsgroup (alt.kids-talk) for non-adults to participate
- in, comments from children and teens are very welcome in this
- newsgroup.
-
- * Please refrain from name-calling, tantrums or other hysterics-- we get
- enough of that from our children :-).
-
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- _____________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- *** Posting to misc.kids via email ***
-
- NOTE: Please only use this method if you cannot post to the newsgroup
- via your newsreader
-
- 1) Send the email message to the following addresse
- misc-kids@news.demon.co.uk
-
- 2) The words you put in the subject line will be displayed
- verbatim as the subject line of your post in the newsgroup.
-
- 3) The body of your email message will be displayed verbatim
- as the body of your post in the newsgroup.
-
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- _____________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- *** Related Newsgroups ***
-
- There are several misc.kids groups, and many of the following FAQ files are
- posted in misc.kids.info (and are therefore archived). The other misc.kids
- related groups are:
-
- * misc.kids.breastfeeding Breastfeeding Issues
- * misc.kids.computer Software and computers for kids
- * misc.kids.vacation Holidaying with children
- * misc.kids.consumers Consumer issues related to children
- * misc.kids.health Health issues related to children
- * misc.kids.pregnancy Pre pregnancy planning, pregnancy, childbirth
- * misc.kids.info FAQ's and important announcements (Moderated)
- * misc.kids Other kid related discussions
- * misc.kids.moderated Parenting questions, ideas, and
- experiences (Moderated)
-
-
- Other newsgroups:
- * rec.arts.books.childrens Children's books
- * misc.education.home-school.christian Homeschooling for religious reasons
- * misc.education.home-school.misc Homeschooling for other reasons
- * soc.culture.jewish.parenting Raising Jewish children (Moderated)
- * soc.support.pregnancy.loss Support Group
- * misc.health.infertility Issues related to infertility
-
- Alt newsgroups:
- * alt.adoption Adoption
- * alt.child-support Child support issues
- * alt.kids-talk.penpals Discussions among children with net access
- * alt.missing-kids Missing children
- * alt.parenting.solutions Solutions to parenting problems
- * alt.parenting.twins-triplets Parenting multiples
- * alt.parents-teens Parenting a teenager
- * alt.support.breastfeeding Dealing with breastfeeding issues
- * alt.support.diabetes.kids Dealing with diabetes in children
- * alt.support.step-parents Being a step parent
- * alt.support.single-parents Being a single parent
- * alt.support.foster-parents Being a foster parent
- * alt.childrens-camps Issues related to children's camps.
-
- If your site carries these and you're interested in the topics that would
- naturally fall into such groups, please add them to your news reader file.
-
- *** Mailing Lists ***
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Adoption (in general): listserv@listserv.law.cornell.edu.
-
- The body of the request should say something like "subscribe
- adoption ".
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Adoption (for adoptees): To join, send mail to
- listserv@ucsd.edu.
-
- The body of your mail should read "subscribe adoptees".
- Post by sending mail to adoptees@ucsd.edu.
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Asthma/Allergies: To join, send mail to
- asthma-request@infopro.com.
-
- Post by sending mail to asthma@infopro.com
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Bilingual Families Subscribe by mailing to
- majordomo@nvg.unit.no
-
-
- In body of message write
- subscribe biling-fam <your-email-address>
-
- For further information, write: info biling-fam
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Birthmothers: Send mail to
- nadir@acca.nmsu.edu
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Birthparents: LISTSERV@INDYCMS if you are on BITNET
- LISTSERV@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU otherwise
-
- To subscribe, send the following command in the BODY of mail
- SUB BRTHPRNT yourfirstname yourlastname.
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Developmentally Delayed Kids: majordomo@tbag.osc.edu
-
- To subscribe, send a message containing
- subscribe our-kids (youraddress)
- where (youraddress) is your e-mail address.
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Endometriosis: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.DARTMOUTH.EDU
-
-
- To Subscribe to the list, send mail with the command:
- SUBSCRIBE WITSENDO (your full name here)
- In the BODY of the message (not the subject)
-
- Digests are available by sending the comand SET WITSENDO MAIL DIGEST to
- the listerv.
-
- To post to the list, send mail to:
- WITSENDO@DARTMOUTH.EDU
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Extended Breastfeeding List: majordomo@uts.edu.au
-
- To Subscribe to the list send one of the following
- commands in the body of an email message
-
- subscribe parent-l or subscribe parent-l-digest
-
- If you have any questions or difficulties, contact
- Lois Patterson at parent-l-owner@uts.edu.au.
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Home Education: subscribe by mailing to
- home-ed-request@world.std.com.
-
- Post by sending mail to home-ed@world.std.com.
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Infertility Subscribe by mailing to
- A mailing list for infertile majordomo@acpub.duke.edu
- couples
-
- In body of message write
- subscribe ilist (your email address)
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Kids subscribe by mailing to
- A mailing list for kids majordomo@geog.hkbu.edu.hk
-
- In body of text write
- subscribe kids (your email addr)
- list address kids@geog.hkbu.edu.hk
- Contact person Bosco Tsang htmsang@geog.hkbu.edu.hk
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Twins subscribe by mailing to
- listproc@usc.edu
-
- In the body of the message type
- subscribe twins-L <your first name> <your last name>
-
- You can get subscription info, and access to
- the Twins List FAQs, at: http://www.LND.com/twins/
- _____________________________________________________________________________
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