Echoing Melissa in Au--it's genetic and it absolutely does not have to hold your child back at all. My family is chock full of dyslexics who are very successful. (engineers, business people, an OT, a PT, a lawyer; colleges graduated from include Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Connecticut College, UVa) It's going to be okay, you can teach him, there are LOTS of resources to help him.

I agree.

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Huh, I always do it in winter bc it heats up the house. I never worried about the fumes . Maybe u should .

I cleaned out my Tupperware drawer so that it closes. I finally realized I didn't need so many containers and if I had fewer, the drawer would close and I could find the tops. Yes, I've been living on my own-I mean in my own place--for 27 years. Some of us are slow. Lol

My ds had a successful year with the third edition. I don't have anything to compare it to, though.

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ds just finished his last Merit Badge--the project is next. ACK!

Bread Stuffing, for sure--with white bread. Unfortunately, MIL likes to use homemade wheat bread. . ..sigh My kids have to have pumpkin pie; MIL's squash pie is not a substitute. So, I am bringing one and a cheesecake for me. I LOVE doing T'giving, but for various reasons we go to my MIL's house. It is the right thing to do (and I love MIL), but it just isn't "right" iykwim So, I've started to bring lots of things and know that my Mom makes stuffing "right" for Christmas. LOL

Yes, every body is different. You need to test to see what effects you. I can't do oats at all. And hummus, another thing you mention, sends my blood sugar soaring after just a little bit. So does corn and potatoes. You need to see how the fruit you eat effects you and the carrot sticks (they are very starchy). Too much cheese can be high carb, too. For breakfast I have peanut butter on one slice of low carb or light bread. Lunch is a salad with meat or one slice light bread with cold cuts or eggs with sausage Dinner: meat, steamed veg, salad It is probably just a matter of adjusting a few things. There is a website called Blood Sugar 101 that was helpful to me.

Exactly. I am from your city and could navigate it in middle school. So could my friends. And that was when it was the "murder capitol." Maybe we were used to protests and demonstrations growing up in the 70's and 80's????? I don't know.

Me, too. But in Jr High, I lived in a city and was used to walking a mile to school, by 9th grade was allowed to go off campus for lunch, travelled on city buses to my friend's houses after school and hung out at the local mall with friends. Particularly if my child had a cell phone, I would not be overly upset. But, yes, they would have to take the consequences of such a decision.

100 times yes! If you are bringing your special needs child to teach them social skills, then make sure you do dpend the time teaching the social skills. It is not going to just happen because they are there.

Me, too. Hang in there.

Yes, that's what I mean. What is expected one place, is not another place and sometimes you really have to keep reminding yourself of that. What I forgot to say, Katie, is that I have an Aunt and Uncle who LOVE the area. They have lived in Delaware, Illinois, NJ, Singapore, Venezuela (and probably somewhere else that I've forgotten). They lived north of Boston when I was in college and now live in Southern NH. So, lots of people do love it, I just want you to consider all the angles. :-)

I think in the NY metro area that is somewhat true(that salaries are higher). But people take the job thinking that they are getting a huge salary, but it really is just equal to or less than what they are used to living on. Don't just look at food and housing. Consider also the cost of extra curriculuar activities (rec center classes were 4x what we paid in Canada and rural PA, for instance, but dh was not even making twice what he made in Canada). You may also find the Massachusetts culture very different if you are used to the South. I went to college in Western Mass and in general found the culture a challenge--much less niceties and smiles, for instance. So, I would suggest going into stores before you move and judging how you feel you are treated and whether you could deal with that coming from the culture you come from. (What I'm talking about here is not right or wrong ways to be, but rather how we, coming from the cultures we do, interpret body language. What is correct storekeeper body language in Mass would have been extremely rude body language in DC where I grew up--and remember being chastised by store folks for not making eye contact or not touching skin when receiving change. I always felt the store keepers in Mass. didn't want me in their store or to sell anything to me, but that CAN'T be correct, right? I think I was just reading folks wrong.) Also, with regard to your sun question, I don't think Boston gets a lot of sun. With regard to homeschooling, it is an "approval" state and how easy it is to homeschool is district dependent.

Debra Bell's Aim Academy has a Pre-AP Chem class that has a track that preps for the chem SAT class. It is taught by Vicki Dincher. My ds is in his second year of taking her classes and we are really liking it. He did the regular track Chem, though, so I can't speak for how it prepares.

Younger children of type A parents can handle the multi generational learning, the ones of the type B are more of a distraction. I try to be open minded, but I had to stop going to group field trips and start just going with a friend or two. My blood pressure couldn't take it.

Yum, these are right up our ally.

Me, too. I was just sitting here thinking how the only thing I could think of to eat was peanuts and I am SO sick of peanuts. I am tired of everything I cook for dinner, too.

I grew 3/4 of an inch in college after not growing since 12. No pregnancy involved. LOL

No wait here at 1:00. But we never do have a wait. At least this presidential election there was power and heat, unlike last time which was right after Sandy.

Yes, I do think it's possible. I definitely was in a slump around year 9 and 10. I didn't even want to research or anything. So not like me. I just kept on day by day and now I am back to enjoying it. I think that it's like anything--jobs, marriage, kids. Sometimes it is fun and engaging and sometimes you just don't know how you can keep on. I coped by making sure I did the things I really liked--reading aloud is one--and tried to week out the "shoulds" that I didn't really like.

My cousin feeds his on top of the refrigerator.

I'm glad you were able to see someone. I hope your wait isn't too long.

We are here for you.