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Well, to be completely honest, I wouldn't give it as a first communion gift. There's is nothing wrong with it, and I'm sure he would like it, but I prefer to go with more of a religious gift. It doesn't have to be strictly Catholic, anything from a Christian store would work, too. A children's bible, a prayer rock, or prayer card. If you have a Christian store nearby, ask there. They would be able to help.
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My housekeeper charges by the hour.
I pay her $128 for 4 hours of cleaning. I expect my whole house to be cleaned in that time. If she can't do it in that time that means she is working too slowly and I will not pay her for more than 4 hours. If it takes her more than 4 hours, that's her problem.
I would suggest an hourly rate and tell your housekeeper to do it in x amount of hours.
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It's February. It's been February for two years.
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I have read the first book and was horrified that these were marketed to young kids. The fact the book centered around kids killing other kids really bothered me. Unlike Harry Potter the killing isn't about good versus evil. There is no redeeming message in the book. BTW I also think the books are just a longer version of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery.
The books are not marketed to young kids, they are marketed to young adults. The fact that young kids are reading them does not mean that they are marketed to that age.
I see absolutely no connection or similarities to Harry Potter.
I thought The Hunger Games was FULL of themes …. geared to young adults. How old are your kids? It seems people with younger kids are horrified with the series. Kids change, grow, and have a lot of questions about what is happening in the world.
I am not familiar with Shirley Jackson's The Lottery, so can't comment on that.
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I enjoyed The Hunger Games, both the books and the movie.
The people who I have come across (online and irl) who have strong opinions about it haven't read the books and don't plan to. On another board I frequent I actually asked the person if they had read the books and she never came back to answer me. People ask what the big deal is and those who have read the books reply and tell them, and those that haven't read the books come on and tell us we are wrong, we've missed the point. When we suggest they read the books and find out for themselves, they tell us they would never read a book like that. It's very frustrating!
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Oh, wow, this is FABULOUS!!
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We have always struggled with acquiring and maintaining friendships. It seems like I never feel settled with a group of acquaintances enough to feel like we are a group of friends, but yet it seems like everyone else is so settled into their cliques. Countless times in our 8 years of homeschooling I have put myself and my children out there, and after some time I naively think we are becoming part of a group, only to discover that we are really just outsiders. It seems that the other people are always better friends with each other than with any of us, kids included.
I am so depressed and I have come to realize that it is because of our lack of close friends. My poor dc want bff's or just ff's would be nice. We go to organized events, are cheerful and friendly, and seem to connect, but we are never part of the "after party" so to speak. When I invite people over they usually accept, but it is rare to have anything reciprocated. Facebook just makes things worse for my teen and myself. We frequently get to see pictures or posts from parties or just a group going out for dinner but we are not invited. As in never ever.
I feel terrible for my kids. They are beautiful, smart, fun dc. My teen hasn't been invited to anything since.....a friend invited her over last September but then dropped her in October and quit calling, emailing, etc. My dd had a nice time but for some reason they dropped us. When my dd has her birthday party last fall she invited 10 girls, and all but one ccould come, and they seemed to have a great time, yet not one girl has reciprocated.
I keep thinking if they were in school that they would be able to find a consistent group of friends. If I had known how sociallybankrupt we would feel, I would have put them in school in kindergarten. At least I think I wou,d have, if my theory is correct.
Do any of you have this problem? How do you keep from getting depressed and how do you encourage yourself and your children to keep putting yourselves out there just to be disappointed?
Wow, I could have written this post. We are in our 8th year of homeschooling and have met so many people over the years at so many different groups. Each time I think it's a great group and we have finally made some good friends only to find that we are really just outsiders.
My girls, 12 and 14, have been a part of a girls book club for the past 5 years. At the last meeting we arrive to find that 4 of the 6 girls had slept over the night before. We walked into a party that had started 15 hours earlier. What kind of a mother would allow this??
We have had many birthday parties, sleepovers, playdates, etc and haven't had an invite in over a year. This morning my 14yo dd looks on her Facebook page and the girl she considers her best friend had a sleep over for her birthday last night with 3 other girls. Dd wasn't invited. They were together last Wednesday, and all was well. I know the other girl probably doesn't consider my dd her "best" friend, but still. sigh. Even the mother posted on her Facebook page that her girl had a fun sleepover.
Over the years I have seen so many friends come and go into our lives that I just don't care anymore and can't be bothered trying. And I'm with you on the school thing, if they had gone to school from the start at least they would have a consistent group of friends. I know it's not always that simple in school, but the friend situation in the homeschool world has been hard for us.
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We used Singapore in the early years and now use Saxon.
I agree with the poster above that says you have to find the learning style that suits your child best. Many people use Singapore with excellent results, it works for them. For us it just stopped working after about 3b or 4a.
Keep in mind that what I have to say is just my opinion and what MY family needs.
I found Singapore to be very, very good in some areas and extremely lacking in other areas. It's strong in conceptual math but has very little learning of basic math facts, and for us, transfer of skills and applying concepts in other areas just never happened. We had to supplement Singapore Math with other resources.
Saxon, on the other hand, is very strong in all areas. Once we started using Saxon my kids finally knew their math … all areas of math. It worked well FOR US.
I remember reading somewhere, a few years ago, that while Singapore Math has been very successful in Singapore, people need to keep in mind that the students in Singapore often attend after school tutoring. The math books they are using in school is not all they are doing for math. They, too, are supplementing. Just something to take into consideration.
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I have a friend who makes these dolls, and she posts the pictures on facebook. I think it's weird. I just don't get it. I think she posts them on facebook for advertisement purposes, but here lately she's been posting pictures of the babies with their outfits unbuttoned all the way down the front so you can see their genitalia. WHY?!?! To show how realistic their genitalia look???? Who cares? Even if I wanted to buy one, why would I care that their genitals look real? Diapers and clothing will be covering it up!
Oh yeah that is creepy. And i just wanted to add to my post above, my dd has never made or owned one with genitalia. When I say she studied anatomy I don't mean genitalia. She's very interested in babies, but not in a weird way. Just wanted to clarify, in case someone was thinking that:)
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My 14yo dd loves these and has made a few. She loves babies and wants to be a neonatal nurse practitioner. In her case, I don't think it's creepy. But real women taking them out and treating them like real babies is totally creepy.
As far as baking the parts in the oven, yeah it looks creepy. But is it creepy when toy doll parts are being made in a factory? These dolls are handmade, which makes each one really special. My dd studied a bit of anatomy to be able to paint these properly, such as where the veins should be lightly painted on, the exact colours of a newborn baby verses the colours of a 6 month old, how to do the hair and eyelashes for the different ages. Making them is actually quite an art.
I haven't voted because while I do think there is a creepy factor attached to them, I also think they are really cool. I guess I'll go vote 'other'.
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Oh right! Yes, the brain tumour, now I remember.
I have to admit I don't remember a lot of details
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I read this a couple of years ago, so I may not remember details.
He cheated on his wife, got some young thing pregnant, his wife kicked him out. He had grown children and from what I remember, his visits with them were awkward? I remember those things bugging me.
I can't remember now, how exactly did he end up working at Starbucks?
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Yes, I have. My grandmother cooked it in Greece when I was little.
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Dh sold his old car for $1 to the mechanics department at the local high school.
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Out there in the real world and in adulthood, all this bullying of which you speak just doesn't happen much.
Exactly. And if it does it is called "harassment" or "assault". It's not called "good for you".
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I agree with everyone that all of Disney is educational. All travel is educational. Even at the Magic Kingdom, rides like Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, and the Swiss Family Robinson tree are all "literature extensions."
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Extroverted behavior is consider polite, introverted behavior is consider rude. Since there are more extroverts than introverts, they get to make the rules. Me personally, I find it quite distressing that we are trying change introverts inate personalities by bending young children to the socially acceptable norm. Some people are shy. Most of them will learn to cope and manage in their own ways over time without some extrovert telling them the correct way to do it. This is a case where I thoroughly support respecting your child's own personal core being and not trying to force them to be someone that they are not.
Could you imagine for just a moment the rules were reverse and the introverts were in charge and it was considered rude to talk to someone unless it was absolutely neccesary? If small talk was considered rude. If it was rude to intrude on a person's personal space and share your latest thought with them when they may be considering very important issues in their own life. My guess is that if you are an extrovert, no you can not. Hopefully, just one person has reconsidered that they personally may know the best way to fix introverts.
Great post and i completely agree. I was very shy as a child and I remember times when I was forced to speak and called rude I felt shame and it just made it worse. I outgrew it and can speak just fine now. I am, however, an introvert and prefer to stay quiet often.
Also, we are talking about a 4 year old child here. Seriously, get a grip people. Who cares if a 4 year old hides behind his mother? Why would anyone be offended by something that a 4 year old did?
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We have a cookbook called "The Bachelor's Guide to Ward Off Starvation"
It's probably over 20 years old and I'm not sure where you can get it these days, but it's a great little cookbook. It's filled with all kinds of cute little jokes, too, like a list of "must steal items" from your mom, sister, or favourite aunt.
ETA: I just googled it and it's available at Amazon
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We went skating this afternoon. That was fun.
I don't know how to add fun into school work. I try to add fun by adding an activity out of the house when I can, ie. skating, skiing, sledding, swimming, biking, etc. Just something different outside of the house re-energizes us.
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I am partial to Andrew.
Jacob is nice, too.
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I'm trying to understand why people post that it's their little kids' birthdays on their (parent's) FB page. I'm talking about people who have small kids, all the way down to one year old. The kids don't have FB, so I'm not sure what the point of this is. Is it so that the parents' FB friends will all respond, "Happy Bday to XYZ!" ?? What's the point? When it's someone I know well and they do this, I feel somewhat obligated to Like it, or post a response, even though I'm not sure why. I mean, most of these little ones can't even read, and some are babies, so it's not like mom can pass on well wishes, kwim?
I'm not being snarky about this, I'm really curious to know if any of you do this, and if so, what the purpose is. It's never occurred to me to do this for my dc, so I don't get the motivation.
Thanks, and feel free to let me know if I'm being uncharitable or plain clueless. :)
I don't think you are being uncharitable or clueless. I agree it doesn't really make any sense if the child can't read it, but I also don't think Facebook is really meant to be taken quite as seriously as some people take it.
I have only been on Facebook for about 5 months, and that's only because I allowed my teenager to join, so I joined, too. It's really quite meaningless and well .... stupid ... but I don't take any of it seriously. I don't get all the hype or all the issues with Facebook. It's just silly and meaningless to me.
Just my 2 Cents on Facebook.
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Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon.
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Yup, you're the only one. I am a ball of energy. In fact, I'm the energizer bunny. Not.
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They might like painting ceramic ornaments or Christmas village pieces. All ages like this, but older ones do such a nice job painting them. Micheal's usually has them, or even Walmart.
Ballet/Modesty....advice?
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My dd's are now 12 and 14, but we had done preschool dance for one year and it was okay. At the year end recital I got to see what the older girls were doing, and like you, I was appalled at the costumes and dance movements and was not interested in having my girls continue on that path.
So the following year I enrolled them in a Scottish Highland Dance school. They did that for a couple of years and I was very happy with it. My girls then tried musical theatre and they love that and have stuck with that for the last few years.
So some other ideas you could look into if they are available in your area are:
Highland dancing, Irish dancing, or any type of ethnic dancing
Gymnastics (rhythmic gymnastics has a fun dance element to it)
musical theatre