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I think it could be a side effect for someone who could already pre-dispositioned to it. I have had it happen to me off and on.
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Nope, I would not. You are the parent and you can have whatever schedule or non-schedule you like. Your concerns are valid and well founded (www.vaccines.info has more info pulled from sources such as PubMed). If you have these concerns, listen to your gut.
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we'd get run over riding bikes around here. No sidewalks or bike lanes.
I can't even imagine doing that, 18 wheelers whizzing past as you go under the wheel...
I shudder.
Even with bike lanes in this city people are nuts and are horrible to bicylists (although there are plenty of bad bicyclists just like bad drivers). I can't imagine grocery shopping and biking the kids to their daycares when I work....and then biking home. Not practical.
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Some states, such as mine, do not have a minimum age for leaving a child alone. You have to use common sense though. My son isn't 7 yet but I do not believe that he would be mature enough to be left alone a whole day. No way. Someone else, well....I don't know. I would have to know the child first. It does not seem like a 7 year old would be mature enough emotionally to do this. 9, 10 maybe. Depends on the child at that age.
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I like the teaching. I like some of the lifestyle, but I hate constantly trying to find activities for my son to fill in the nooks and crannies. We don't have many friends and what few we have go to public school, plus there is my stupid schedule that leaves little time for social stuff since I get out so late. There are some homeschool groups here, but they are far away from us and it's a big hassle to go weekly and use the gas.Even when I did go it was mostly older kids who had no interest in smaller kiddos, or they were religious based and I would have had to sign a statement of faith (while I am Christian I did not agree with the beliefs stated). It is a constant frustration to find all of us friends.
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Have you met her yet? If not, why not set up a time for you and your husband to meet her? I taught an English class for kids ages 5-7 in my home and they were dropped off. I am not sure what you husband is concerned about exactly, but maybe it's something you could ask the teacher about. "Better safe than sorry" can be appropriate at times, but it can also be a pretty limiting motto to live by.
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Thank you for the tip on the distance. We are aware. I'm leaning more to a rental car and hotels, the hubby is curious about the RV thing. I appreciate the weather input!
Phoenix and Grand Canyon temps are going to be vastly different in the fall. GC will be quite cool and definitely bring sweaters and coats, warm clothes, depending on your level of cool tolerance. It is beautiful there in the fall and winter. Phoenix is the opposite, until late late October. I've had my AC still on in mid-October.
Growing up, we stayed in Williams in the past and taken the train to the GC, which we loved very much. On the last trip with my now ex we stayed in the village of Tusayan...though I don't know what the prices were. The Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest are also in the general area and are great places to visit.
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I understand completely! If I could win the lotto, things would be just grand. Although, I will say that I do get lonely after the kids go to bed at night.
Uh huh yep. For me, I hate it...I do not enjoy it. I do enjoy being the sole decision maker, but that is it.
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Okay, I did it. I hesitantly share this, but it's my story. Feel free to share. Words have lasting consequences for many. I was one of them.
http://elegantlion.blogspot.com/2012/06/lasting-effects-of-words-of-bully.html
Holy cow. You have so many thoughts and phrases that describe what I went through.....at school, at home....body issues, I went through the hair stuff.....wow.
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That my dd needed to continue to attend ps because she is shy and will never learn to stand up for herself if she does not experience or learn to handle some bullying:blink:. This came after I told her one reason I am hsing is because of the experience we had last year with a girl at her class picking on her because she knew dd was shy and will not speak up among other reasons. So her logic is to let my child get bullied to learn how to handle life? How sad is this thinking.
Yeah that experience really did well for me! I was a huge introvert after my experiences and remained that way through my first stint in college. Those incidents traumatized me horribly. I begged my mom to homeschool me and she refused, saying I had to learn how to deal with things. :glare:
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Wait...hold on...so you're saying that you can get childcare help even though your child is school aged? I never knew that.
I do. Many parents with kids in public school still need after and before school care so DES covers this. What my CM told me is that they cover kids 12 and under if you need to work or go to school and qualify. It helps a lot.
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But the 3rd party can't intrude unless invited, kwim? Nobody can have an affair w/an unwilling partner.
I just don't see the point in blaming the 3rd party, when the preservation of the marriage is the sole responsibility of the married individual.
I mean...Wolf's had women be very blatant in their interest. I've had guys hit on me. We both had to make a choice, and chose our marriage and family. It wouldn't have been the fault of the outsider if we'd pursued an affair, it would have been *our* fault b/c we're the ones who had the commitment.
Sure, you'd think that a person ought to respect the sanctity of someone's marriage. I agree. However, that's not always the case. It's the responsibility of the spouse to ensure no affair happens.
It shouldn't matter if a woman tap dances naked w/a sign around her neck saying, "I want you" on the table in front of Wolf. It's solely his responsibility to walk away. If he doesn't, then it's completely his fault.
Exactly. If the person chooses an affair, then the marriage was not strong to begin with. There were issues somewhere. I have been through this and fully agree. Someone will not let someone into their lives that they don't want in; it does not "just happen."
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Yeah I have a little bit, I don't contact anyone except I made the big mistake of trying to make amends for the bad way the relationship ended with one of them. Bad idea. It pretty much reminded me why I am glad he is no longer in my life, since he has wayyyyy too many issues emotionally and mentally.
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Married to my ex, living in a small town, working in a city, and I don't remember much else lol.
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My goals for right now have to be year by year, as I never know if I will still be able to homeschool. I do know that I am not planning on public school ever, however that can change. Right now, no middle school in a public school for them. I can only base off of my experiences, but as I listen to some of the experiences from kids that I work with...I feel middle school in a public school wouldn't be a good idea for my kids. I will do K12 or Connections or Mercury if need be.
I hated junior high. 6th and 7th grades were the worst of my life. I went to a small alternative school, k-8. In junior high 7th and 8th grades were in one room, about 22, 23 kids in the class total. I was bullied horribly in 6th grade. 7th grade....sometimes I wonder if I would have been better off in a traditional public middle school, that way I could have melted into the crowd. The 8th graders were such HUGE bullies and if you weren't good in sports, forget it. They were merciless to a friend of mine who was overweight. 8th grade was much better, and high school my issues weren't about the kids around mind. Those two years though...ugh. No. Kids aren't any better now then when I was in that age. I don't want my kids dealing with that.
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I use Queen's copywork http://www.queenhomeschool.com/bookpage/bookframe.html
Go to the copywork category.
If you go under Printing, I use their Printing with Pictures for my son (shorter version of copywork). Of course there are free resources out there but I thought I'd throw these out for comparison.
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Very excited to see this! I have it in my wish list.
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I don't think you can EVER watch too much Monk! Love this show too!
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Yes. Thanks to my work schedule and his other friends being in public school he does not get to see many other friends. A lot of his friends are kids younger than him. Not necessarily a bad thing but I want him to have friends near his age as well.
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For the second time ever we have some fireworks ok'ed here but not all types. It was hilarious because the state gave all these reasons for not having any, yet across the border in new mexico they had the same type of environment and yet they weren't banned. It was a dumb bureaucratic thing for state government. Now we finally have some forms of fireworks we can buy here, not as many as NM or other states, but it's at least something. My kids love them, even though I won't let them handle them yet.
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I work 40 hours and homeschool. I work 3.5 days a week, so we homeschool the other 3.5 days a week. I'm also a student, although very part-time, but factoring in homework with other stuff makes me feel that it's a job too. I also work in the medical field. My kids go to daycare my workdays.....it is going to be interesting as my son gets older though, and I am not sure what I am going to do. As he gets older he can do actual schoolwork there but I know he isn't going to want to hang out with small kids forever. Right now he loves them. If I want DES to help with daycare expenses I have to send him to home daycare that takes kids up to 12, but you aren't going to get many kids that old coming in except maybe after brick and mortar school. I learn to live with some amount of mess. Trying to get rid of old clothes and toys right now. The days I work....very little is going to get done cleaning-wise, and the days I am home I try to get the kids involved in cleaning. It is a constant chore and I haaaaaaaaaate it and the amount of mess small kids can make, but some of that just has to be lived with.
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I am struggling to get through "The Tale of Mr. Tod" from Beatrix Potter and I cannot. seem. to. finish. it. I start reading and it just seems to take forever!! Other books keep getting done first...
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love it!!!!!!!!!!!
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*hug nothing I can say could possibly help. My thoughts are with you at this emotionally devestating time. I am so sorry that you are going through this.
Do you live in an area friendly for bike riding as transportation?
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Heeeeeeeeeck no. This city is very jacked up.....things are poorly laid out around here. The drivers are very disrespectful of bicyclists, too many bicyclists don't even know the traffic laws, and others disregard the traffic laws. Too dangerous. If I lived in a part of town where needed facilities are nearby, I would consider it. For commuting all over here though, no way.