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5 hours ago, Ausmumof3 said:
I think it’s for any sports of physical activity. Or that’s how it read to me. It is most likely very precautionary though
I saw the “competition and training” mention. I certainly haven’t heard of anything along these lines from the numerous kids I’ve known with COVID.
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This is in reference to competitive athletes though, not just your average kid. Remember the kids who die of an undiagnosed heart defect while playing sports. That of course is extremely rare.
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1 hour ago, ktgrok said:
You know your family, but I will say that in my county a full 1/3 of hospitalized patients are people under 45 years of age...I can't imagine all of them expected they were high risk. It seems to be a theme that they are seeing younger people sicker - in various places. Not sure if that is due to one of the variants or what. Something to look into, perhaps.
What country? Curious. There are no guarantees about anything, I realize that. I personally know many people who have had it at this point, who have my same demographics, and are completely fine. I’m not saying I’ll never take it, but I’m waiting and seeing.
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I have no risk factors. Zero. Neither do my children. Covid in all likelihood would not pose an emergency for us, so I don’t see the point in taking a vaccine that has emergency approval. If I had risk factors, I would take it. We are moving on with our lives and thankful for good health.
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I would go back to the basics. Simple lines, circles, whatever. Strive to get him to put pencil to paper to do something, even one line, nicely. Then be done. Meanwhile get him doing all the fun fine motor stuff other people mentioned in play. It also helped mine to write on dry erase boards, sidewalk chalk, etc versus pencil and paper. Eventually he will move to paper. But it doesn’t have to be a workbook when he is 5.
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Gently, she is a baby. Please just stop counting anything at all for a bit. If she is not interested, drop it. In a few days or weeks you will probably see that she starts talking about counting and trying to count things again. But like others said, use real objects in a natural context, and say, count the forks for dinner and then move on with life. She will get it when she is ready, and it’s totally normal to find counting confusing at 3. It will be okay. Also rattling off 1-10 just means she can recite 1-10 like she can recite a song. It will come, I promise. (Mom of 3 and I recall going through something similar with my oldest ones).
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I am still not 100% certain I am homeschooling mine for K. I used to be 100% certain he was going to school, but now with all the COVID rules I just don’t know. My biggest deal breaker right now is that I would not be allowed inside the school at all, even to walk him in for the first few days. I’ve already homeschooled two, now in 6th (homeschool) and 9th (private school for first time). So I can’t see dropping my baby off at the door with strangers.
I have obviously done this twice before. Luke is a pretty well-rounded kid and will be 6 in October so school stuff will be easier than if he was a young one. We are working on AAR and Singapore Earlybird kindergarten. He’s writing letters fairly well. I went in Gung-ho with my bigger kids but I’m more relaxed with him. We will get the three Rs done and the rest will be gravy 🙂
Im also doing all the fun art projects I couldn’t do with my big kids much because dealing with the crazy mess of two young kids and art projects burned me out quickly (plus they got art at coop). He does too, but he’s not too wild and really has good fine motor skills, an artistic bent, and a 6th grade sister to help keep the crazy down or at least not encourage it!
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On 2/7/2021 at 2:32 AM, Roadrunner said:
If only our nurses, farmers, grocery workers, doctors have acted the same way.
I get those teachers with health conditions want to be accommodated, but many of us have been out there taking greater risks and doing our jobs. If we had data indicating schools were a dangerous place for transmission, I would be more sympathetic.
So true. Covid went through my husband’s office. People were hospitalized. The elderly father of one person died. But people still go to work. They did work from
home for a bit after that. But staying home is not an option.
My oldest goes to private high school and they have been open face to face five days since August and it’s been just fine. They follow the CDC rules to the letter, even when it has meant she can’t wear a coat because she can’t have a locker because of congregating by the lockers and they have to stand outside for carpool even when it’s 39 and raining. (had some discussion with the principal on that one!)
It’s her first year in “school” after homeschooling and I did call the school and state that if I was going to need to homeschool I would, but I wasn’t paying tuition for Zoom classes. This may be why private schools have figured out how to open in person.
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16 hours ago, vonfirmath said:
The very act of defending against lawsuits like this makes it more likely small businesses and individuals will pay to make them go away, which because an incentive for a lawsuit like these. THey don't get as far as a jury because of the cost in public relations and $$ involved.
Yes. My husband sees that at work. They will settle because it’s cheaper than the attorney fees and publicity.
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14 hours ago, gardenmom5 said:
and then no one can have anything because there is no limit to how stupid some people can be. Things that wouldn't occur to rational people, will occur to idiots to try.
The Darwin Awards were created just for them.
Pretty sure my 5 year old knows not to put glue in his hair. I mean seriously people.
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Thanks for this. I’ve already homeschooled K twice (6th and 9th grade girls; still homeschooling the 6th grader but 9th grader is in private high school)and I planned for my son (6 next October) to go to public school, but COVID happened. Right now, besides the masks and social distancing and all that for little ones which I don’t like but could maybe tolerate, parents aren’t allowed inside the school and I would have to drop off my baby at the door and hand him over to strangers. He’s attended preschool and he does fine with drop off, eventually, but there is a period where I need to walk him in and sit with him for a few days. I can’t imagine peeling him out of the carseat and directing hiM to a teacher who can’t even give him a reassuring hug. So I may be homeschooling depending on the rules and how they change by the fall. I’m mostly reading this thread. Although I was totally gung ho on K with my olders and probably did way too much, I’m mainly going to want to get him reading, writing, and doing some math. Not sure what I’m using but thanks for the ideas.
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I leave my 9 and almost 12 year olds home alone regularly, and sometimes in charge of their 2 year old brother. I let them wander stores unattended. (not the 2 year old). I was shopping for a sewing machine the other day, for example, and my 9 year old (only her) was bored. I told her she could wander around the store but not go outside. She did fine. I did not have concerns about her destroying or breaking anything, and I trusted that if anything bad happened, someone would scream. To avoid alarming her, I told her that the rule was that she could not go outside the store.
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Absolutely. I've been leaving mine alone (in small restaurants in small town) since they were about 5 or 6. A ten year old, anywhere. I leave them with the instructions to not go outside. If anyone tries to make them go outside, scream.
ETA I don't worry about abductions because that's extremely rare. But just in case, I give contingency plans.
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I have never heard anyone say it in an arrogant way, like to say that they thought they were more special to God than the people who didn’t survive the same tragic event.
I honestly just think people are sometimes so overwhelmed by what happened to them and so thankful to have survived, and they aren’t thinking about how others might interpret their phrasing.
I don’t see why we shouldn’t extend some grace to people who have survived terrible experiences, instead of assuming the worst about them.
Yes, this. And I have also said it about people with drug addiction, or homelessness, or other disaster: But for the grace of God go I. I don't know why I wasn't born into poverty or to a drug addicted mom, or into terrible circumstances. I don't deserve God's grace. For some reason I was born into a healthy family. But for the grace of God go I into drug addiction or crime or poverty and homelessness. It's really saying you identify with those folks and recognize that if not for the grace of God you might be in the same space. It's recognizing the fact that you aren't in your present situation because of something you did. I guess those who aren't religious might say "But for the good decisions of my ancestors, or my decisions (if you were raised in a terrible situation but escaped) go I.
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Those are good suggestions. My father is afraid of the repercussions if he takes the guns away. My brother would grow irate at the removal of the guns and considers some "his" although they are not. My sisters and I have been discussing the conditions of me loaning them money ONLY if he removes the guns. I don't think it will ever happen though. We have been begging him.
Maybe you could call your police friend and have them on standby (but not visible) when it he finds out they are gone and becomes "irate." Maybe he will commit a crime in the process and go to jail.
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I'm interested in hearing reviews too.
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Yes. *Sometimes* it really is.
You’d be surprised how often this really is a problem.
In the dark ages before any internet, call waiting, or caller Id, I had friends whose parents wouldn't drive them places. Wouldn't and/ or couldn't. Rural area, one car, mom didn't drive. Kids rode the school bus. They were limited. As a teen I drove them.
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And just so you all know...when the young set gets wise to the fact that the grown-ups are wise to musical.ly...it will be another app. It is character and...I don’t know the right word antanire, but let’s smash together morals/ethics/well-being/stability that counts. The apps will always be one step ahead.
A friend is a police detective and he was sharing with me, in a five minute conversation, so just skimming the surface, some of the apps and things criminals use (not special criminal ones, just ones people use to hide from someone.). He works in some sort of tech where he gets info from criminals phones. He says his daughter is getting a jitterbug phone when she gets old enough. Says they still make them! So it's not just paranoid parents making this decision. He also worked in crimes against children before his current job.
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Children, gunshot wounds, abuse of nursing home residents, and sexual abuse of patients by another physician. That's it for mandatory reporting of violence by physicians in Ontario (There is also mandatory reporting for things like fitness to drive and communicable diseases etc)
I'm pretty sure it's similar in the US. Mandatory reporting applies to the vulnerable, like the elderly and children. I worked as a social worker and do not ever recall requirements to report on able bodied adults. Taking away the free choice of adults who are making decisions, even if they are ill advised, is a slippery slope to taking away many freedoms. Can you imagine going to the doctor for help and the doctor deciding that he or she has to report what happened as a crime? That's a good way to keep people away from medical care.
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Hugs to you. I have had pregnancy, toddlers, homeschooling, and DH with a back problem, but not all at once. I vote to hire or trade help of any sort. I know you aren't looking to send kids to school, but could you send the little ones to preschool? I homeschool but I have and do send the under 4 crowd to preschool.
ETA assuming your signature is correct, you don't have any preschool candidates. But something has to give in your life. Don't know how functional your Dh is, if he's just off work and in the bed for the interim, or if he's going to work and trying, but you need help somewhere. Even if he's bedridden he can at least sit in the recliner and bark orders and grade papers for you. He can do plenty of school related things in the evening while you physically bathe kids and put them to bed.
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There are a large number of elderly people and non elderly people with chronic pain who can't take any NSAIDS because of being on Coumadin or other blood thinners. So if Tylenol doesn't do it, they are out of options besides opioids.
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I agree with the previous posters, sorry! The good news is that broccoli plants are in the stores now and you can start over!
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I am starting over due to moving. I'm on a larger scale than you are, but here's what I'm doing: nothing invasive or poorly behaved. Weed management strategies, in that I'm going to let the chickens till the ground and be vigilant about stale seed beds before I plant. Perfect soil preparation. Planting fewer things. There is more I'm sure.
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Where do you live, as PP asked too? That's makes a huge difference. I think in some places you can throw in some apple trees and they will be fine. I live in the southeastern US, and all fruit trees besides maybe mulberries are very difficult. However, blackberries do well with very little maintenance, as do blueberries. Strawberries require frequent planting, but they are happy. Watermelons and cantaloupes grow with no trouble at all, as do muscadine, but not grapes.
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Are people still masking?
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Not here. I’m vaccinated but my kids aren’t. We are not masking. Our governor has removed all mandates. I’m with you on the disgusting kid masks. My 5 year old would get the nasty spit spot right away.