Your daughter is TEN now? Geez man....nothing like a progeny update to remind us how old we're all getting.
I found a work-around for the paragraph thing, when I remember to do it. Type the message, then instead of hitting post, I hit preview, and the preview has been correct. If it shows the correct space, I go ahead and hit post. If it's showing that all paragraphs are crammed together, one of two things are next. Either back in the text box all the words will be crammed together and I separate them again, or the text box looks correct. In either case, I hit preview again, and almost always on the second try the preview will show the post will be correct.
It takes a few extra seconds, and I usually forget to check it, but it's been working when I do it.