Daisy
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I still disagree. :D
But I love you anyway. :D
LOL. We can disagree.
I just think the writing lessons need the variety of being used across curriculum. My kids have seemed to need that. I definitely don't think you need to buy anything else. Just make the curriculum work for you. I don't see how doing one research paper in R&S is going to be enough practice. So once we cover it in R&S, I start assigning them regularly in history/science. Same goes with the other forms of writing taught.
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It depends.
There is plenty of writing INSTRUCTION in R&S English. If a parent takes that instruction and applies it across curriculum and builds on the concepts in R&S English, then no, I don't think you need another writing program.
If, however, you are ONLY doing the writing assignments in R&S English, than yes, you'll need to supplement with something else.
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I voted more than two hours. My kids routinely crawl into bed at 7pm just so they can read for an hour and a half before lights out. They read much more than that during the day (in the car, doing school work, library, etc).
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My nearly 10yo has just started this. It isn't a full-on wail or anything like that. He actually tends to be embarrassed about it and goes off by himself to avoid having it mentioned. It tends to just be when he is overly emotional. Not hurt but more upset. He just seems to have his emotions closer to the surface here in the last 6 months. It is must easier to either tick him off or make him cry lately. I'm thinking hormones or something.
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I cannot be alone in that meals in my family of origin were not much better than tatortot casserole. In fact, some were far worse. Here are some of the meals we ate frequently:
Spam with Crushed Pineapples
Red-Capped Franks (which was Kraft Mac N Cheese with hot dogs on top, topped with ketchup. :ack2: I never ate that, btw.)
La Choy "Shrimp" Chow Mein (I did not even know there was such a thing as stir-fry meals from scratch with fresh veggies!) This was always served with Minute Rice.
Cookin' Bags Anyone know what these are? Food in a bag; drop it in boiling water for 7 minutes. Voila. Chicken A la King.
Chef Boyardee Mush pasta in any shape.
Tacos - iceberg lettuce, Velveeta cheese, pickles and seasoned meat (out of a package).
Spaghetti - with Prego or Ragu sauce
Breakfast was cereal - Fruit Loops, Chex, Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Sugar Corn Puffs, Puffed Rice. My mom would only buy milk every two weeks, though, so if we wanted cereal with milk, we could use reconstituted dry milk.
Beverages were water (jug in the fridge), iced tea and Kool-Aide.
Amazingly, I lived long enough to rethink those meals. :D
That's horrifying. :ack2:
My mom was one of the original granola moms. We ate very healthy. I didn't grow up any processed stuff. We were part of a co-op even.
Homemade bread, Mom-made trail mix with carob chips (I hated carob chips), HUGE rounds of cheddar cheese wrapped in black wax, grass-fed beef, etc.
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Only on a very basic level. He knows we are regular attenders. Knows my husband is a school teacher. Knows we homeschool. Knows we tithe regularly, teach Awanas, etc.
I don't think he'd have a clue about our actual spiritual life, but he could speak to our character based on our interactions with the church.
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I spend $600 a month (comes out to about $150 per week). That covers organic produce (CSA type thing), organic dairy, other food stuffs, household cleaning supplies, toiletries, pet food, etc.
Family of four in California.
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No.
She doesn't need one. Not that this matters, but she also wouldn't want one.
We won't be buying our children cell phones. If and when they reach a point where they are needing one due to regular activities that don't involve the family, we will buy a 3rd cell phone to act as a loaner for whichever child is needing it at the time.
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1950's Robin Hood tv shows
Hogan's Heroes
McHale's Navy
Waltons
Andy Griffith Show
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Do you phone weekly? More or less often? We talk by phone probably 4x a year.
Are your phone calls replaced by or supplemented by letters, emails, or facebook? My parents are on Facebook. I don't have an account but I can read their updates through my husband's account. We email a few times a month & I send them a monthly note through the mail.
How often do you get together? Once e year? More often? Do you visit them or do they come to visit you as well? It averages once every 3 years. They'll visit us and we'll visit them. But we rarely see each other more often than every 3 years. I went home this last May and it had been 5 years since I'd flown out there.
Do your parents have any meaningful contact with your kids? What have you done to encourage this? Sure. My parents send presents/cards for birthdays and Christmas. My kids write them letters every now and then. And when we visit we stay for 2+ weeks so they get quite a bit of one-on-one time.
My husband's parents live closer (only 1,000 miles away). We see them every year as they are financially able to come to our house that often. They call my husband weekly and email about that often also.
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I've been substitute teaching several times/week in grades 3-12 in my local school system for the past year and I DON'T see or hear of anything like what you are talking about. If it's happening, it's not done in school or on the buses.
What you heard may be true, but it's not true for the majority of schools.
My husband didn't see it as a teacher either. Maybe the kids are smarter than that. He definitely saw it as a school counselor though.
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#1 problem the middle schools deal with in our city is pregnancy.
Yes, it really is that bad.
When my husband was doing his internship for his Masters degree in school counseling he was blown away at the stuff he saw.
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What about flipping it?
Eat breakfast (with protein) and juice the other two meals.
It might help jump start your metabolism and also make you feel more satisfied during the day.
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Do you think it's always just a personality issue? I mean, isn't it sometimes a character issue? Let me explain...
I went to a homeschool support group meeting last week. There was one woman there, relatively new to the group, relatively young. She talked about 85% of the time. During dinner, while we're just chatting about whatever. After dinner, when we talk about homeschool issues and prayer requests. EVERYTHING ANYONE ELSE said reminded her of something about herself or her life or her kids. She never asked a single follow-up question. She didn't seem at all interested in anyone but her own self. I got so sick of hearing her voice! I thought, "who made you the most important person in this room?" It seems so clueless.
I came home seething. I think conducting oneself that way is really selfish. I promised my dh that none of our children will leave our home without knowing how to prefer others in conversation. To me, it's a basic life skill. I'm not talking about being quiet little mice; I'm talking about give and take.
My SIL traps me in conversation all the time. She talks AT me, on and on and on. To me, her message is just as clear as if she said it in plain English: "I don't care about you, your life, your week, etc. much at all -- I just want you to be a sounding board for every thought in my brain." I really resent it.
Maybe I'm the problem. Maybe I should jump in better, be more aggressive conversationally. IDK... I just don't have patience for people who don't stop talking or ask questions. And if it's someone I actually care about (like my SIL) it hurts, because it feels like a sign that they don't value me.
What do you think? Is this just a personality quirk? A sign of selfishness? Something else?
ROFLOL. :iagree:
Why do you think people pay for counselors? Listeners are in short supply in this world.
I think it can be due to a number of things...
The person is nervous and talks when she is nervous (this seems the case frequently).
She is selfish and can't think of anyone but herself.
She is socially clueless. She just flat out doesn't recognize that she is monopolizing the conversation.
Most folks I personally know like this usually wind up hating themselves when they get home. They recognize AFTER the fact that they talked non-stop and feel terrible about it.
But yes, it is most certainly irritating.
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I think of it as just being onomatopoeia.
Pain = internal ow = verbal ow.
No biggie to me. My husband tends to do it. I tend to do something more guttural and muttering.
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Edited original quote because I misunderstood a side convo.
Back to original question. I have no problem having children participate in whatever denomination/religion the parents have chosen for as long as they live in their home (attend church, etc.). However, I would not force ANY child of ANY age to "convert" to anything. God does the converting.
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I don't think it is going to be about us in heaven. We will be in the presence of God. We will experience perfect love, perfect peace, perfect contentment, perfect worship, perfect righteousness in the person of Christ. I can't wait.
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I've never had a job doing ultrasounds but my personal experience of 48 years has never shown a preference for boys from any of my family or friends who were American. So I wouldn't have any idea why or even if this is true.
Ditto.
The only time I've ever heard a parent express disappointment is about NOT having had one child of the opposite gender (as in they had ALL boys or ALL girls).
As for reasons, I suppose most people would like to have at least one son to carry on the family name.
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I know of a few families who share what I am assuming are your religious and philosophical viewpoints toward traditional gender roles and family life. However, sometimes, families find themselves in situation where the mother's paying work is considerably more lucrative and stable than that of the father. Those families have favored pragmatism over principle; I don't know how to word it but it definitely is not intended as snark or gotcha. As I said earlier, generally I trust intelligent reasonable adults to make decisions that are best for them nor would I consider those decisions a betrayal of their principles.My DH could be the bread winner. But, I make twice what he can and frankly he is better at being domestic. He's a better cook and he's better at handling multiple kids.
A families decisions are rarely as simple as who has boy parts and who has girl parts. Most people I know IRL don't discuss all of the details of their finances, family dynamics, decision making process, ... They'll say something like "That doesn't work for my family" or "We both need to be working".
Right. I totally understand this. You won't find me ever being a jerk about other people's choices even if, because of my upbringing and philosophical beliefs, I don't quite "get" those choices.
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Yes, posts such as this:
Not so much the opinion expressed, but the added editorial comments such as the bolded bit, it does come off as sort of, well, negative.
astrid
LOL. The only reason I added the gasp was as some sort of comic relief. I though the post would likely be inflammatory enough so I thought to inject a bit of humor.
I'm not likely to get bent out of shape by this topic.
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I appreciate end times on invitations. It allows me to plan my day and lets me know that I can politely leave at said time EVEN if the party is continuing.
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Perhaps not in the USA (perhaps--the Pearls often make me think otherwise). But what about places in the world that have child marriage, female 'circumcision,' or forced prostitution? (Wait, that last one exists here too.) Or any one of a hundred other evils that are used specifically against females--sex-selective abortion for example...
I don't think feminism is the answer to those problems or to any of the sin-based problems (rape, prostitution, abuse of children, etc.) of our world.
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But the real question is....why aren't you criticizing the father? Isn't his choice equally selfish? Or do you think his income is necessary so he is off the hook on this?
The reason we are not criticizing the father in the above scenario is because we are not feminists. LOL.
We buy into that whole old-fashioned idea that the man should be the breadwinner if at all possible and the mom should be, gasp, domestic. We actually believe that God created women to be the nurturers. It just makes common sense to us that it would be the mom who stayed home.
Yeah, I know that is going to go over like a lead balloon.
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My dd knows this isn't the case, but she still somehow believes that it should be. In the same way, I guess, that she believes that we should pay for a cell phone with with data plan, buy her a Wii, and allow her to have a tv in her room, just because she wants to. In dd17's version of the world, we wouldn't parent, we'd merely provide. ;)
Tara
LOL. Yeah, in which case I'd take a page from you and tell my daughter she needs to mature a bit more before getting her license. ;)
It is hard growing up. Reality can be a bit like a cold dip in the deep end no matter how gently you try to break it to them. Sounds like you know how to handle her!
Does R&S need a writing supplement?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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LOL. I used to think that was normal, too, but surprisingly some folks just don't think to do it.