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That would be my guess. I cut all ties with them years ago when they decided that their public message boards were giving away too much free advice and restricted access.
Pegasus
That's when I left too. I was one of the ones providing the free advice, but a new, complete core has never been something within my budget.
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Agreed. It's very small, very easy. I wish that they had more airlines there so the prices were lower. It would be a lot more convenient for me than Nashville, Greenville/Spartanburg or Charlotte when I fly that way, and a whole lot easier to navigate than Nashville or Charlotte.
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Relaxed/eclectic/secular
This is us, too. Also tidal (sometimes practically unschooling, other times, much closer to school at home ... and it varies per child, as well.)
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This was the one book that ds's 4th grade class read together that year. It was a G&T magnet class, they all really seemed to get the puns easily. (Their one book in third grade was Frindle -- that teacher was constantly frustrated that she couldn't get enough for the whole class of more than one book. They were ALL strong readers and she would have loved to do 2-3 a semester, at least.)
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When we had to have babysitters more often, we always picked up and dropped off.
Now, it's rare that I need a sitter with 3 dc who are babysitting age. When I do need one, I'm lucky to live in a neighborhood with lots of other teens, and they walk.
If I need an overnight sitter, I either go pick up my cousin downtown (he's in grad school and doesn't have a car -- he's 29), or an adult friend usually drives their car. The exception would be a family that I know with 2 adult children at home, both of whom I would trust with my dc overnight, but they and their dad usually share the one working car to get themselves to their jobs (the mom is home, but has lots of medical issues/appointments which also need the car). So I'd probably have to go get the sitter in that case, too.
If my dc took a non-walking babysitting job, I'd usually have to have the parents pick up and drop off. I'm not able to drop the schedules of the other dc so that my child can provide a service to someone.
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When I was 10-12, we lived in Newport and had an annual membership to Mystic Seaport (and the Aquarium). There is a lot of hands-on stuff, it was definitely a favorite of mine and my brother's (he's 3 years younger than me). I haven't been back since I took dh when we were between weddings of college friends 15 years ago this May, but it wasn't overly touristy then.
I didn't like Paul Revere house as a child. Boston Common was more of a hit -- we didn't even go on the swan boats, but just saw them, the various sculptures, the historical markers, etc. Our favorite Boston outing as kids was the Children's Museum (even when I was 12) and the U.S.S. Constitution (cool, even though we saw LOTS of ships as Navy kids -- even old ones, living in old port towns).
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My dh and my 13 year old ds and 12 year old dd have read the series. He'll probably take them to go see the movie. They are violent and depressing according to dh, but he felt that the older dc were ready to handle them. There are redeeming qualities to the story that outweighed any concerns for those two dc. However, he didn't want our 11 year old ds to read them yet. He's not as much of a reader anyway, but is also more sensitive.
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I don't think that it would be frowned upon for mothers to nurse their babies in the church, but most of them seem to feel more comfortable going to the nursery or to a little room at the back of the church. I did the same, as it was difficult for me to find a comfortable position in a pew.
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Wow. It must be close to that for me, too, now that I think about it. I think I bought some baby clothes for dd either right before or after she was born, and she'll be 13 this summer. I hadn't thought about it being that long.
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For a close-ish family member, I defer to family custom.
For my family, it's definitely a 'bring them' situation. My dc were 4 mo, 5, 6 and 7 at my grandfather's funeral and 4, 8, 11 and 12, and my niece was a month old for my grandmother's. Not bringing them would not have gone well with the family, they were all good, but disturbances would have been understood. At my grandmother's funeral, we got a great picture of my kids and my cousins' kids (9 altogether, ages 12 down to 3), all sitting in the front pew together (with no adults). They did great ... but my dad did the service, and wouldn't have considered them a disruption unless things had REALLY gotten out of control.
Dh's family is the opposite. At 15, he was considered too young to go to his grandmother's funeral. Truthfully, he still resents it 25 years later, but it would have made waves/caused a commotion to have 'a child so young' there.
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It sounds like this is a symptom of several problems.
I had something similar when I was a preteen/young teen. My mother called it my 'cycle.' It started a year and a half before I started menstruating (12) and mostly ended 6 months after my first period.
I'd feel nauseous sometime after dinner. Go to bed in abdominal pain. Wake up in the night. Vomit once or twice. Feel better and sleep through the night, attend school next day, etc. It always happened @ the third week in the month. Never more than 2-3 days.
I skipped a lot as a teen. Very rarely I'd have a 'vomit period' during one of my skip months. I'd completely outgrown it by 16-17. By that point I was only skipping every 3rd or 4th month and my body thought that was okay. :tongue_smilie:
I hope you can figure out what's happening with your daughter.
This actually makes sense in that CVS is a migraine-related disorder and a common trigger for migraines in women is some particular point in their hormonal cycle (can vary which point).
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With my younger two, formal academics have been/will be optional until age 10 or so. There are materials available, and because they often want to be like their older siblings, they have been used fairly regularly ... but until my third child turned 10, I didn't require him to do anything, school-wise. He was welcome to listen in when he wanted to what the older dc were doing. He had workbooks and such that he could use. We have many science and history books (he's my non-fiction reader, most fiction suggestions have historically been panned). Really, a year into having him have some kind of agenda (I'm still pretty loose with him), he is at or past the point that his sister was at his age -- I started workbooks, etc. on a schedule with her at 4 ... Sonlight cores, Ambleside for a couple of years, ps gifted magnet for a year, followed by most of a year in Catholic school (by then, she was almost 10, and their plans were pretty similar from then on). They're similar learners with mild challenges (her mild ADD, him mild dyslexia).
My oldest and youngest have a different style. They're much more intense and driven when it comes to academics. I responded to oldest ds by going straight into structured school at age 4, pushing him as far as he could go, and he had burned out by 7. He spent 2 years in a ps magnet, then has been home since, at a still-accelerated pace, but not as intense. With my little one, I only give her as much as she demands, no more. She is not as far along as her brother was at her age (but almost), but she is much more enthusiastic about learning than he was at her age. She also has the advantage of having more advanced materials in her environment all the time, being 4 years younger than her closest sibling, she does a decent job sometimes in keeping up with them (at least trying the same materials -- like last year, which should have been K, she learned to do Key Word Outlines because she insisted on watching IEW's SWI-A with her brother and sister).
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My 11 year old has cyclic vomiting syndrome. It started when he was 10 mo old. He was finally diagnosed when he was 5. He would have severe episodes a couple of times a year that would put him in the hospital, with 2-3 less severe episodes between. Now, with migraine medications (it's a form of migraine), he rarely has vomiting episodes. He has, however, started to have regular migraines sometimes. His biggest trigger is stress --positive or negative -- he had a big, exciting day yesterday with his Boy Scout crossover, and then this morning got to do his first Scout service project. He came home with a raging migraine and upset stomach (no vomiting yet), so I medicated him and put him to bed.
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Around here, the ps considers the kids to be the 'next grade' in May/June when they get their final report card from the last grade (summer programs are based on what grade they'll be in in August), so we stick to that convention and call them the next grade in June.
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After trying several different troops, this is why my older daughter just went back to Juliettes. To be fair, only half of her last troop were like that. Dd came back from her last campout saying that she felt that she spent 2 weeks of her allowance (the fee for the camp) to babysit the whole time. The other half of the girls really are sweet, but they're mostly a year younger than dd and the maturity difference often shows. She wouldn't mind being around those younger girls so much if there were also older girls to offset it. Of course not being in the public school system, my service unit has been zero help for three years now in finding her an age-appropriate group.
I am the leader of a small homeschool troop for my younger daughter. I love that I get to set the standards, and the girls do follow them, and are really good girls, but an hour with 4 seven year olds still just wipes me out.
I've offered to let dd try to find other homeschooled Juliettes in the area and get together to do whatever they want (badge work, field trips, or just hanging out). She hasn't moved on it, and I don't have the energy to spare for it at the moment. It's harder now that the high school girls are on 2 different programs from the middle schoolers. I know of one girl in particular who would love to be in a group like that, but she would be using Senior, and next year, Ambassador materials because of her age ... in the old program, they could have worked on the same IPs together.
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Money is a huge issue. ::sigh:: The teen in question is 16, a sophomore. She spent 5 weeks in rehab and doesn't want to return to her high school. She has already lost quite a bit of time. So, her mom wanted to homeschool her for the rest of the year because they might be moving this summer anyway. But they are concerned about how she would get credit for her work toward her high school diploma.
Anyway, that is why I was trying to find out about using the school's curriculum. I don't use it and I don't aim for state diplomas, so I can't help her much. I just don't know how it works.
In her case, she's probably going to do better working with the school/district and seeing about getting home instruction through the district because of medical issues. The district can send a teacher out (usually once a week) to assign materials and supervise. That's probably the best way to get credit -- transferring in and out of homeschool at the high school level is at best a pain, and often, the hoops/red tape are so numerous, it's impossible.
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We've always schooled year-round, and my dc have never been on the 'appropriate' grade level in their work, but for the purpose of labeling (which is all grade levels are, anyway), they're generally at the grade that their age indicates (i.e., my 13 year old is in 8th grade, my 12 year old is in 7th, my just-turned 11 year old is in 5th)... we did vary starting last year with our youngest. In outside activities (Sunday School, Scouts, etc.), she does better with activities designed for slightly older children, and with older peers, so she is 'skipped' for now, as she would likely be if she were in school. It's something that we will re-evaluate from time to time, and may revise at some point in the future.
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I voted no. Though I suppose we do ... the split is something like 85/15 or 90/10 though, so most of it falls to me. I've tried to get him more involved, but it doesn't usually work out. He was home sick on Monday and watched the dc's new Econ/Game Theory course with them, did the discussion questions, and then pulled out a board game that reinforced some of the concepts. I'm hoping to have him keep that up, but realistically, he might get through it with them by July of '13.
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Three sounds about right. But it's going to depend somewhat on the personality of the baby. Some move a whole lot, even at the end, and I know that I had one who barely even wiggled most of the time. He was fine, but three movements would have been a lot for him. I'd worry about less than three for a kid who has been very active up until now, but if you can get a squirm out of a baby who has been pretty quiet all along, they may be fine.
As far as encouraging them to head out -- lots of walking, also what got the baby in there in the first place is great for encouraging the cervix to soften and open. One homeschool board I know of swears by a whole lot of Reese's peanut butter cups. I don't know if there's any good science behind it, but if I were in that position, I might give it a try.
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The eldoncard (or similar high school lab test), is easy and accurate, and a pretty fun lab to do.
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Congratulations on the addition to your matched set!
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It is less that I don't want to be apart from DH than I need help at night. Being in charge of a 4 from daylight 'till 9 every day is exhausting. If he is home I might get to clean up the kitchen in peace while he bathes everyone.
I remember those days. Dh had to move 6 weeks ahead of us when the dc were 2.5, 18 mo and not quite 1 mo. It was so hard juggling itty-bitties 24/7, and my dd (the middle one) refused to let me bathe her because that was Daddy's job. When they were 4, 3 and not quite 2, we had a 2 weeks with him/2 weeks home on our own schedule for 3 mo while he was in a probationary phase for a new job (no point in moving if he didn't get that job, nothing else there, and we could only afford 2 weeks/mo in hotels). That was a bit easier.
The dc were 4-10 when he was 100% travel for 6 mo (home most weekends). That was a LOT easier. Now that I have them even more independent, it wouldn't be nearly the at-home juggling act it was when they were little, but it would be a transportation nightmare.
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We've been married for 17 years. If I could, I'd go along (and bring everyone) if he had an extended work trip. But if not, I'd still be ok with it. There have been times when his work has required pretty much 100% travel, and we did fine. It IS a different dynamic having him gone that much than when he's home (he has only had one, 4 day business trip in the past 2 years, so it has been a little while since we've had him gone a lot, though he sometimes takes 2-3 trips a year alone to see family and friends). It would be tough with all the activities the kids have going right now. They might even have to drop some, as getting them where they need to be often takes both of us now, but we could make it work if there was a need. (If we were talking a month, my preference would be to pack up and follow, and that would cut into their activities, too.)
We have been together for 21 years -- 2 years dating while together in the same place, then I moved away for most of our 2 year engagement, so even before we were married, making things work long-distance was something we were familiar with.
I grew up a Navy kid, so when I was the ages most of my dc are, my dad was gone more than he was home up through when I was in college (he was on shore duty from about the time I graduated until he retired 7 years later). So I guess that may color my idea of 'normal' ... my mom has an interesting take on this. She was a Merchant Marine kid. She swore that she wouldn't marry a man who went to sea. Broke up with her boyfriend of 6 years when he joined the Navy in 67. When he got out 3 years later, she married him ... and then he went back on active duty 8 years later, for another 24 years. Of that second part, he was on ships for 14 years. She ended up writing a book on how to stay connected as a couple through deployments and work separations.
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This is our 6th house. We're half and half, furnished and not.
As a seller, I'd love to be able to move out and then sell. We've sold all 5 of our houses while living in them, and it's stressful, especially with children.
Catholics-Drinking wine recreationaly in sanctuary?
in General Education Discussion Board
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Agreed. I'm pretty liberal overall, but this group seems to have some issues in knowing about appropriate time and place.