Please help me figure out the titles of two movies that freaked me out as a child, one involving a space expedition and one involving a mummy. [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 9 answers

Need help naming a children's movie... [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 3 answers

Health and exposure to nasty pesticides in the 1960s and 70s -- anyone have specific information on exactly what was sprayed in my home every six months when I was a kid? [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 7 answers

Book from Childhood: I recall it as a pre-teen book (in the late 70s/early 80s) and all I remember was a boy (maybe a boy and a girl?) was in a science museum after hours and the Visible Woman (the see-through anatomy exhibit) came alive and befriends the kid(s). I think all of the exhibits came alive, but I most vividly remember the Visible Woman.
posted on Feb 29, 2008 - 2 answers

When I was in elementary school, I read this young adult book about a band of children who carry an American flag all the way to Washington, D.C. (along a highway, maybe?) for some reason. Anyone know the book? [more inside]
posted on Feb 19, 2008 - 2 answers

Growing pains? Stigmata? What really were those pains I had as a child? [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2008 - 7 answers

Please help me remember the name of a childhood toy. [more inside]
posted on Jan 18, 2008 - 5 answers

In primary school (In the UK) we used to sing a song about Hannibal The Cannibal, King of the Cannibal Land - But I can't find any record of such a song any more. [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2007 - 3 answers

I'm trying to find the title of a movie which frightened me as a child (40's/50's) In the movie, a young girl's mother has died & she has nightmares or fantasies about a killer who wears a feather. At the climax she sees the shadow of that feather coming for her & it turns out to be a lady's hat(the woman who is about to become her evil stepmother)maybe played by Bette Davis? & she is saved by her father. [more inside]
posted on Nov 13, 2007 - 5 answers

Help identify a strange and creepy children's song from my past that seems ungoogleable. [more inside]
posted on Nov 3, 2007 - 22 answers

Longshot stuffed animal of yore finder filter. [more inside]
posted on Nov 2, 2007 - 9 answers

How can I be sure that my childhood actually happened? [more inside]
posted on Oct 23, 2007 - 42 answers

When I was a kid in the 70's, I was an avid solver of a series of mazes published in books by an author with a Russian name (I remember it as Vladimir something). They were the kind of paperback books sold in the games section of bookstores, that you were supposed to write in like you do with crossword puzzle books. The mazes were simple, black-and-white, in a variety of shapes, and not gimmicky, just quite challenging (they were intended for grownups, not kids). Does anyone remember these books and can help me find them again?
posted on Aug 14, 2007 - 4 answers

Twinkies, have the ingredients changed? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2007 - 21 answers

Whatever happened to Nerf softballs/baseballs? [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2007 - 4 answers

Help me find the name and a copy of a book similar in concept to the newer A Dangerous Book for Boys. [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2007 - 8 answers

Is anyone else here familiar with the Brown Paper School books published by Little, Brown & Co.? I am trying to find a definitive listing of all of the books in this series. [more inside]
posted on Apr 8, 2007 - 4 answers

Is the type of person you're attracted to or consider attractive hard-wired in you during childhood? [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2007 - 42 answers

Help me figure out the name of the brand of canned butter my mother loved as a child growing up in Taiwan. [more inside]
posted on Mar 23, 2007 - 12 answers

What are some of the ways I can use to fight my enormous fear of failure? [more inside]
posted on Mar 22, 2007 - 34 answers

Can depression start at/before birth? [tiny bit of detail inside] [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2007 - 24 answers

Help me turn my bedroom into a sweet fort. [more inside]
posted on Feb 8, 2007 - 56 answers

ChildhoodMemoryFilter... I keep remembering a Laserdisc movie from way back that included a library, the dewey decimal system, and a force field... [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2007 - 12 answers

I used to play an old DOS game in which you had to manuever a paper airplane through a house, with each room being a different level, each of which got progressively harder through the addition of obstacles. The plane, if I recall correctly, had a fixed rate of descent and could only rise by moving over a fan/vent. If you touched anything you died. It was an awesome combination of puzzle/action. Bonus points if you tell me how I can play it on a modern WinXP box.
posted on Nov 12, 2006 - 6 answers

I am looking for good scholarly resources on the social influences on childhood and adult obesity. [more inside]
posted on Oct 25, 2006 - 3 answers

This toy was given to me by a friend when I was 10. I have no idea who manufactured it or even if it was wide-release or a dollar-store knock off. I'm 25 and I still play with it. [more inside]
posted on Oct 5, 2006 - 28 answers

What would a child adopted from a foreign country at the age of five, and brought up as a Westerner, remember of their infancy, and mother tongue? [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2006 - 19 answers

I want to sell my old comics in the Boston area. Does someone know the best place to do it? [more inside]
posted on Aug 28, 2006 - 12 answers

Did this lousy childhood happen to anyone else? [more inside]
posted on Jul 15, 2006 - 36 answers

How does an adult start a meaningful dialogue with a pre-teen boy? [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2006 - 63 answers

What is the most important thing your father ever taught you, either explicitly or through example? [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2006 - 98 answers

Help me find two toys from my childhood. [more inside]
posted on Jun 13, 2006 - 9 answers

How do I find a girl that I knew as a child/teen? All I have is her name (she may have changed it through marriage) and the town where she grew up? She doesn't live there any more. [more inside]
posted on May 18, 2006 - 53 answers

What quirky/marginally unsafe/weird/fun/"too good to be true" places do you remember from your childhood (and that might still exist now)? [more inside]
posted on Apr 24, 2006 - 48 answers

Help me identify an old animated movie that involved a raccoon, a rabbit, and an owl. [more inside]
posted on Mar 29, 2006 - 7 answers

I was raised as a christian scientist, meaning no medicine, no doctors and I was not even allowed to believe that any physical symptom of illness or injury I might have was real. Needless to say such beliefs have not promoted a healthy self awareness, self image or even much of an instinct for self-preservation. I also had some persistent medical problems as a child that went untreated. [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2006 - 8 answers

I'm looking for an extremely cheesy song played on the radio in the United States in the early 1980's. [more inside]
posted on Feb 27, 2006 - 10 answers

Remember Paddle To the Sea? Who played the indian boy? [more inside]
posted on Feb 21, 2006 - 8 answers

When I was 9, I spent a week in hospital and I still don't know why. [more inside]
posted on Jan 14, 2006 - 17 answers

We were discussing the source of playground rhymes/mythology/logic. Is there an example of a piece of nationally or internationally popular playground lore we can trace to a specific author?
posted on Jan 2, 2006 - 8 answers

Help me identify this truly awesome toy I had as a child, a kind of transparency projector with groovy slides. [more inside]
posted on Dec 31, 2005 - 13 answers

I need some common childhood misconceptions about Santa. For example, "If you are not at home at Christmas, Santa will think you will have moved and not leave any presents!" Something that children would believe (or make up on their own) and be terrified of. [more inside]
posted on Nov 16, 2005 - 33 answers

I'm trying to remember the titles of a couple of book series I read as a kid. The first featured some kid detectives, and the other some kind of crazy family. [more inside]
posted on Nov 7, 2005 - 12 answers

I'm concerned about my oldest nephew's language development. [more inside]
posted on Oct 17, 2005 - 18 answers

When I was younger my mom had a fairytale book she read to me all the time, and it has since been lost. What's the name/where can I find it again? [more inside]
posted on Mar 9, 2005 - 7 answers

I'm a new dad and I want to create some cool, happy family traditions. What traditions do you most remember and treasure? [more inside]
posted on Mar 8, 2005 - 49 answers

How were you disciplined as a child? [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2005 - 88 answers

The book was probably published in the 1970s or 1980s, with green on the cover, black-and-white photographs throughout, and talked about the death of a bird. I vaguely recall a photo or two of the bird being buried in a shoebox. What is the name of this book, and who is the writer/photographer?
posted on Feb 28, 2005 - 10 answers

Help me identify something from my childhood. I remember having a bunch of little "army men" style Martian figures between 1984 and 1986. They each stood about an inch tall, were made of rubber or resin of some kind (no plastic), and were basically a "Smurfs in Space" knock-off. What were these little guys? [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2005 - 9 answers

I was raised by an abusive father. Now in my early 30's I am looking ahead to the future when I may become a father. I am determined not to recreate the family environment I grew up in but know how these things sometimes turn out -- that people determined not to recreate something sometimes wind up doing so in an unforseen manner. I was in therapy for 2 years in my 20's to work on the issues but therapy is not an option now because of money. I have worked hard not to be my father, but part of me is afraid that I will wind up being like him as a parent. (In particular, I worry about being a father to a son because of my history). I am looking for information about the father-son relationship as well as information about how to be a good parent when you have a background like mine. Please offer advice, books, suggestions - anything that can help.
posted on Feb 13, 2005 - 16 answers