At one time I might have said yes. Not now. As long as everything that is being put forth is in accordance with God's word, then I'm good. I have come to realize, church is not about me and my needs. It is solely to worship God. It's really about giving, not receiving. It's all about Jesus for me...and I can worship Him anywhere with any music.

I think it would be appropriate to make him a checklist (then have it laminated where he can use a dry erase marker every time). Then, you just need to say, "Check your list!". After this, then yes, I think he should be responsible for his things. My son recently forgot his cup for sparring at karate testing. I specifically asked him before we left if he had it and he said he did, but did not check. Unfortunately (or fortunately), he had to use HIS money to buy a new cup on the spot at the dojo. Nice lesson for him. Now he checks his bag. He's 11y/o.

I don't understand why you were not given a phone number for a clinic, if you were asking for a phone number and not asking for the specific clinic your daughter went to (which would be a HIPAA violation). Maybe the person who answered felt like, by giving you the number you asked for, she would be confirming that your daughter attended that clinic (also a HIPAA violation). In general, I suspect you cannot secure a referral for your adult daughter, even though it's easier and really nice of you to do that for her. Just as an added note, you should be able to get the phone number to a military after hours clinic by calling information at the nearest military hospital.

My 11y/o son struggled with the readings. He completely understands the history stuff, but many of the books have been tough and boring to him. He's a "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" kind of reader. :) I don't have regrets about doing Core G, but it was tough. We're going to do F, then H for 7th and 8th.

You can go to their website at http://www.frontierk12.org and should be able to find everything you need. You can go meet with them, without any sort of commitment...they are very helpful. They do pay for swimming as long as it's within your allotment and you follow their procedures for reimbursement. We have found them to be very nice and helpful when we ask, but definitely not intrusive. Good luck! :)

What school district? We use Frontier Charter in the Anchorage School District. They are very non-intrusive. Basically, we met with our adviser who reviewed our plan and said it looked great. We are required to submit grades at midterm and final and our son is required to take the SBA's in April (AK's standardized test). They will pay for any secular curriculum (basically anything that is not overtly christian - bible verses). They reimbursed us for our Sonlight Core. They will also reimburse for things like karate, swimming, etc. They pay the 'vendor' directly for this. You have a lot of freedom to get what you would like until your set amount of money is depleted. We enrolled part way through the year, thus receiving a prorated amount. My understanding is that you have to be in the Anchorage School District to use them. There's another one, but I think they are more involved. Some I have talked to prefer the other because they want more support/contact.

I loved the Boys Body Book for my son too.

My 11y/o has been typing for about 4 months and types correctly at 16wpm. I told him that when he gets to 25, he may stop daily typing lessons and we'll just do speed tests 2x week. In the meantime, he types all of his IEW work. We'll see how this works! :)