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    Preschool recommendations

    in PreK and K

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    If anyone would like to recommend any preschool "curriculum" or resources, I would love the help. My oldest child will be four in the fall, so I know nothing and have no experience.

     

    For me: I love structure. I love workbooks, picture books, music, games. I'm fine with coloring/painting etc but I hate crafts, especially gathering materials or any vague instructions or suggestions. A small amount of video watching is ok, but no computer games yet. I'd like to do something 4-6 days/week for 20-60 minutes. My preference is to be directly helping most of the time but have some independent activities available too.

     

    For him: He pretty much likes the same things I do, fortunately. He doesn't learn things from indirect activities or run-around activities, but he does like making things with his hands and solving puzzles. He is good at memorizing. He's rather rigid and doesn't like to do things differently than last time or go out of order. He has great sitting-still attention for his age if he is engaged with what he's doing.

     

    He knows about half of his alphabet. He knows numbers 1-15 verbally and can even do a little addition, but not many numerals. He has successfully finished a couple of Kumon coloring and tracing workbooks.

     

    Something that transitions into an elementary curriculum is a plus but not a requirement. I am fine with Catholic or secular options. I like the idea of one all-encompassing preschool curriculum but something that covers just one area is ok too.

     

    I also have a two year old and I might do some things with him if applicable, but I mostly plan to work while he is napping.

     

    Does anything come to mind that would be a good fit? We have a generous budget if the material is worth it.

     

    (If there's a better thread for this or my question is answered somewhere else, please redirect me.)

    I'm so sick of clothes.

    in The Chat Board

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    Same. I live in the mountains. It's often in the 30s when we leave in the morning and the 70s in the afternoon, and soon it will be 40s mornings but 90s afternoons! We had a huge 10-inch snow this weekend, but tomorrow it will be hot. Snow boots and sandals in a four-day stretch.

     

     

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    Wedding guest "dress code" question (from a bride-to-be)

    in The Chat Board

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    This bridal party in tuxes, guests in khakis thing is a pet peeve of mine! Everyone should wear the same thing. And nobody should (in my particular obviously nonuniversal opinion) wear anything except coat and tie to any wedding unless requested.

     

    I would suggest that she choose between "coat and tie" or "shirt and khakis," depending on her preference. It's customary to specify what men will wear as it's simple, and women extrapolate from that what they should wear.

     

     

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    Advice for the child who wants to be first

    in The Chat Board

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    My kid is very much like that (3.5 yr old) and has had a professional evaluation and the conclusion is no diagnosis, just a tough personality. Just throwing that in. He will often try to make family members undo or redo things to get them the way that he envisioned. No type of punishment is effective for him either.

     

     

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    "Spending time with the Lord"

    in Exploring Orthodox Christianity

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    So in Orthodoxy, reading the scriptures or other spiritual books would not be spending time with the Lord? Or it would be, but it's only one optional way to do that? Or it's not something you would do at all?

     

    Private non-scripted prayer isn't encouraged? Or isn't required? Like, you're not really supposed to pray on your own?

     

     

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    S/O phone access--secrets in marriage

    in The Chat Board

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    I think there's a big difference between secrets about my life and confidentiality about someone else's, like Ellen said. I hope this very open wife never wants a career in health, law, education... anything involving people or private information.

     

     

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    Anyone read Boys Adrift?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Thinking about it more, I was also surprised by the part about how many boys learn best in a competitive environment, while girls tend to prefer a cooperative one. (Of course neither the author nor I think this is universally true.)

     

    Was the part about the boyish girls and the girlish boys in that book, or his other book about gender and children?

     

     

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    "Spending time with the Lord"

    in Exploring Orthodox Christianity

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    I'm Catholic, not Orthodox. You don't have a concept at all of set aside prayer time? I would see "time with the Lord" as saying prayers, reading spiritual reading, going to Adoration, etc, but I also believe that we can pray at all times, that we are always with Jesus. Sometimes you can certainly work in silence while praying. But I've always heard Catholics say "time with Jesus" and mean either dedicated prayer time or specifically time in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. I doubt that most Orthodox spiritual masters consider 5 minutes for prayer a day the goal?

     

     

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    How good of an apologist for RC beliefs and morality do you consider yourself?

    in Catholic Coffee Break

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    I know everything about Church teaching except the outdated and esoteric. I was trained in a convent. I know the "why" of 90% of things and can easily find the rest. I'm good at debating, in the sense of skillfully framing and refuting arguments. However, I usually lack the special loving touch that some people need to hear the gospel and accept it. So, in a "tell me why the Church teaches this" sense, excellent. In a "convince me to like it" sense, mediocre.

     

     

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    If you were going to sell your house in approx. 3 years -

    in The Chat Board

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    Well, most important, you have to love it! Don't live for three years in someone else's house.

     

    I think anything from white to cream to beige is usually appealing. Very light neutral blue is trendy and probably going to be around for a while. Green is out, but yellow is still nice in a kitchen, I think. Gray should still be ok in three years.

     

     

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    Brave New Womb

    in The Chat Board

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    You're right, they do cite that further down. But that article says nothing whatsoever pre-1973, so their hundreds of thousands statistic is pure hearsay in this instance.

     

     

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    Brave New Womb

    in The Chat Board

    Posted · Edited by HTRMom

    *quote removed by request without which post does not have context*

     

    Oh, got it. Since only a certain group of people has this opinion, then it's irrelevant. And maybe even a disliked group of people?

     

    Look, totally reliable BuzzFeed says that various countries around the world are more or less opposed than we Americans are. (Yes, I know this is mostly a joke.)

     

    https://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/this-is-how-23-countries-around-the-world-feel-about-abortio?utm_term=.quzKlP40W#.nux5Xgyzw

     

    You will also have to write off most Africans and half of South Americans and Asians as irrelevant, leaving Europe as the be all and end all enlightened supporters of abortion rights. But even there, I could find a solid 10-20% who agree with my patronizing ideas.

     

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_attitudes_towards_abortion

    Brave New Womb

    in The Chat Board

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    Is that why my aunt died in the USA from an illegal abortion leaving behind 3 small children? Because it was safe and sterile?

     

    I can't believe that any source that gave you that info is legit.

    I don't know a thing about your aunt, obviously.

     

    I have read that the number of deaths from illegal abortion circa 1970 was very low, 100-200 women in the US. I've read that the numbers were a gross exaggeration made up to legalize abortion. I have read these things in biased sources. I have looked up their CDC citations and found that they lump miscarriage with induced abortion and are useless.

     

    My poor source:

    http://www.equip.org/PDF/DA020-1.pdf

     

    I challenge you to find a credible statistic that many women died in the 60s and 70s before Roe v Wade from unsafe abortion. I am convinced that it happened in very small numbers. But please, prove me wrong with data. If you cannot, it's one biased source against another.

     

    Adults die from complications all kinds of surgeries in the US today. And of course there was probably some small fraction of non-medical, truly unsanitary abortions then. Heck, I'm pretty sure there are a few of those even today.

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