But if you notice all but one of those are in the city of Pittsburgh. I think they are pretty far from th city in my opinion. I was wanting to start something in the city for people thta don't want to travel to the south hills or north hills just to have a group of friends for their kids. For us that would be unsustainable. If it were possible for people who are using public transportation to be included then I would be happy. Any way just send me a private message in your interested!:001_smile:

I posted this on the academic board but I didn't know if it should be there! My daughter will be four in July and her language is still a little garbled especially when she is excited or trying to be heard over her sister. She leave off the ends of words like t's and d's but for the most part she has an extensive vocabulary. Everyone who meets her thinks that be cause of speech and height she is older than she is but, I would like to work with her so that this doesn't become a problem in the future. She does have a long lingual frenulum so she is technically tongue tied and that might have to be addressed professionally but in the mean time.....have you used a program or how and what did you do to help your child with speech issues besides professional speech therapy.

My daughter will be four in July and her language is still a little garbled especially when she is excited or trying to be heard over her sister. She leave off the ends of words like t's and d's but for the most part she has an extensive vocabulary. Everyone who meets her thinks that be cause of speech and height she is older than she is but, I would like to work with her so that this doesn't become a problem in the future. She does have a long lingual frenulum so she is technically tongue tied and that might have to be addressed professionally but in the mean time.....have you used a program or how and what did you do to help your child with speech issues besides professional speech therapy.

No your post does help...it's a reminder of things that I try yo push aside. Maybe this isn't the time. Maybe I am chasing this degree because I think I need it instead of my actually need for it( I started this degree in 99 and have gone to school off and on since then for reasons such as money, pregnancy, no support, depression, money, pregnancy, money, no support........). Your post helps to pull things back to the forefront instead of pushing them to the back of my mind.

I'm thinking of taking no classes at all and really getting some things done and squared away during the summer. I'm also going to have to make up for that during the fall/winter/spring quarters. If I'm being honest the thought of taking classes is getting to me in the worse way. Sort of like a semi anxiety attack, heavy breathing, upset stomach, light headed/dizziness. So I'm think about letting this summer go! I might have to take at least one class because it might not be offered in the fall thus killing my progression.:tongue_smilie:

I am currently in school and I do on campus and online. I am a fashion design major so there are classes that can't be taken online! What am I having trouble with.....well I am really having trouble with everything! I'm really normally an organized person but for the last two years everything just seems to be bursting at the seams( ha ha I used seems and seams in the same sentence:lol:). I also go to a art school that functions in quaters which make life a little more difficult because of the accelerated pace. When I went to regular university it was a little easier ( more time to procrastinate) but I also didn't have kids then either. I end up doing well in my classes and not because their easy or all things I'm good at, but because I work very hard. I just can't find my groove and I'm really considering taking the summer off to sleep and play with my kids and get a routine down. I think ten weeks is enough to do that. Any suggestions?

How do you organize your life? Do you keep your house clean and your children fed three meals a day? Are the clothes always clean not collecting in a mountain of funk? Do you do school every day? Are they where they supposed to be in terms of their studies? Do they know what they need to know, can they do what they need to do to be considered at or above grade level? Is your class work done and to the best of your ability? Do you retain all the information that you need to to perform at the level you need to? Do you get it done? If you do, how? Tell me your secret! Show me your schedule. Impart your wisdom! I would greatly appreciate it!:confused:

I think that these types of conversations are so hard to have on this kind of platform because we tend to misunderstand a lot, I know I do! No harm no foul on my part, and I hope I didn't offend as well. I really do understand about the skeptics as we have encountered some. It's a difficult thing to take in possible being responsible for sending someone to the hospital inadvertantly and no one wants to take on the responsibility for that type of meticulous safety willingly! But, thank you for the message on my page and sorry about all the mix up!

I didn't know about thanks so much!!!!!!:D:D:D

Did you read my second post? I have a daughter that has food allergies several including one that involves anaphylaxis! I never said that the food allergies and intolerance were the same! I simply said that people are just trying to relate with you when they say things such as, " oh I know what you mean about allergies, every time i drink milk I get a stomach ache!" They are not in any way trying to diminish what your going through, and we should be gentle in explaining the difference or just take care that someone is trying to empathize with you. It does not in any way hurt my feelings when people don't understand what we go through! Why should they it's not what they have to deal with. I was not in any way trying to polarize in fact I was trying to offer a different perspective.

Wait a minute...I never said they were the same not once! What I said was people, in most cases, when they say things like I get a stomach ache when I drink milk etc, aren't trying to spread misinformation or do anything other than relate! I often times fell like just because my daughters allergies aren't life threatening that people quick to jump to the intolerance. Again I never dais they were the same or that we didn't need to be factual, just saying give people a break, just because this is something you and I have to deal with doesn't mean everyone does or is up to speed or understands or will understand even if the distinction is given. There are a whole lot of diseases and conditions out there that we don't have information about because it doesn't affect us. So because we draw similarities are we spreading misinformation? Listen you don't have to respond, but I felt I had to given that I was misunderstood!

I always lose my posts! I am on the west side of Pittsburgh and I would love to meet with anyone who would meet with us! We have had the hardest time making friends! I only have the two girls, 7 in two days and 3. We go to the Oakland library often and the museums, but we also like play places and things like that! I will send a PM to the people who responded to this thread! An here I was thinking I would never get a response!!

Anaphylaxis isn't the only way that an allergy manifests itself. Some times a stomach is just the beginning of or part of an allergic reaction. Besides, an intolerance isn't fun to have either, it's not just an inconvenience. People are trying to look for ways to relate not trying to diminish your struggle!

to respond to all the post individually but....I didn't notice how much this has grown in my absence! I do not in any way mind that there are people who posted that are white! You support and words of comfort are much appreciated! I really enjoy the advice you all give! Not that I don't have think skin, but what I value above all is honesty! If you don't like me that's OK! Not everyone will, but please don't smile in my face and talk nasty behind my back! I know that someone suggested that I get up in her face but I fight hard against the "angry Black woman" stereotype, and I never want my kids to know and see better than that! We are in Pittsburgh, PA but the conference was in Ohio and it was a year ago!! So it's a bit too late to complain now! Not that PA has less racism. Pittsburgh's home school scene seems to have less diversity! We haven't looked at a lot of groups, and I know there are some but we are just trying to figure out how to do this thing and it seemed like a good idea to start light with the group activity for the first two years. This kind of balancing act of two worlds I'm not too unfamiliar with, growing up as the only black kid in the class in early elementary school, so I have experienced racism but, I just never expected it in the home school community! Like I said I guess I was just naive! It;s the home school community that I'm finding such division in, I just thought that a group that was not main stream would have an easier time accepting differences! The other difference between now and then is that I was a child not the mother of children. So it's a tottally different dynamic. I was thinking of starting a group of my own...boy oh boy do I wish some of you lived in my state. I don't want a group that caters to one type of person either, but......that's a totally different thread!

Thanks for the support! I never expected that kind of thing either! I'm kinda an optimistic, blue skies, puffy white clouds and, sunshine type of girl. So, when this kind of thing happens it's like deflating a balloon. I get over it and rather quickly but the initial shock is still a little jarring!

Thank you so much for your kind words! I know that everyone isn't like that but I genuinely expected a whole lot more openness. I knew that it wouldn't be all roses and sunshine but I never expected that!

Sorry for the long title but in light of recent post about what we prefer to call ourselves I wanted to make sure I got all of the identifiers! Ok, now on to my question: Do you have trouble with other members of yous racial community understanding your choice to home school? Do you find that your often being hounded with questions as to why you do it, or why you want to do what the "white people" do? Do you find it hard to fit in during social setting that are more concentrated on either side? Do your children have issues identifying who they are in terms of race or ethnicity? Fro example when your in a setting with more non colored people do you children have question about hair, or why they are different,etc? I'm not asking to offend or exclude people! These are things that we are struggling with. I feel like I'm being tugged and pulled on things that I don't even consider! Sometimes it feels like being an outsider on both sides. It's becomeing increasingly harder to find likeminded people who won't make race a big issue or who won't feel uncomfortable about discussing things...Oh it's just a big jumble and I'm just wondering how you handle this. I know it seems naive but I thought that when we started home schooling that we would be received in the home school community with open arms and that race would never be an issue, I'm finding out it's not the case at all. I had one lady at a convention smile in my face, talk to my children, tell them how beautiful they were, turn around to leave only to come back because my little one forgot her bag to hear her saying to another person " Well now we know the home school community is going to fail now we have black people thinking they can do it too" to wich the onther person replies " I know did you see that there is a black vendor selling some crap music math songs a few aisles over".......Now I'm not saying all of my experiences have been like this but there have been a lot more than I expected! So long story short how do you deal? Thanks for listening! :001_smile:

That was really all I had to say! You can contact us when you get here! We will be happy to show you around and things!

No one!!! ok I give up!

A major bump!:001_smile::D:001_smile:

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Looking to get together to start something? Like a play group a co-op an anything.....So desperate for other home school families!:001_smile::bigear:

I thought about the price thing because of the speakers issue!