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So I think we're going to take the next two weeks off school so I can put some energy into 2009 lesson planning and cleaning my house. It seems like every room of the house needs decluttering and cleaning. I really need to do some lesson planning. I haven't lately and we seem to get more done when we have a plan. I'm thinking I want to plan out Jan-March, so that it's done.
Anyone else taking off the next couple weeks to have some planning/cleaning/organization time?
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That's a tough call. I know that when I was a child and teen, if there had been a warning label, that would have been reason enough to read the book.
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Would being made in the US mean they won't have lead?
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Wouldn't those books be in the "Young Adult" section anyway? Our library has a children's, a young adult and an adult section.
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My oldest had his IQ tested because he was in a research study at Kennedy Krieger this week. I'll be getting the results in a couple weeks.
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I wanted to recommend the book Protecting the Gift by Gavin DeBecker. It is the best book I've read about keeping children safe. I give it as a baby shower present now.
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Anyone else? We're specifically looking at how becoming a parent affected your relationship.
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I remember being checked for scoliosis in middle school.
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They ALL survived and went on to rebuild their lives on their own, they were helped by churches, family members, but NOT the government.
They may have survived, but not everyone did. Infant and child mortality was much higher, whether from lack of good nutrition, disease or access to medicine. People did starve, freeze because they couldn't afford wood to heat their houses, stayed sick because they couldn't get to a doctor. While I want the government to leave me alone, I don't think the "good old days" were better in terms of poverty.
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But if we could all have a jubilee spirit and forgive people's debts against us, forgive those who have sinned against us, and offer help to those in need... now *that might really turn things around. And I'm not speaking of the government here. I'm speaking of individuals.
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but the year of Jubilee, Biblical style, referred to the cancelling of debts and allowing all slaves to be freed. Not quite the same as a redistribution of wealth, but certainly a way to forgive debts and allow the poor to start over again.
Not exactly. It also required a return of all lands to their original owners, basically creating a situation in which land was never really owned, only leased and resources got evened out because no one could acquire tons of land as decades went by. Since their "currency" was crops, land was how they made their money.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yovel
Another article says:
"The Jubilee legislation had as an underlying principal that other people and not self-possessions are important. Man, created in God’s image (Gen 1:26) is to be safeguarded, cared for and looked after. "
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Can anyone expand on how having a baby later in life affected your marriage? Maybe if you had been married for a while before having children?
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Of course, if my kids were drafted the army would have to take me first. I don't believe any children/young adults (18-25 yr olds) should have to fight before everyone in the generation that started the war (read: us) is dead.
That ain't gonna happen. Young people are simply more expendable. Even with the service oriented programs, all you hear is politicians talking about mandatory service for young people, not the middle aged, not retired. Forty year olds aren't going "Sign us up!" They're going "sign up them young folks!"
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What about everyone with a social security number over the age of 18? Couldn't they use those records?
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Service to country is socialistic because... ??
Because it's the whole idea of the group coming before the individual, the collectivist mindset, which is the root of socialism.
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I think we could really use a "Year of Jubilee" Bible style. Which I guess you could say is spreading the wealth around.
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Wow. This is the first time I've thought about maybe voting for McCain.
I'm completely against women being drafted. No way should children be in a situation where both parents have been drafted for military duty and they're put in foster care or boarding school. There are enough men in the country that calling women up is not necessary.
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Yes, the the first one.
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Thank you all for the many responses. I'm making a doctor's appointment and we'll go from there.
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Hey ladies,
I have to write a college paper on the effect of parenting "later in life" on the family/relationships/etc. Can you share some advantages and disadvantages with me? How has having a child after 35 affected you? Your marriage? Your career? Friendships?
Did the stigma of being an "older parent" affect you in any way? What did you have to deal with in terms of medical issues, testing, etc?
Dads are welcome to answer too.
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*Phathui5's husband*
For the record, I have only punished my son three times for this. So I haven't been doing something that has no affect. The last time made son wrote sentences my wife kindly broke up it over the course of several days for him.
And my son doesn't pee himself in bed or when he is doing schoolwork. He does it, more often than not, when playing on the computer or while playing video games. In essence, if he is too pre-occupied with something that requires his undivided attention in front of a screen he seems to let the whole bathroom thing slip his mind. (for the record, the kids get very little screen time.)
I believe this is a product of being homschooled and having the ability to get away with it, as my wife has typically just told him to change his clothes and get on with his day. In affect, I believe that the lack of discipline for years has had a negative affect on this behavior.
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Ds1 just turned eight and he has been peeing himself a lot lately. It seems like every other day, he's wet himself.
Dh has gotten tired of it and is making him write sentences every time he does it. I'm not comfortable with that as a solution, but neither of us know what to do.
The issue for me is that when ds has an accident, he doesn't change his clothes, he stays in it until we notice that he's wet or smells. He told me yesterday that he's hiding it so that he doesn't get in trouble, so I told him that he wouldn't be in trouble as long as he changes his clothes and doesn't stay in it, that he would only get in trouble if he wore the wet stuff or lied about it.
Dh is mad at me and says that I'm undermining him and that ds has to write 200 sentences anyway that he "owes him" from an accident the other day. What would you do?
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I can't wait to read it.
I went over to my mom's last night to watch their show, since she has cable.
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If it was a friend, I would give them a real answer about why that didn't make sense. Other people, I just tell them that it's not as hard as it seems.
Legos for girls
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We've noticed the same thing.
With my dd, that's what she wants. She wants them to be pink and purple and build fairy princess castles.