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  1. I'm impressed that some of you have room in your garage for a car. Our cars have never seen the inside of a garage, except the one at the mechanic's shop. I just want to mention, that closed storage is a nightmare for people w/ ad/hd. Open storage, like the bucket for tools is perfect! Having to open a lid, whether it's on a box, clothes hamper, or even a dresser drawer is an overwhelming obstacle and almost certainly won't get used. At least they don't around here. Sigh. There's 5 of us. We all have issues. :P
  2. Oh, that stinks about your ds. I hate teen drama. Unless that family member was your dh, they have no right, and I would let them know just how much I didn't appreciate that. Actually, even if it was dh. He would get a flippin earfull, too. And if it was someone else, they would be out of my life. I think you need some of these: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:
  3. Sorry about your vacation week, but I'm glad you're doing well and the kids stepped up to help. I hope your recovery is quick!
  4. Back before smart phones, dh was given a palm pilot for Christmas.. it literally saved our marriage. Now he uses his phone to keep track of everything, make lists, etc, takes fish oil daily, and last year also got on Adderall. I wouldn't worry about sparing feelings. Just tell him you think he needs to look into it. Ad/HD is usually hereditary... point out that since you have been researching your dd, you see where he also fits in certain areas. If he wants to do a good job at work, he might appreciate the insight.
  5. NOT Howard! Use Rajesh instead!
  6. Michaelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello. (or Rafael for one)
  7. How about River, Forest, and Lake? Or (not really on this but it's funny) John, Jacob, and Schmidt. (John, Jacob Jingleheimer Scmidt)
  8. DD takes something called power to sleep PM. It has melatonin, passionflower, and valerian root. Be careful, because they can lower blood pressure, so boardie should check w/ her doctor. Also, one thing I do to help w/ insomnia, is kind of like daydreaming. I know there's probably a scientific phrase for it, but I start daydreaming about something and only think about that thing.. if anything else tries to pop into my head, I tell it no, and go back to my happy place. hth
  9. I saw that the other day, too. It did pique my interest. A combo of ipad/ laptop would be a much more useful tool. I need to look and see exactly what they are capable of doing.
  10. That's the way it used to work here, except our district didn't have homeroom. Computers were available for an hour before school and an hour after. However, teens in extra curricular don't always get that extra time. They have practice before and/or after school, or tutorials for specific classes. Books should be an option for those that want/need them. I wish our district understood that.
  11. Which means 40% did not. So we should throw away the 29% who don't have access? TX doesn't. And you still don't get that there is a large percentage of people who fall above the poverty line, but can't afford the luxury of internet and cell phones. and yes, they are both a luxury. Your attitude proves that you are among the priviiged, and just don't get it. EXACTLY! You don't have to be rural to not have access. You could just be poor, but not totally impoverished by govt. standards, and not be able to get yourself or your kids across town to the wifi. But they aren't. Our district doesn't allow books anymore.
  12. You are correct in that school boards were sold a bill of goods.
  13. The homeless are given free internet. Families making less than X amount of money, are given free internet. Families making just above that line, don't qualify, and can't afford internet, or cell phones, etc. The OP asked for potential problems, and help with issues that might crop up. I told her some of the problems. I don't understand why you feel a need to insult anyone who has issues with them, or who recognizes that sometimes technology isn't always better. I'm glad they work for your dysgraphic kid. They don't work for everybody.
  14. You obviously have no experience w/ having $5 to get you through the next week or two til payday. I get really tired of people saying "It's just ten dollars, or just 20 dollars, or even five. Some people just don't have that extra five or ten dollars a month. And it doesn't matter where you live. Internet is just not an option for a lot of people. Period. There's a new middle class in this country. They make just enough not to qualify for aid, but not enough to really live on, either. And yes, the school system has issues, which is why ipads should not be the be all, end all of someones education, as they are making them.
  15. Yes, but the school assured all parents that having internet wasn't necessary, as the books would be on the actual ipad. Not everyone can afford internet. One of my best friend's doesn't have it. Her kids have to scramble everyday to find someplace to go w/ internet. And when you have kids w/ ad/hd and need to cut off wifi in order to cut out distractions... you can't because then they can't do their work either.
  16. It wasn't just that an ipad crashed.. every single ipad in the district got wiped clean..all at the same time.. on more than one occasion. And one of my kid's ipads would not back up on the cloud..ever.. and tech couldn't figure it out, and wouldn't issue a new one. You are lucky that your district still has textbooks.. ipads are used in totality here. NO paper, NO books. Kids are no longer writing, they use spell check for everything, rarely use complete sentences for any answers to anything. Reading, and writing scores have dropped tremendously as a result. As for the ebooks stock, we've known about their involvement for years, before the ipads were implemented.
  17. The majority of the problems were not due to the kid. And just FYI, test scores have dropped, and continue to decline since the inception of the ipad in our schools. Unfortunately, it's a known fact that certain higher ups in the district own stock in ebooks, so they won't admit that they aren't working. Quite frankly, I found your comment to be rather rude and harsh. The OP was worried about distractions, and I gave her examples of such. I didn't list all the problems that occurred, and still haven't. But I quoted my other post just to give a small sampling of other problems that had nothing to do w/ the kids themselves.
  18. This year, the school took up the ipad over the summer, so they could delete the app store, and only have school apps... we shall see. Can't get rid of facetime though. Last year, we tried disconnecting the wifi, and the kids couldn't access their books. The first page would load, and then nothing. Another huge problem we had, was several times, kids lost work due to some school-wide ipad crash.. sometimes stuff didn't save/ get turned in, when the kids thought it was turned in. It was a massive headache, and negatively affected my kids grades. Oh, and then you have the teachers w/ weird due times. Like midnight... on a Friday... during football season. Most of those kids don't even get home until after midnight on Fridays! They are horrible. At least if they used an android tablet, then the kids could back up work on a flash drive, and not have to redo it. Dh did say there were some better updates on a couple of programs. He's a teacher, and this will be his third year using them. He hates them too! They actually create a lot more work for him.
  19. They are a flippin nightmare!! Don't plan on being able to cut off wifi. The books that are supposed to loaded on to their ipads, aren't actually on the ipad, and don't work w/ out internet. Half the stuff they do will require internet, even if the school says differently. You can't turn off face time, as it's on the ipad, and the kids can just go in and turn it back on. If they are allowed socail media, then you will have games, kik, snapchat, etc to deal with as major distractions. And deleting any program like facebook or games that they download, they just get it back through the cloud next time they get on. You have my sympathies.... they suck! (excuse the language, but I have an extreme hatred of them)
  20. I'm not normally one to complain, but heck yeah, I'd write a letter and complain. And tell everyone I knew. As Jean said, just copy your post here. Ugh
  21. This. 2 of mine kept getting strep one year.. as in the first week of every month! Got us all tested, and turns out child #3 was a carrier. And when they got it 2 months later, best friend got tested, and she was a carrier. After those two girls got treated, we didn't get it again for several years!
  22. I stopped reading replies, but yes, you can. Life is too short to forgo a friendship, because you believe differently. I do think you should be honest, and let her know your feelings, but that you enjoy her and her wife's company. You might grow spiritually from the experience. Do you think Jesus would have turned his back on her, or befriended her? Something to think about...
  23. I'd send her. Along w/ the abx, I would send mucinex and sudafed. It's 3 nights. If her ear still hurts when you pick her up on friday, take her to the doc then.
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