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Are there any negatives to taking the SAT in 7th & 8th grade? Is it worth for the average student? Or is it really only a good idea for the brightest students? Thanks
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I own a Miraclesuit and it similar to the support provided by the Title 9 jogging bras.
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Are you close enough to Boston to look for a RAD specialist at a bigger hospital?
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We are very conservative in our finances but we do have a third vehicle and it's the suburban. It's an older model and we got a good deal. We added the cost of the suburban into our vacation funds. It pulls the camper and we try very hard not to drive it any other time because the gas is expensive. I drive the minivan most of the time.
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Perhaps in those first few moments at the unltrasound you get a family's first raw reaction. Dh has two guy friends whose wives only wanted one child and really wanted that one to be a girl. The wives got what they wanted. I know that at the ultrasound one dh was very unpleasant. I don't know the details of the other ultrasound. Both are very good dads to their only girls. You would never know that each longed for a boy. I vote it's the public v. private reaction.
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Thanks. The relationship was at the holiday only stage. There were somethings that happened over the holidays and I did told them I no longer wanted to see them. Dh thinks they understood and won't bother with me any more. I think they will see it as a challenge and try to get back into my life. Thank for taking the time to answer my questions.
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If you have choosen not to speak to a parent, could you please tell me what the first few days or weeks felt like? Also, did the parent see it as a challenge and try to resume contact? Am I right in assuming that nothing I do will get them to change their behavior if they are are bit NPD? Thanks for the help.
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We were where you were when the kids where little. In just the last couple of years, we've had family members that work in jobs that require some work on Christmas. So around Thanksgiving, everyone compares schedules, and this year we celebrated on the 23rd. It's at my house. If I had know then what I know now I would've switched years ago!
The 23rd is still alot of work but for us this was one way to spend time with our large extened family without trying to cram it all in in one day. One year we did brunch on the 24th. Maybe you can change the routine a little bit without giving up all the traditions that you like. (IMHO the noncontributing bil/sil would be bringing all the dessert. Make'm stop at a bakery if they have to :)
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The Salvation Army near us does a lot for children at Christmas.
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No family. I offer, stickers, lollipops and bribery in that order. When we are waiting I have a bag of stickers that they use to cover the exam paper. I push every available chair and stool up against the exam table and I stand there passing stickers to the toddler. When the exam happens I hand everyone a lollipop and hopefully it keeps them quiet enough so I can speak to the dr without the non-toddlers asking a zillion questions. If everyone works together then we stop for another snack/junkfood item on the way home. This works 'cause stickers, lollipops and bribery are only pulled out during desperate times! p.s. always check your rear after you've sat on the sticker covered exam paper!
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If you are in Michigan (near Muskegon) could you recommend a lawyer that can handle estates & wills. A relative died without a will and a non relative has petitioned the court for the inheritance. Thanks so much!
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Our zip line came from spring swings.
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Title Nine has a bra, The Last Resort Sports Bra, worth every penny!
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What is the discount is at right now? Thanks!
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I used to get discouraged that it took so much effort on my part to be a good parent in contrast to friends and such just "knew" what to do because they had been parented well. But in time, I decided that it wasn't so bad that I had to work at it. In many ways I was creating something entirely new, so the effort was entirely expected and justified. Having children has been an aspect of healing for me that way. I am not recreating my childhood, I am building something far better on the ruins of my own childhood.
That's exactly how I feel, but I've never been able to sum it up that clearly, Thanks!
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I have a bit different perspective. Your situation is similiar to my mom's. The molestation that happened many years ago is now a quiet secret that some, but not all, know about in my large extened family.
I can only give you my point of view that keeping quiet, for the sake of family peace, produces other types of difficulties and stuggles.
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Have you looked at dental colleges? I've called and the price was lower.
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I did it for SIL in an August wedding at 39 weeks. My dh and the 2yr & 4 yr old were in the wedding. I'm not cute pregnant and I go past my due date and it was at a local venue.
Looking back, I'm glad I sucked it up. We weren't super close at the time but we've grown closer over the years.
The hardest part wasn't the wedding but the pressure to go to the bachelorette party. I went out with them in the afternoon to the girly shopping/lunch/sightseeing part but did not stay for the rest of the evening.
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DS needs to complete this requirement for Scouts: Participate in a program on the dangers of using drugs, alcohol and tobacco and other practices that are harmful to your health.
I've done an internet search but I've not been very successful. Maybe I'm using the wrong search words? I would prefer to complete it on in the internet instead of in a class. If anyone has any suggestions, I would be very grateful. Thanks!
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My son's lead numbers were in the upper teens. We spend oodles of time researching how his numbers could get that high. In addition to paint,lead can be found in miniblinds, crayons, candles, toys etc.. This list just seemed to go on forever. Plus they couldn't tell us if he stood next to a bolder size lump of lead one day or if he had a toy with a tiny amount of lead that he played with every day. We had the house, the soil, the water, the pipes, and myself tested for lead. We never did figure it out.
I believe if the number is over 10 each state has an agency that provides more info. We did some research into foods that help the body move the lead out and we ended up added kelp to his diet.
The finger blood draw is not as accurate as a draw from a vein. See about have a rerest done.
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I'm so grateful that each of you took the time to respond. Your responses have given me both insight and courage. And yes, doing the hard thing is never easy. It's a very small chuch.
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I had a 22 mos old foster boy in the nursery. He's been with this family apx. 1 year and they are heading towards adoption. I've been the only nursery worker with him for this year for about 1 hour each week. He has never let me change his diaper. Today my dh popped into the nursery for a minute and offered to distract him a bit so I could change a bm diaper.
When the foster mom came to get him, she asked if I had changed him and asked if I had seen his "rash" from his new diaper cream. I said yes to both. When I got home she called me to "confess" that it wasn't a rash but that she had spanked him. I mentioned that dss doesn't allow spanking and she went on to list the things he's been doing. These are all age appropiate behaviors IMO but behaviors her two older bio kids had never done. She also mentioned that he brusies easily and noted that to the social worker at the recent visit. She said the social worker played with the boy and left marks under the arm pits from picking him up.
His bottom had broken blood vessels. The minute I changed his diaper I showed my dh and told him what I thought it was. I don't care for the way this woman raises her two biokids but I've really been able to explain why I don't like it. Mostly just a feeling.
I would really like advice from foster moms. I've read the boards long enough to know that spanking is a hot botton. Please, please help me figure this out without getting the thread locked.
ISO Rhode Island Co-ops & Suzuki Cello (Cross Post)
in General Education Discussion Board
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I'm not in RI so I don't know anything about this group. This is a yahoo group called Secular in the Ocean State.