I wouldn't. My ds might be getting some through the eye dr. But this includes a how to care and wear appointment.

If you have, which one, and do you like it? What features make them easy to clean? I'm thinking about getting one that is also a toaster oven. Otherwise, I don't know what I'm looking at! I don't plan on using it for huge meals, but I would like to use it several times a week.

I made my dd attend a dr appointment and get some labs on her own at 15. It was an issue that she was legally able to manage on her own, and as part of the "if you think you're grown, be grown all the way" kinda sorta punishment. In our state teens 14+ can manage sexual and mental health without parent. It ended up being an awesome teaching moment for the local hospital because they tried to deny her getting labs, so I called, flipped on them, fixed it, and sent dd back in alone. A few days later, the hospital had a big training and now teens aren't questioned. (Honestly, no teens were harmed in this! Dd thanks me for the push!)

My daughter takes her supplements with food. Literally, with a bite of food. Her meds are fine, but her magnesium supplement is bigger and she hates taking it with liquid.

My son is asking his grandfather for one of those hover board things for his bday. Daughter wants a very specific pressure sensitive drawing tablet for xmas.

I have my kids ask for higher cost gifts. That cuts down on the quantity.

I have AAS 1 and 2. I don't think they have floss. It's not so much not getting the rule as wanting to do and be done. So writing the words, phrases, sentences, reading the story are considered doing. Teaching is apparently not. He just needs to zip it and let it flow because it does work. He's just not realizing somehow. I did come up with a flow for lesson 5 last night. So we'll go over the floss rule, write some words, go over the unit syllable, write some words, etc. Maybe going back and forth will help. He *can* do a lesson as written but isn't grasping the new teaching without a doing, and tiles don't count, I don't know why.

I didn't take my son for a hand X-ray despite 48 hours of complaints of pain after punching a wall. In my defense; he still went to the park, rode his bike and skateboard, and only seemed to complain when he had to write (a daily complaint!) or do chores (also a daily complaint!). He's now sporting a black cast from wrist to pinky and ring fingers. Doc told him he's still expected to write! 😂

He's had sooooo many reactions to meds that we've just settled on a small dose of Prozac that helps the anxiety a tiny bit. Non stim ADHD med caused suicidal thoughts. Stims are very short and he crashes hard. He also takes fish oil (though not the ADHD ratio) and some meds for sleep. We're on a trial hold. He's been doing as well as I can see meds doing. At least for now.

And I spoke to his special ed teacher that he's starting with soon. Well, he started, but we don't have the curriculum yet. Anyway, knowing exactly what I'm talking about, that's one of her goals with him. She's going to start small by teaching and having him complete practice WITH her, then in front of her while still logged into lesson, then independent 1 day a week, then finally daily "homework." Someone asked about other subjects, and they're the same. He doesn't grasp how the lecture connects to the doing part.

City Mouse- the app would probably be better, but we don't have a device for it. I'll look into a cheap device though. Reader- I follow the script, but not every little piece. I don't want to skip too much, because there's obviously something he's missed in the past in reading and spelling instruction. So far I noticed the biggest thing is slowing him down. He fights to the death over touch and sound out and finger spelling, but both consistently get him through a block (today he couldn't read squall and had the biggest smirk after touching each sound and being able to read it. Lol). Night Elf- he so can't fidget! Lol. If he's so much as wiggling a finger, he's not focusing on the lesson. My dd needs to fidget, so I've seen how it helps. Not ds though. :( I'm going to play around with worksheets or a written format of what the flow is.

Floss is just a spelling rule, unit syllable type of syllable. He's getting it. It's sticking. His speech therapist is seeing improvement in his ability to attempt spelling. So he gets it, just not the lecture part, which is the "doing it" that he whines about.

It's not a matter of shortening the lessons either! If I shorten, there's less to actually do. If that makes sense.

Ds, 13 in a couple weeks, autism spectrum, attention span of a gnat. He doesn't grasp the purpose of a lesson (I guess you could say lecture style). The only area I'm currently interested in "fixing" is language arts. We're using Barton. Level 3, lesson 5 with floss rule and unit syllables. Pretty much the entire time I'm going through the lesson, he keeps asking if we can just get it done already. Yes, he's disrespectful, but this post isn't to address that. Those behaviors come out with lack of understanding. I need some ideas of making the lecture part of the lesson more physical or concrete. Maybe I prepare worksheets that follow the lesson flow? He's a workbook kid... "here's how you do x, now go do it." It takes time for things to click, so for math concepts, there's not much teaching. It's more like, "watch, ok, do." He watches. Then I walk him through a bunch of problems, then he does a bunch on his own. Then he continues doing the same thing until he understands. He has to do before he gets it. Science is read a paragraph, answer a question. Social studies is the same. He has live lessons for science and social studies, but I go through his daily work in that read then answer format. He also has a pre-teaching lesson with his general education teachers on Mondays, but it's concrete. They may go through a quiz or something. Help!

I'd seriously wonder where the sperm came from.

I don't find it too terribly hard to heat canned peas! Brown peas are gross. The canned fruit was probably in syrup with sugar or some other sweetener. Kids who get free lunch can't have seconds or anything, and they're all friggen starving!

Mostly in my area... I would throw money at CYS for specific services; live in teaching/help for the tough cases when parent(s) and child(ren) are well attached, to teach basic housekeeping (you don't just shut the door to the room with flies, clean it!), routines, basic meals, real life budgeting, parenting/child development, social skills for the adults, etc. That would also be available for non live in. Someone comes in and teaches, takes you grocery shopping, etc. I'd fund some kind of public transportation that runs realistically. Our taxi stops at 8pm. And there's 1. I'd start a subscription food box that accepts food stamps, is affordable on a food stamp budget, and somehow teaches. Something like a weekly service that sends everything, but includes a shopping list so you can repeat it, and it would teach how to plan meals for little/no food waste. Food stamps recalculated. If your kids are in public school with free breakfast and lunch, your calculations should be different than the homeschooling family, cyber schooling family, or the family with food allergies that has to pack lunch. I'd buy off whoever determines school food standards to cut the sugar (seriously, a juice, muffin/cookies, and fruit is not a great breakfast), cut all fast food, add veggie buffets, not force 2 starches per meal, whole milk/coconut milk/soy milk/almond milk/whatever, water instead of juice, and add cooking in school, not just reheating crap. Massively increase PE and recess (I can buy off the school administrators) in school. Rebuild our YMCA to include a pool, better gym, and a LOT more kid programs. YMCA memberships to all kids. If family can contribute, cool. Some kind of teen hangout in the Y. Skatepark in the basement. Put the WIC office back in town with the welfare office so the local non drivers can access services. In home methadone dosing once you're at a year and the counselor agrees, if you're working. Weekly to the clinic for group and individual therapy. For that first year, CYS (because they're probably involved) provides a reliable babysitter for your clinic runs, and/or transportation offers later clinic trips. Or, methadone clinic at the local hospital. You'd still get babysitting for little ones. For those receiving inconsistent child support, I'd pay your court ordered support, collect from non custodial, and stay on top of the non custodial about paying. Consistency for a year and I drop out of the equation.

Who is at fault for the extra minor? Just the ambulance? Does the sending hospital have any blame? It's possible the teen is lying and is riding with patient's dad, but that's not what she said. Truly not my kid. Lol. I'd be on that ambulance in a minute!

MedicMom- this is a north east PA to NY transfer.

I realize things vary by state, so for your area... If you were doing a psych transfer from a regular ER to a psych hospital, by ambulance, would the patient's (patient is 15/16) 16 year old girlfriend be allowed to ride with him?

Early '80s.

My 12 year old was asking for new sneakers. Said his 10.5 men's were getting tight. So we go for new shoes. Same brand and style as the old. In a 12. 😱

My 12 year old just hit men's 12 in shoes. He still wears a boy's 10/12 in shorts! Lol. They're above the knee, but not booty shorts.

My son is 12, 5'6ish", and barely holding onto 100lbs. He was 107 right before summer, but he swam that off in a week. What else concerns you? Is he lethargic?

Nothing will excite him! Lol. Yeah, I thought the orange one was a mistake on the message board. It's not. It's what's provided as the modified portfolio for kids with IEPs. They just went over the first science unit which is scientific method, inquiry, literacy, etc. He didn't get a whole lot out of it because it's vocab and technical term heavy. I'll read him your ideas and see what he says. :)