phathui5
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We watch TV shows on DVD through Neflix.
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It doesn't bother me. Our babysitter is spending ten days in the Dominican Republic this summer to help build something (like a school or an orphanage). She didn't ask me money, but I would have given it.
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Ugh. That stinks. I hope your dh finds work soon.
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From what I remember of middle school, I wouldn't put her in public school. Other posters have had good suggestions for getting cello lessons without school.
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The thing with polygamy back then is that it served as a social welfare system. There weren't many jobs women could hold, so you had to be married, even if that meant to a man who was already married.
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My dh was unemployed from August of 2008 until this past Monday. It was pretty stressful, though luckily we had my income from childcare, his unemployment and our emergency fund to pay bills with.
Reading books and watching movies about the Depression was comforting for me. It made me feel like we could get through it. If your library has movies, two that were good were "Kit Kittredge" and The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (link is for book, but it's also a movie) http://www.amazon.com/Prize-Winner-Defiance-Ohio-Mother/dp/0743211235
Get creative about making extra money. Get the word out that you're available to babysit for people who need occasional childcare. Find out if there are any focus group places in your area that pay you to come in and talk to them about products for an hour. My husband was always checking the "gigs" section on craigslist for jobs that were a day or two.
You can apply for your state children's health insurance program to cover the kids so you don't have to pay insurance for them.
Also, I'd try to apply for food stamps, if you haven't already. Unless you have a substantial amount in savings, you'll probably qualify. If you have any children under five, you can apply for WIC.
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I don't know the state capitals, though I did for about two weeks in the fourth grade.
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Math took forever when we used Saxon too, and I just couldn't take it anymore. Now I use Singapore for ds1 and CLE for dd.
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It makes sense that a family that's very concious and careful would use up less resources than one who isn't, regardless of size. But wouldn't it make more sense to compare apples with apples? It seems you would need to compare families who are both using less or both using more.
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In addition to homeschooling my own kids, I'm also tutoring a 1st grader and I have an initial appointment with a 4th grader for this Saturday.
Does anyone have suggestions for resources for when you only have a child 2-3 times a week? They both need to work on math and reading.
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If I were a secret undercover agent and I had to leave or enemy operatives would kidnap my family and use them against me, sure.
Other than that, no.
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I wonder if she could be held partially responsible if a child is seriously injured or killed on their way home...
Probably. For the same reason that teachers are mandatory reporters for abuse and neglect, I can see them being prosecuted if they're involved in putting a child into a car without a car seat.
Perhaps the school should come up with an official policy.
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Did she know if the child had been exposed to HIV or if the child was HIV positive? Breastfeeding is one of the major ways this is passed from the bio-mom to the child and back again.
Can you cite a source for your claim that she could have gotten HIV from nursing the baby? I don't believe that is a risk for women.
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I would have gladly done the same thing. Mom with milk - starving baby... it seems like a no-brainer.
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We get The Electric Company from Netflix. The kids love it.
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You know, the only weight loss thing that's ever worked for me is when I was vegan. After 18 months of having been an omnivore, I'm seriously considering going back.
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My kids see other kids a lot. I do childcare from home, so there are usually other kids here. Ds takes gymnastics and taekwondo, and then we also see friends from church.
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Does this child really have sensitive skin?
That's up to a doctor and CPS to decide. Reporting suspected abuse is what gets CPS to investigate. It's not the OP's job to make those decisions.
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When I worked at WIC, I would have reported what you describe.
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I'm a miser, so I keep our thermostat set at 60 during the day and 58 at night. We have a wood stove in the living room, so if we want it warmer, we have to get the stove going.
To answer the original question, I definately think that it makes more sense to turn it down if you're not home.
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Yes, absolutely. I already have a local kid who helps with the weekly stuff (floors, etc), but I'd love to have someone for deep scrubbing too.
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When I can, I buy fresh peanut butter at the Amish market here. We do also have other natural peanut butter around though.
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The Electric Company
Magic School Bus
In reference to all the free HSing sites
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Same here.