No Backbone Backbeat is fun for invertebrate study. http://www.songsforteaching.com/tickletunetyphoon/nobackbone.htm

I think everybody slaps a disclaimer at the top stating that the characters are property of whoever. It's fine. Just make sure she understands rating systems...

I saute it with a bunch of chopped garlic (I stem the kale by running a paring knife from the stem end up to the stem's narrowest point...once you've done that and chopped it up, most kids don't know it from spinach or chard). Then I mix it with pasta and grate some parm on top. I add crushed red pepper to my portion. It's a desperation lunch around here, and the kids love it.

Spitting is a terrific example. Make a big huge hairy deal the first time a toddler spits, and you're going to be dealing with it for weeks instead of minutes. As many others have said, there is a certain kind of kid who melts down like the OP is describing, and it is not really an issue of rudeness, per se. It is an issue of the kid's wiring, and how it is affected by combinations of deeply engrossing activities and abrupt transitions (electronics are a really common issue for this kind of kid). It took me a really long time to grasp this about my oldest. These transitions take them instantaneously to frustration level...two-year-old exhausted meltdown level. You can't negotiate with an irrational person. A kid in this state will not only not respond to the threats or applications of dire consequences with compliance, but will rather escalate. Keep it up, and that kid will end up in what my friend Amy calls "the despair place", where you could take away every single thing that child owned, loved or enjoyed, and it would not even slow him or her down...at that moment, you've got a child who sees him/herself as literally having nothing to lose, no redeeming qualities, and the blackest future imaginable. If you want a recipe for a depressed, self-harming teenager, get in one of these kids' faces every time they melt down in this way and apply "dire consequences". Or, you could walk away for five minutes and the kid will cool down, come to you, and apologize, and you can discuss strategies for next time. You can apply consequences for anything the child knew was an infraction at that point, too. Generally, the kid will see the justice of that...at least, mine generally does, even if he doesn't like it. Insisting that a parent with such a child come down on him or her like a ton of bricks the instant the behavior occurs is akin to recommending she stand over her child threatening dire consequences b/c he or she doesn't grasp an academic concept. It's not helpful, and it's not teaching. It's harmful. Saw your last post just after I posted this, btw. Maybe we agree?

NPR (Our local station airs a terrific statehouse news program called Capitol Press Room. Great election coverage, great coverage of the hydrofracking issue.) CBC BBC Radio Our local newspaper

Ditto. I do love it here, but that's a valid concern.

Two buck Chuck! Wah! I love the Adirondacks, but oh, I miss Trader Joe's!

Veggie chips and a Blue Moon.

I heard about this Toys-R-Us sale here a couple of years ago, but I'd forgotten about it this summer until now. Have I missed it already?

I love your username! I totally did screw up the birthday without even thinking about it. Things to not do late at night.... This morning I cleared my history and cache and made my oldest ds an email in my name. I don't love that solution, but I did it. I decided he could make his own later, and I did find a post that indicated Khan Academy was going to make it possible to change the email affiliated with your account.

OK, maybe I'm missing something, but if my kid wants to do Khan Academy and track his results, he has to have a Google account or a facebook account, neither of which he's allowed to have until he's 13? So, how does that work? I falsify an account but his results don't travel when he is old enough to have his own email? I figured the Hive, with its many concerns about privacy, would have discussed this to death, but I'm not finding much. Why on earth can't a coach register students under his or her name?

That's exactly what we call it! (We call Paula Deen the "sometimes food" lady.)

Late-eighties, early nineties in suburban NJ (who are all you NJ suburbanites, btw?) The below were assigned by school and do not include recreational reading. Jr. High: The Red Badge of Courage The Old Man and the Sea Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer The Lotus Caves To Kill A Mockingbird (plenty more...) Sr. High: Greek mythology Romeo and Juliet Great Expectations Macbeth The Crucible The Scarlet Letter Frankenstein Pygmalion Animal Farm MacBeth A Separate Peace The Pearl Death of a Salesman Lysistrata Wuthering Heights Anthem Jane Eyre Bartelby the Scrivener Great Expectations The Handmaid’s Tale The Once and Future King Grendel parts of Dante’s Inferno Pride and Prejudice Rime of the Ancient Mariner We had a survey text several years...American Lit one year, English Lit another, IIRC, so yes, we read a wide variety of short stories, poetry, essays, etc...everything from Blake to Angelou, from Transcendentalists to “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. The students I see for SAT prep generally cite: The Scarlet Letter Night one Shakespearean play, usually Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet The Crucible Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult (this one makes me really crabby)

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I've downloaded and run the patch. It did copy the files to my desktop, but didn't run the installer. I cannot find the "Parts" folder that's supposed to be on the disk, so I can't use the workaround that's listed everywhere. Can anyone help me? My ds finished all his work early today and was so excited to get this kit (a temporary loaner) out and use it. I'm bummed that I can't get the software installed for him.

I'd say it's a toss-up. On the one hand, I was trained in whole-language, unit studies, and project-based learning. This caused me to hold back on Spelling and formal Phonics study with my oldest, and we're still making up for that now. On the other hand, I already know the terminology and politics, so I have a relatively easy time navigating the system. My teaching background qualifies me for some decent part-time work, and working with both accelerated and remedial learners gives me a sense of where my kids are in relation to their peers. Some (not all) of my teaching skills and curricular knowledge carry over. And I already had a ton of children's books :D.

I use a keeper, and I've always liked it. I do use a gladrag-type pantiliner out of paranoia, though.

The Proposition (that was excruciatingly stressful) The Shining Closer (I hate watching people torture themselves with bad relationship choices and deceit) Seven

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I'm so pleased that someone is actually responding to your (very legitimate) concerns! Hurrah for the teacher voice! I hope all is safe and calm with the baby, and that you're feeling back-to-normal and relaxed. And I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that they don't bill you. That would be fantastic. Happy Mother's Day, Aubrey!

The rain is the key, I think. They always seem to get done on time on sunny days. These threads are reassuring.

I agree with this. I used to be very nervous in situations like that, and I got walked on a few times. I've come to think of it as being similar to dominance in dogs/wolves. When someone starts to be aggressive with you, the best thing to do is make intense eye contact and square your shoulders. It sends the "I'm not rolling over" signal, and the conversation usually goes better from there. Out-vocabulary-ing them doesn't hurt, either, and I know you can do that! :lol: AFA pre-nates, I always used Solgar for pregnant and nursing women, from the health food store, and I drank red clover tea for the easily absorbable calcium so that the baby wouldn't take mine. They made me nauseous during the first trimester, but if I took them at bedtime, I was OK. I just had to be diligent about getting breakfast in the morning. Omega-3s are also good to take. Or you could just eat a lot of flax and avocado...

Personally, I think it must be a brainwiring/personality thing, b/c I could have written this thread almost word for word and substituted "Microsoft", "IBM", "Windows", etc.. I love every Apple thing I've ever had, and they all make perfect sense to me. But I absolutely believe you that Apple is driving you this nuts. Good luck! You deserve to enjoy your iPod!

One more reason: b/c you can earn five $5 amazon gift cards from swagbucks every month and use them to fund your ebook habit! The new Rick Riordan automatically downloaded to my kindle at midnight...

Oh, very cool. I loved the gourmet stuff, but I loved the inexpensive staples even more. And they have a big vitamin section, and cheap emergen-C. I used to lug a huge cooler and several bags out of that store every month, before we moved to No-Joe's-Land. You would think there'd at least be one in Syracuse or Albany.