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I don't know. I think having well behaved children has a big luck element to it. I have one child who is strong willed but responds well to discipline so long as I am consistent and don't back down. I have another child who seriously doesn't need to be disciplined. This child is just always well behaved and polite and responds immediately to light warnings.
And then there is my third child. We call this child ' her/his own person'. Since birth this child does not respond to any type of discipline... This is the child that got me a ton of dirty looks in public and I'm sure a lot of negative whispers. This child is homeschooled because I am literally afraid to send him/her to school. This is the child DH and I agreed to NEVER leave with babysitters because we were afraid she/he might be abused by an adult who couldn't cope with their behaviour. This child does have special needs...but minor..nothing major.
When I am with my easy child only I get many compliments on that child's behaviour. When I am with my difficult child I can tell by the dirty looks I get what they think of my parenting skills. Yet I discipline my kids all the same way and most days it feels like that is all I do....yet the result is always the same...my well behaved or easily disciplined kids behave themselves....my difficult child who has had more discipline efforts then the other two put together just never responds and that is just the way this kid is.
So am I a good parent or a bad parent? Same input...very different outcomes.
I would like your post more than one time if I could! I only have one child, but he is definitely his own person.
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That does suck and I have to say I would just go if I thought there was any way to work out/through the other things.
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I graduated in December of 2013 with my AA in General Studies. I am currently completing my AAS in Health Information Management. I'll graduate in August. I am also taking medical coding classes and I plan to start on my BS after I graduate in August.
I also work part-time from home and homeschool. I don't have any set schedule that I follow. I know my due dates and what needs to be done and I do it. I don't know if your HIT program includes a clinical. My HIM program does. I did one last semester and have one this semester. That is the worst part to me because I have to "work" outside of the home every week for a full semester. Last semester wasn't so bad, 144 hours over 16 weeks. This semester is harder with 144 hours over 10 weeks.
I really want to do remote medical coding and I believe my other degrees will only help with that. I'll be eligible to sit for the RHIT after August and I should be able to sit for the CPC before the end of the year, I hope.
I am currently deciding between a BS in Health Science from University of Houston or a BS in Health Informatics from WGU.
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You know, I have tried all sorts of different techniques with my son. And I started when he was young. I have been all over the place including spanking, taking stuff away, threatening, talking, talking, talking, explaining, explaining explaining, example, example, example. I do not just jump all over the table with these, I do them consistently and this kid knows I have never given into a temper tantrum. However, we still have issues, He is simply his own person and doesn't care for someone being overly authoritative with him. I am the same way, so that shouldn't be a big surprise. Sure, I'd love for him to do whatever I say all the time, but he doesn't. He's not a bad kid, he's a good person. I don't complain much about his behavior. I mostly talk and talk and explain and hope that eventually it will sink in. By adulthood would be good, though before than would be nice too. Sure, he has other punishments or consequences for when he steps over the line.
Anyways, my whole point of this is that my mom will occasionally make comments about how my brother and I never acted like that and I just laugh and laugh. Maybe she doesn't remember or she sees the past through rose colored glasses, but I remember. My parents weren't much into the talking, but we definitely got spanked, grounded, stuff taken away, etc. Much like my own son, that never stopped me. But yeah. It's easy to look back and make general statements about the "good ol' days."
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I've been around enough parents who complain about their children to know that quite a few of them are not disciplining their children. You just want to make excuses for your children's behavior and want to pretend it has nothing to do with parenting. Funny how when I was growing up there wasn't a truly obnoxious child at school until I hit 6th grade. I don't believe that children just somehow started being obnoxious suddenly in the last few years when children used to behave.
This is the funniest thing I've read all day. Children really are their own people. They're not robots.
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A knitting acquaintance of mine who is in her 30s recently found out she has breast cancer which has spread. She is unable to work and it won't be until August or so until disability benefits will kick in. She set up a GoFundMe account and has raised just over $11,000 in about three months. I was happy to donate because that's a shitty situation to be in and I've always known her to work and work hard, but the jobs she had aren't known for their insurance benefits so she doesn't have any. She set it up herself and I've been happy to share on FB as well.
However, I have seen someone else on my FB raising money for a college class. The amount trying to be raised was around $1,500, which seems a lot for one class.
Either way, I don't have to donate to anyone if I don't want to so I don't really care if someone wants to set up a GoFundMe page.
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Well, you guys don't want to know what I've been using! :hat:
I've been using Mystery of History for history (duh!). I do edit and even skip some parts. I do use SOTW in some parts where they mesh. It helps me to double check on the overall accuracy of MoH. Trust me, SOTW has nothing on MoH as far as being religious goes. Other than that, I do like the layout and Ethan seems to enjoy it. I got started in it because it's a Minecraft class and he really enjoys all the MC projects as well.
They use Apologia for science and I did buy those too (used). I figured I should be able to edit as well. He's not reading lessons on his own yet. Those classes are also MC and don't start until September. I'm having second and third thoughts, but I've already paid for the classes. It's fortunately not a large amount.
I guess I don't have a problem with religion being mentioned as we discuss the difference between science and religion and the different beliefs that people have. I think my biggest gripe about MoH is the amount of proselytizing that so many famous people of history allegedly did and the rah rah God lines. Easily avoided overall.
We read a lot of different history as night time stories. After we finish up our current bout on English history, I plan on starting Zinn's Young People's History or whatever it's called.
I do have RS4K Geology too. I couldn't find any other elementary geology curriculum.
I guess I really stink for secular curriculum. I believe that Teaching Textbooks is secular. And FLL and WWE. We do a lot of Magic School Bus and stuff as well. I am trying to redeem myself here. :coolgleamA:
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I don't think any non-spiritual people are looking to be a protected minority.
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Some individual people don't need/have spirituality, but pretty much all human civilization since forever has.
But in the past it was created to help people understand natural phenonemon that was going on that they didn't understand. The vast majority of that has since been explained by science. So, I don't see it as they needed spirituality, but that they turned to/created that because they had no other explanation for what was happening around them.
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I suppose I could choose to pretend I believe. There is always that. Not quite the same as actually believing though.
I would hazard to guess that there are plenty of people in church every Sunday pretending as well or just giving lip service.
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I'm curious if you have a specific postal worker in mind who stole your package and destroyed the evidence or if the mystery package was just so generous that it was an office effort?
I guess if it was gold bars, that is something they may have divvied up among themselves. Still, that's quite a conspiracy to involve most everyone there. I guess if the Postmaster agrees that there was never a package, you'll know it was something like that.
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Seriously, this guy's videos are a riot. I love them!
I haven't watched any others, but I do love this one. :)
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I am good with historical fiction. :) This thread is going to be bad for my Amazon and Thriftbooks cart though! I appreciate all the suggestions.
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Here is the video I was talking about.
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It is not history, but historical fiction. My son turns up his nose at any form of history other than ancients, but really like historical fiction.
Crispin by Avi
The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes
Bows Against Barrons by Geoffrey Trease
Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease
The Eagle of the Ninth series by Rosemary Sutcliff
Warrior Scarlett series by Rosemary Sutcliff
Seeing Stone trilogy by Kevin Crossley-Holland
It is not straight history, but it might be engaging for him if he is interested in the time period. In other news, if you are interested in the time period, there are dozens of romance novels about historical English kings and monarchy!
Okay, I'm totally getting lost in all the Geoffrey Trease books. How do you like them?
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It is not history, but historical fiction. My son turns up his nose at any form of history other than ancients, but really like historical fiction.
Crispin by Avi
The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes
Bows Against Barrons by Geoffrey Trease
Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease
The Eagle of the Ninth series by Rosemary Sutcliff
Warrior Scarlett series by Rosemary Sutcliff
Seeing Stone trilogy by Kevin Crossley-Holland
It is not straight history, but it might be engaging for him if he is interested in the time period. In other news, if you are interested in the time period, there are dozens of romance novels about historical English kings and monarchy!
Thank you, I will check this list out.
We've been reading a lot of the Who Was, Who Is, What Was books lately. Since my son has finally started reading a lot on his own, I've switched his bedtime reading to these books. :) And he loves them! I had only bought a couple to try out and after we finished them he requested more. It's really kind of fun to see where some subjects tie in with others in history and to come across stuff we already studied or are studying now.
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My personal favorite is the History of Britain and Ireland by Oxford University Press. It's a lovely hardcover book.
I don't care for Our Island Story, because it has some anti-Catholic bias.
This looks really nice too! I found it least expensively on Amazon UK.
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I forgot to say - you might not find too much in the histories recommended about the current relationship with Canada, etc. but a Google search on The Commonwealth should bring you up some lists of former colonies that have chosen to be members, some of which still have Queen Elizabeth as Head of State.
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Thank you, Laura. My ex had found a really good YouTube video explaining it all too. I'll see if I can find that as well.
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My daughter loves this set of 10 books from Usborne: http://www.usborne.com/catalogue/book/1~CG~GS~7584/the-usborne-history-of-britain-gift-set.aspx
Those look cool too!
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Thank you! I do have An Island Story and have read bits of it, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for. We've already covered a good amount of basic history within our world history studies.
What's funny is that when I go to the Amazon UK site and type in government history and look under children's books,the selection is pretty slim. On the US Amazon site, there are pages and pages of books geared towards kids about American government history.
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The Horrible Histories book might be a fun start. You can get them in North America from Ray at horriblebooks
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I had totally forgotten about the HH books. Of all the ones I do have, this isn't one of them. I went ahead and got the Kindle version. :)
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Hey all!
Does anyone know if there are any children's books that focus on the history of England itself? My son is interested in learning about the process of how England went from having kings and queens to the government they have today, as well as general knowledge about their current government and how many areas/countries that England is still involved in. For example, he noticed the queen of England on a Canadian coin and was wondering why.
We recently read this book about Elizabeth I which piqued his interest even more.
Thanks! :)
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People in favor of legalizing marijuana either use it on a regular basis themselves or have never been around someone who used it on a regular basis. My first husband still uses it all the time and he is not pleasant to be around at all. He never takes anything seriously and is acts like a juvenile when he is on it. He is irresponsible and ... I could go on. It has literally ruined his life and he doesn't even realize it.
I don't use it myself and I have been around those who do use it regularly. And I am still in favor of legalization.
There are plenty of stupid, immature, idiots out there who have ruined their own lives and have never touched drugs.
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One of my friends moved to San Antonio last summer and recently started a homeschool group there. I believe they're going to be doing a coop too. She was a huge moving force behind our homeschool group and was also on the board for Cypress Homeschool Association here in Houston.
http://www.meetup.com/BASHhomeschool/
They're really nice people and the group seems to be really taking off. I was rather sad when they announced they were moving. Our group has definitely suffered because none of us are really leaders. lol We're hobbling along though. :)
One of my pet peeves... just a rant.
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It was opposite for my ex and I. :) I have no problem with playing/running in public places as long as other people aren't being disturbed. And by disturbed I mean that my kid isn't physically getting in other people's way or hitting/touching them, being overly loud, stuff like that. I usually only let him do that is no one else is really around anyways.
Some people will always be annoyed by kids. That is their problem, not mine. There are plenty of things when interacting with the general public that annoy the crud out of me. I just deal with it and continue on with my life. Sure, I bitch and moan about it if it really annoys me. And I really think that may be what Luann was attempting to do in her original post though it was worded rather poorly.