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Lalalalalalalallaaaaaaaaaa....I'm not liiiiiiiisteniiiiiiiinnnnggg (swigging my diet coke ;o) ). Oh well. I'm horribly healthy, and enjoy my diet coke. I don't dare read this thread LOL.
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well, welcome to boring city LOL. Way back when we first got internet, I had to pick an e-mail address, so I just sort of strung all the initials in the family together. Then, because I'm lazy and forget things easily, I've always just used variations of that for various passwords or board names. So there you are. Mark & Kayleen Todd, (my kids are..) Kendra Cami & Ben. Woo hoo ;o)
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Biblical answer: not across the board (John chap 9 & many other places...Job comes to mind also), but occasionally (1 Cor. 11, specifically pertaining to the Lord's Supper/Communion).
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well, my oldest dd and youngest ds look very much alike. Easy to tell they are related. the look like me :o). Dad's a little more average looking, but they both have his build, walk, mannerisms, etc. They just look like me..or my brother in the case of my ds. Everyone thought my brother and I were twins growing up. I have a pic of myself in 2nd grade with little pigtails, and my oldest dd always marvels at that picture because if you put your fingers over the pigtails, it looks just like my ds when he was little. scary. Anyway, my middle dd looks exactly like my mother (I favor my dad). She's built like my side of the family. She looks more like her cousins than her siblings. Yep, genetics is a funny thing.
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you are definitely not crazy. We had this happen about 4 years ago, and it was NOT fun. We were travelling, and it was torture. I came back home last Sat night to find my dd's boyfriend who was over helping decorate the tree totally flaked out/sick. He threw up before he left. Man I hustled him home asap, and lysoled EVERYTHING about 10 times. Then my dd was going to spend a couple nights with her best friend, but we just found out that her friend just got sick, and there are 3 others sick at the house. Plus my dd has a theater rehearsal that she didn't know about because she wasn't keeping up on the schedule like she should have been...soooo that sleepover ain't happening. We are going up to my husband's elderly parent's house for Christmas, and bringing with us my elderly parents, plus my mom has cancer and is coming off of chemo. Ain't no way I want extraneous germs floating around. Yep, I'm very paranoid.
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As gently as possible....yes, it is your place to judge her. You don't have to be mean or harsh about it, but judge? as in "have a thoughtful decided opinion about"? Of course. It was wrong. She knew it. Everybody knows it. I don't see any reason why you should have to discuss anything pertaining to your dad with your sister. She's the one who "made the bed", so to speak. Let her lie in it. Your dad has made a reasonable request. Honor it. You seem to be more worried about hurting the feelings of the perpetrator, than you do about respecting the feelings of the victim. Honor your dad's wishes, and if you sister gets her feelings hurt, oh well. It was HER decision to screw up. Oh, and she's not your only family. Your dad is family too. Find some honorable friends to be family-ish with. Sounds like your sister sort of tore up her family card. Now if she decides to grovel, pay back, etc. then of course forgive.
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No, he doesn't need a laptop. Have you not partitioned your hard drive to install windows? Then he can have his windows. My ds is doing visual basic programming this year, and all he has to is switch to the "windows side". Just get a copy of windows xp to load over there, and you're good to go. It's not hard to do. Or windows 7 or whatever.
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Sigh....I have one of these. 15. I'm just awakening him to the fact of his mild aspie-ness, as it was fairly recently that I figured it out myself. He was "gifted and quirky" pretty much his whole life. Not over the top, just lots of sensory stuff, some physical stuff, intensity etc. I'm probably still not 100% sure, but probably some combo of gifted/adhd/aspie. Schoolwork takes forever to get through because his processing speed is just not there. Socially he does "ok". Not great, but pretty good. He is in 2 outside classes this year, and I really hoped that this would kick him into self motivation gear, but that doesn't seem to be happening. He hates sitting through classes & practically bolts once they are done. Can't organize himself out of a paper bag. Thinks he too smart to have to really study much. Can't remember assignments when they're on the list right in front of him. I'm trying to decide whether to evaluate or not. On the up side, he is a talented advanced level pianist, has a great sense of humor, and can look pretty typical frequently enough to make me want to strangle him the rest of the time. There are just things he doesn't get. Very literal with some things. Misinterprets a lot & then overreacts because of the misinterpretation. Anyway, lots of little stuff. Very frustrating this year & truthfully, I'm just not sure what to try at this point. He balks big time when I try to hurry him up. Ugh. I love him to death, but just shoot me now.... he can learn anything if he wants to. Wanting to is the biggie right now.
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I have no doubt it is practice time. My son plays the piano, so I can personally attest to the fact that there are tons of asians that do music. Ds's teacher has only 1 or 2 asian kids, but they do well. Well, actually, all her students do well ;o). She is an amazing master teacher, and she inspires greatness no matter what the ethnicity. My son could definitely stand to practice in a more focused way, though... He has huge amounts of talent, and is doing advanced level work, but it takes lots of carrot/stick stuff to get him through. He is gifted/mildly adhd/aspie, and focusing on anything is challenging. Music could well have been a huge splinter skill for him, as he is very musically gifted, but I didn't want that to happen. I wanted him well rounded. And that takes blood, sweat, and tears, usually, but 10x as much with mine LOL! God bless amazing piano teachers! Back on topic, my son would have quit a million times if I would let him, but I've told him that he has to finish all the Certificate of Merit levels. He's doing level 8 this year, so he has a couple/few more years. I don't expect him to pursue music in college, but if he WANTS to do something computerish/music related, he will have the skills and talent to do that at any time for the rest of his life. Is he a little burned out? Probably. He needs pushing, though, and might as well be in an area of strength.
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agree with this. my 15 yo ds read at age 3, but he has some visual processing issues that make comprehension difficult, not to mention that his silent reading is really slow. He is extremely auditory. Hearing it makes all the difference. I've not let him use audiobooks for the most part, up to this point, but having spent the last 2 or more years teasing out all his quirks, and knowing a lot more about his issues makes me plan on much more audio going forward. Interestingly, he has been an impeccable speller since birth, and does fine with grammar. Haven't had him officially evaluated, but am pretty sure he has some unique combo of giftedness, and mild adhd/aspergers. It's a deadly mix ;o), but it's hard when it can take 1-2 hrs to read through 1 chapter in Lord of the Rings. Oy.
Kayleen (waving to Holly, and Ben says Hi to C)
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well, imo, these are all well and good reasons, but frankly, there really are kids that aren't good at math, and don't like science in spite of the best of teaching and inspiration. I was a science major. I loved math. My oldest dd is good at math, and is now an engineering major. My middle dd is bad at and hates math. I jumped through hoops backwards to make her better at math, to no avail. She is an artist and a musician. She loves beautiful things, clothes, flowers, painting, sewing, making jewelry, and playing violin. She is very smart, can think outside of boxes, memorize like the dickens, thinks science is fine, and actually takes an interest in new discoveries and controversies in science. But she will never be a scientist. Why? She wasn't meant to be.
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lets see. he has 2 pr hiking shoes for scouts and other times when he has to wear shoes. he has a pair or so of flip flops. a pr of dress shoes for piano recitals & the occasional theater performance. He wears my crocs most of the time. so, 4 or 5 pr of shoes.
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well, have to go with mostly genetic. have 2 kids borderline aspie, and we come from a long line on my mother's side of quirky gifted people. One of her brothers would for sure have been diagnosed if he was born now. I'm sure there are other factors as well, but I think that is a big one.
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well, I just think "forty times six plus 7 times 6. Forty times 6 = 240, 7 times 6 = 42. 240 + 42 = 282"
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My oldest was the quirkiest, most hyper kid you can imagine growing up. She's lucky I didn't kill her multiple times. And waddya know - she's totally her own person, confident, brilliant and competent. She's a junior at the closest Cal State school to home (she's a homebody), majoring in mechanical engineering, which she is TOTALLY suited for. I've called her my Spock Child LOL...she might be a teensy bit Aspie! She gets very good grades, loves her professors, doesn't get swayed by anyone, and is very focused. She loves kids, and is a fabulous AWANA leader (she got her citation award in high school) at our church. I'm so proud of the person she's become.
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Do you have Youtube in safety mode? I would think that would take care of that. when you're in youtube, scroll down to the very bottom of the page, and one of the little tags down there should say "safety mode on/off" click on the "off" link, and it will tell you what to do. See if that helps.
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I started reading, but quit after the first response LOL!. I think I'll just keep listening to my oldest dd, who never went to any school but mine and a few outside classes, and who is a junior mechanical engineering major at the local Uni right now, and who is officially smarter than me, and very socially adept. She gave my dh and I an unsolicited lecture over dinner last night about the culture of laziness she sees every day in college, and how homeschooling raises the bar, and parents just expect more, and....... on and on she went. lets just say that after a normal week of nagging, hounding, pleading, and dragging my youngest ds (9th grade, gifted/mild adhd/aspie) through schoolwork and dealing with all the attending whining, complaining, and meltdowns that come with a 2e kid, it was SO nice to hear :). I said "Thank you dear sweet daughter, do you realize how much you have raised my self esteem?" Being just a teensy bit aspie herself, her intent was not to encourage me in any way, but just to vent. She gave me a slightly confused look and said "You're welcome." She makes me smile.
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currently? spread on saltines, or dipped out of the jar with whole wheat/honey pretzel rods. When I crave it, there is nothing that will substitute :o).
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mmmm lets see....maybe fill and frost with nutella?
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Oh man I'm right there with ya. My 15yo aspie-ish son is so similar. Loves cargo pants and sweats/basketball pants...anything light and soft. Doesn't notice length. He'll sleep in and wear the same clothes 4 days in a row if I don't notice. I totally get the pockets thing. It's funny, though, because I showed this to my 20yo dd (Jr Engineering major at local Uni), who is almost certainly a little aspie herself, and she got a laugh out of it. She said "It sounds like Ben!". I laughed and said "It sounds like YOU!!" LOL. She's my one to give lengthy arguments about the silliness of clothing fashions, and, although she dresses neatly and acceptably, she is uberly into function over form. And ultra logical. like spock. *big heavy sigh* with you ;o).
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ds (15) has taken piano since age 7. He is very naturally talented, has perfect pitch, and does exams & competitions every year. He is also 2e and every day is a challenge. He would have quit years ago if I had let him. He would have quit every hard endeavor he came across if I let him. I told him when he finishes all the levels of Certificate of Merit (he is level 8 now, doing both CM and Royal Conservatory, so he has 2 years left) he can quit. He would love to just play everything by ear, think he's the most wonderful thing since sliced bread ( in his own mind of course), and be happy. He's a tiny bit Aspie, I'm quite sure, and they just think this way. I've made it my personal duty to make sure that by the time he is mature enough to realize the value of what he has learned, he will have learned it. But thats just me. And he is him. Every kid is different, and has different needs. Mine *needs* to finish things, whether he knows it or not. Just my 2c.
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Mom with ovarian cancer, ds 15 (teen, gifted/probably borderline aspie/adhd/spd....quirky and difficult), messy house (LOL probably MY add :o) )
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Hi, I have 18 & 20 yo dd's who both work. DD#1 started working summer after graduation at local amusement park in retail. She still has that job, it is reasonably flexible around her college work. dd#2 works there also. We're fortunate to have the park close by. There is a lot of turnover, and they are always hiring. Easier to get a job if you are 18, though. We're hoping oldest can get an engineering internship this summer. We'll see. DD #2 really did NOT want to work there, but the opportunity came up and we told her she could look for another job all she wanted while she worked. Middle dd occasionally babysits as well.
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Well, like the others said to you, it is worth it, but you have take the child and the goals into consideration. We're a music loving family, but didn't have a piano for many years. My oldest, while enjoying music, never struck me as being over the top musical, and we couldn't afford lessons when she was little. We did lots of appreciation & listening & recorder and the like. Number 3 came along, and from birth was obviously musically gifted. Also very immature, but thats another story. He did kindermusik, then started piano at age 7/8, and now at 15 is a fabulous musician. But he is borderline aspergers/adhd, and yes, practicing is sometimes a struggle. For HIM, I've said he has to finish through the last Certificate of Merit level. At that point he will be advanced level, and know advanced theory, and can do what he likes. But he needs to learn perseverence, and he is off the charts talented. Oldest? Decided to teach herself piano several years ago on her own. Plays little stuff here and there. Is studying engineering at college. She's herself. I never pushed her in that area. She's her and he's him :o). Ain't life grand?