I am currently in Preschool hell. My son Brady will be 4 this summer and for the past year he has been going to a Montessori school that I thought we would stick with next year.

Then I started to notice that I didn't really like the way the school was affecting his personality. At first I blamed it on phases, then thought, well I haven't been feeling well and he's picking up on it. Then I started talking to his other teachers more (school policy is that we mostly deal with the Directress) and realized that he's just not getting much out of it. It's not that it's a bad school, it just doesn't work for his personality and it's not helping him like school (which is why I chose a Montessori for my very independent little man). I've realized that he needs more structure than he's getting and a 5 day a week program.

Virginia does not have any state run Pre-K Programs and since I live in Pat Robertson (700 Club guy) central, most of my options are VERY Christian and those that aren't are VERY expensive and the hours offered don't justify the expense. Starting at this late date doesn't help, but I had this problem last year too and I started looking when he was only 18 months (to start school at 3). How do you guys handle this?

I'm very concerned about the split in the Democratic party between Obama and Hillary supporters. If we don't elect a Democrat this year we are looking at possible World War, the loss of Women's Rights, Civil Rights being rolled back to the stone age, and an end to an effective environmental movement.

While it's disappointing to some that a woman won't be running for President as our nominee in the General Election, we must realize that we can't endanger the future of this country by staying home or voting for McCain.

There are Supreme Court Justices hanging on for dear life so they don't allow Bush/Cheney to stack the court with more extremely conservative Judges. We can't allow the division in the party to hand the election to John McBush. These justices probably won't last another 4 years, this is our only shot at keeping the court balanced.

It's time to come together as a party and support our Presumptive Nominee. It's also important to do your research and understand the issues that we as women and mothers are facing. Talk to your friends, family, and children about what a McCain Presidency would mean. Please don't allow the division in the Democratic Party to hand McCain the election.