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Congratulations!
My dh just got to do another Eagle SMC this morning -- we've had a few boys all in a row now, some of these guys I have worked with since 7th grade ... so cool to see them make it this far.
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My name is pretty unusual, so it's pretty obvious that it's me here.
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My children are expected to display the behavior you expected of your ds. If not, like you, I would have removed them. Ther eprobably would not have been field trips for a while, though I would point out opportunities and also their past behavior as a reason we weren't going.
I would have been livid over the other mother contradicting my parenting. One of the coleaders of my dd's Girl Scout troop and I both left the troop over the other leader allowing that sort of disrespectful behavior on field trips.
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I did, nursling was 6 weeks. He weaned (it was probably more of a strike, but I couldn't keep fighting under the circumstances) when my milk changed after I miscarried at 12 weeks (he was 4 mo old). Single pregnancy.
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Ds 6/98 -- 9th/10th -- 9th for most things, 10th if it's academic -- he'll turn 18 in the month after he graduates, unless he comes up with a solid reason to graduate early, in which case, he'd be 16, almost 17
Dd 7/99 -- usually 8th, academically sometimes 9th, but it makes things socially awkward sometimes because there are a lot of people who redshirt around here, so the kids end up being 2 years older than her -- going with her 'correct' class in ps (she plans on ps for high school), she'll be 17 at graduation, and for almost 2 months after.
Ds 1/01 -- 6th grade -- will be 18 when he graduates on his current path.
Dd 2/05 -- usually 3rd grade -- it's the best spot for her socially AND academically for the moment, though we might put her back with her age-mates at some point (5th or 8th grade might end up being 'repeated' (probably an unschooled gap year) for social reasons, which will put her back with the 'right' age group). -- will be 18 when she graduates if she takes a gap year sometime, otherwise 17.
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Umm, I'm not sure that I remember it all -- it was kind of a disjoint year, both for me in general (returning to the school I had been in freshman year, after stops at other schools) and for the teacher (he adopted a child that year, and then his wife had a health crisis so we had substitutes a lot that year.
What I remember:
The Oedipus Cycle -- all three plays
Boewulf
Of Mice and Men
Our Town
Romeo and Juliet (junior year was almost all Shakespeare in this school -- I missed out on that, and ended up doing American lit (practically the same book) both years that I was gone).
There probably was more -- that's what I remember 20-odd years after the fact, though.
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Ugh, sometimes Grandmas don't get it.
My m-i-l is a wonderful grandma, but she has done things like this to me, too. she doesn't mean to at the time, but it does put me in some interesting conundrums. The biggest was when the kids were not quite 2 1/2 and 16 mo, and I was on 'bedrest' (right), 30-something weeks pg with #3. She decided that she was taking them to her sister's farm. Day of, it snowed and she decided that she could only really handle the oldest, and so I had to manage the younger toddler (who was a handful and a half) without her brother to help entertain her all day, and ended up in the hospital with contractions (with the younger toddler, because we had nowhere for her to go), until she dropped the older toddler off there (dh just left and took them home at that point).
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We still haven't completely planned graduation dates, but like your ds, some of our dc will likely have quite a few college credits earned while they are still high school aged and living at home. Right now, we are keeping our options open -- our local community college has an early college start program where students can enroll in a couple of courses per semester free of charge as dual credit. We also live within reach of commuter campuses for a couple of bigger state universities. Our state also has a residential program for high school students at one of its universities (this may not be a good fit for oldest, second has decided to pursue an international baccalaureate diploma at a local traditional public school, but the third, who is only in 6th grade now, might thrive in that environment in 5 more years). Since they've started on high school-level work when they were ready (about 11), they will have many options open to them, including early graduation, but we definitely have reservations about that plan unless they have a concrete reason to do so/a plan on what they're pursuing after.
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Definitely depends on the 8 year old. In most cases, no. I have known (and had) some 8 year olds who would have been fine, staying on task, focused, and actually helping with the task at hand. Other children in my house (including my nearly-8 year old) would be playing, and probably a danger to herself and others.
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I'd probably have them look before doing anything.
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My dh is getting ready to do this with my boys' troop. He hasn't decided for sure, but Stand and Deliver is high on the list at the moment.
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Do people actually DO this? :blink:
With us, it wasn't only that we went with boxed curriculum (Calvert, Seton), but also that dh was unemployed, so I went to work and left him to be the main teaching parent. He and the dc were asked not to come back to park day because homeschooling was a mom's job, and we weren't REALLY homeschooling anyway.
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It's a tough situation. If it were true, I'd be up front with her. My godson has been in the position of your original scenario, and his mom chose to keep it from him, but these things come out. The fallout from when it did sent this otherwise good kid into a tailspin, and well, since a few days before his 14th birthday, the juvenile justice system has been involved. His cry for help with dealing with it all was interpreted in a way that they will probably be involved until he ages out. (On the plus side of that, counseling is a mandated part of his program now, covered by the state.)
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Events from the book get a bit scrambled in the movies. I'd wait too ... there's no clear 'half way' point in the book, and I don't feel that the movies hold together well without having read the books.
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I definitely focus more on the kind. I don't think the smart matters unless you're kind.
Being Mensa-type people, we're around smart people a good bit, but some of them aren't really all that nice. Meanwhile, I know some people who I'd rather spend time with who maybe don't have as much in the conventional intelligence area, but they're so genuinely kind.
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The last time my ds hosted his teen group's game night, they spent most of the time playing Apples to Apples. Then they saw our big whiteboard and moved to hangman. Some found our keyboard and started Name That Tune, and I think they played charades for a while. Maybe it was that it was a particular group of homeschooled teens, but I was impressed at the number of games the 18 of them came up with -- we had a bunch of other party games like Taboo and Pictionary that they didn't even touch.
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We did it for a while when the dc were small (1, 3 and 4) ... it was supposed to be so I would have help, because not only was he working far away, but he was working ridiculously long items. So, the family was supposed to be a help to me, they weren't at a point where they needed help. The reality was, they were no help. I went and stayed out there for a week, and he was more help in the few hours he was home that our quality of life was better in a hotel room than it was at home. So we picked up and moved. If it were the other way around, with the family members needing help, and if the dc were older, it might have been different.
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There were neighbor kids who refused to buckle properly when I offered them rides home ... the first grader refused to sit in a booster (I provided), the fifth grader refused even a seatbelt. I refused to give them any more rides, no matter if it was snowing or whatever. Not a liability I was willing to assume. The mom actually called and yelled at me, but didn't want me to make them sit in the booster or buckle. No rides in my car unless you follow my rules.
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No, I don't. I am surprised at how my ds's 7th grade talent search scores stand up to these. I knew that he did pretty well, but in comparison, I had no idea HOW well.
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I did, and I did have more dc, the next one quite close in age to him. Having his sister to push him has really helped his development. Dd wasn't exactly planned, but in hindsight (they're 13 and 14 now), it was probably better for him that he had a younger sibling, and a close one at that. Dd never knew a life without ds having medical appointments, therapy, etc., so I don't think she (or the other dc) have been bothered by it, it's just their life.
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Our ortho has gone to invisalign-type tray retainers because they're only $40-60 usually to replace if/when they get lost.
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It doesn't matter. I grew up in mostly male household and learned to look before I sat, so taught my dds the same.
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Well that's funny, I just looked up corn smut again, and it says that the corn smut fungus is actually an ingredient in some migraine medicines!
How interesting!
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I'd probably pick your top 2 or 3 and plunk them down in front of the girls and make them pick.
do you have younger friends?
in General Education Discussion Board
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I have younger friends (born since I graduated from high school -- one is homeschooling this year :eek: ), I also have older friends -- some of their dc are close to my age, while they might also have dc the same age as my dc (one friend like this who I have right now is homeschooling her granddaughter). I have friends near my own age who have grandkids, and others the same age who are just having their first child. It's kind of an interesting place to be. (I'm 40, BTW).
Last year, I remember being shocked at how much younger than me my Brownies' moms were. This year, we have a bigger, more diverse, group, so there are other moms closer to my age, as well as a few younger moms as well. I think we're all going to get along just fine.