CadenceSophia
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DD finished her vocabulary book today, and we started Eastern philosophy (The Circle of Happiness from Royal Fireworks Press), which she really likes. It asks her to try to answer questions she would ask, and got a kick out of our discussion because we think differently and there is no "right" or "wrong" answer. It should only take 2 weeks if we do one lesson a day.
Do you think it is useful towards the general goal of eventually understanding the differences in eastern and western philosophy? We are so in love with MCT, I just want to buy everything they publish now and I was thinking about this for my DD.
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Baby cut his first tooth today!
I really really just wanna hide in bed today:( I have no particular excuse though so I am going to get us through school, to the playground, and probably to Costco as well.
I'm really behind on my self-study hours for this month because I let myself get caught up in a TV show. I'm saying myself a new rule -- no tv unless I've done 2h from my study plan.
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Imaginary Numbers Are Real on YT is good on the history and the purpose if that's the sort of thing you are looking for. It's a bit long, done 7 parts but it is interesting of your child/children are in to it enough.
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It's always helpful if you can link scientific studies. :)
I am not sure that's actually helpful for most people but the author's blog I listed above links and explains a lot of the science. Here is one of several posts:
http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/01/23/beyond-passion-the-science-of-loving-what-you-do/
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It's pretty hard to work on a kid who's puking lol. But yes. His dentist is awesome. She's factual and scientific while also being encouraging and very supportive. She gets consent every inch of the way which is so important for him especially. He says he'll go back without being to anxious this time. The stress of having to do it all again might kill me but it will be worth it in the end. :)
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Can I offer the idea that "What color is your parachute" type thinking has been demonstrated scientifically to lead to unhappiness and unfulfilling work?
Cal Newport has books that offer advice based on more current science. He has a blog and some books for adults, teens and college age. I've only read his blog (see his post How to Ace Calculus for an example of the type of advice he gives) and the book So Good They Can't Ignore You but it is good enough I want to buy his college & teen level books for everyone I know. He gives the type of guidance I'd want my kids to hear.
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Critter, hope your day goes well tomorrow. Teaching from the couch seems like a good plan.
Poor DS reacted badly to the nitrous and ended up getting wheeled out of the dentist in a wheelchair. No work got done so he has to try again :( I'm so heartbroken for him.. This really won't help the anxiety.
Planning on a full day tomorrow. Not sure if I'll have science club - one of my kids is on vacation, not sure if the other plans to show up. I'll just be ready and see what will happen as I actually don't know how to contact him at this point.
Still have that laundry hanging over my head.. Only got a tiny bit done out of the mountain.
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I had to reform our plan today. I had forgotten DS9 has his big dentist appointment this afternoon. He has huge anxiety and I had to bribe him with a day off just for the cleaning so I couldn't do less for today which is the day all the work will get done. I had him help me clean a little in the morning and then we called dreambox his math for the day. He looked me straight on the eye when I suggested dreambox and said "why are you being so nice to me?" Lol. Now he's playing a little minecraft to destress. We leave in an hour and a half.
Kitchen, family room, and living room are all clean enough that they could be company ready with 5-10 mins pickup so that's good enough for me today. Have 4-5 loads of laundry waiting to be folded and a full pile in the basement so that's my priority outside of this dentist appt.
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Hi, it's completely unnecessary for you to condescend to make your point to a long-time poster here who you presumably don't know from Adam.
" you should really get a basic high school level economics text book to understand where wealth and profit come from (and what the differences are"
It might be worth considering that other people know the same things as you, or different things, and just disagree with you for perfectly valid reasons.
Sorry I didn't know long term poster was criteria for exemption from disagreement.
Should I have suggested a college level book instead?
I can be more polite by suggesting that *anyone* who thinks that wealth is a finite resource should go out and read a book or three on economics, the two I recommended being pretty great, because clearly you (general) are lacking basic understanding.
It's totally fine to disagree when we do all know the same things and are coming at them from different values and world views. Happens all the time and I'm totally cool with that. But arguments that more or less stem from the idea that "if only we could make those people give up their money, we could buy cancer treatment, college education and a puppy for all the poor people" are really not sound economics discussions. I personally think this idea is really unhealthy for society in general and should be solved through education. I'll start with my own kids but I hope one day to be able to provide this education to others as well.
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Actually, it kinda is.
http://fortune.com/2017/01/16/world-richest-men-income-equality/
Aside from that, I have no issue with jobs in other countries unless it’s to promote substandard business practices exactly because I think people in those other countries also deserve universal healthcare and a living wage. My disgust with shipping jobs to other countries is not in the fact that it isn’t here, it’s that they do it to have unethical practices that we would not stomach in our country.
No it is not. Here is a Forbes article:
but you should really get a basic high school level economics text book to understand where wealth and profit come from (and what the differences are). Arnold Kling Specialization and Trade is great, also Modern Principles by Tabarokk and Cowen for a real text book.
When you say that everyone deserves __blank__, I think you are really saying that since a high level of certain things exist somewhere in the world, everyone should have those same thing. This is akin to trying to make the world a fair place.
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I wonder if folks this discussion have actually thought out these ideas or whether this is just a sounding board for thinking out loud?
"Jobs" are not a fixed element bestowed upon people, they are opportunities created by people just like you. The great thing about America.. If you want people in your community to have jobs you can start a business and hire them. Sounds kind of hard? It is. And that is why those who succeed and run those businesses are well compensated. The motivation for that compensation is what drives people to create those businesses that offer those jobs that everyone is crazy about getting.
And when people start raging against companies moving over seas? We are all humans on this one earth together. "People over there" don't deserve work and income as much as your neighbors? Those lower cost products let people live a higher quality of life on lower income.
Global wealth is not a zero sum game and it's not locked in a tower by some greedy old men.
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Oh no Critter. Take care of yourself and don't feel guilty about the missed school day tomorrow, and maybe the one after that too.
Got everything done for school. Kid are having some documentary time so I can de stress and then I'm sending them out to play while I clean and plan dinner.
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Halfway through our day. DD got her work done quickly so she could build the lego set my in-laws gave her for her birthday. It's of the thousands piece variety so it will occupy her all day. (Before I have to move it to storage to protect it from the two year old and it will never get touched again :( )
DS9 got most of his math and his Athena's class done. I think the new schedule is the right amount of math but he had a serious case of the dilly-dally's this morning. It took him 25 minutes to get a snack, find two pencils from a drawer that only contains writing implements, sharpeners and erasers, grab a piece of white paper from box next to said drawer, and walk across the room to join me at the couch. He's having a 20 minute minecraft break (because I'm a total sucker) and then we're going to finish off math and do language arts.
DS5 did dreambox this morning for about an hour which I am totally counting as math for today. I'll have him read with me this afternoon or before dinner when DH is home depending on how crazy things are. He really loves to read to DH anyway so it isn't a bad lesson to save for that time.
I must must must clean up my house today. Whatever got done for the party was undone by a handful of happy girls. I really did go take a much needed nap the minute they left so most of the clean up got put off to today. I mostly want to focus our basement/family room and my bedroom. If those two areas are spotless I'll feel much more sane.
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All our sleepovers so far have been with one family, who happen to be our kids godparents. I recently had to stop sleepovers for my oldest because he was staying up too late and having massive melt downs with half-hearted attempts at running away. I mean if it is affecting your mental health like that there is just no reason.
We will probably try again next summer. There really isn't any opportunity in the winter between the other kids' school, our skiing obligations and church. I'm pretty relieved not to have to be the bad guy for a while :)
Of course kids are welcome here, but my house with rules can't compete to being allowed to sleep unsupervised in a camper parked in the driveway :)
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We lament the lack of basic education in the Puerto Rico thread but man... Basic economics education would really go a long way in this country, even among the educated.
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Does your first response mean she is off the benadryl and claritin? She should be keeping up H1 and H2 blockers. Usually benedryl+ketotifen or zyrtec and zantac (H2 blocker). Read up on MCAS/MCAD .. Hopefully there is a better solution (it is often just dx'd by exclusion) but following that protocol for a little while would be helpful.
You need an amazing allergist. One who does patch testing in addition to other needed and routine tests. Have any allergic friends that you can ask for recs? Good allergist are hard to find..
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Sweet daddy-daughter dance events like the one's sponsored by YMCA are fine. A father and daughter of any age dancing together at a wedding or other event is fun and sweet. Purity balls are creepy. Going out on a "father/daughter" or "mother/son" date - creepy. Families can spend one on one time with each other, even planned time, without adding the "date" element into it. It's called "Let's go play Putt-Putt tomorrow." Or "Do you want to get some ice cream with me?"
So you obviously have something associated with the word date that many people don't have. It's semantics, not a fundamental issue in the relationships. I take my kids on dates in rotating order when I have another adult around to watch the others. It is that thing you were saying, family one on one time, without all the extra words. I don't even know what "date element" you are referencing because obviously there is no courtship.
There are so many uses of the word "date" outside of datING.
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I just want to put my pjs on (yeah, it's only 4:30, so what!) and sit around and wait for DH to grill my tbone.
Oh yes! I'm right there too and it's not even 1 yet here. If I survive DD's party, I'm changing into my pj's and taking a nap!
Basically ask of my house is still a disaster and the girls will be coming in a hour..
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DD's friends birthday party is this afternoon after church. I revised DS9's math plan and I am very happy with it for the first time in over a year. We are going to do 2-3 word problems from the Cleo Borac competition math books (starting with just the grade 1/2 set to reduce anxiety) followed by 6 sheets from a set I drew together from Kumon and the later Key to.. Books. The first four we will do buddy style which will make him very happy (and mean it is only really two sheets) and I'm pretty sure the second two will be easy and somewhat fun. I hope it works out.
Other kids are same plan through the first three weeks of October and then I need to pack up everything and head to my parents house for some Florida sunshine!
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Also, carbs vs. net carbs. If you are eating veggies, you can probably come close to 100g carbs with under 40 net.. Not that you need to hit that goal but the type of carb you choose has a pretty big effect in the discussion with the nutritionist.
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My father's Dragon -- the free one on librivox read by a little kid. It's the absolute best. Unfortunately he only reads the first book so for the other two in the series we had to switch to the version we found on audible.
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Sorry you feel bad. But happy birthday to your DD!
Thanks! It is just keto flu so I'll survive.. probably be better tomorrow actually. And thank you for the birthday wishes!
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I just started keto this week. I did a ton of research about breastfeeding and low carb. The minimum addition for breastfeeding is going to be 20cal/oz your baby is taking in, but that says nothing about how efficient your body is at producing breastmilk.The actual calorie cost of lactating has to be higher.
Why not try lowering your carbs, while keeping your calories high? Give it a couple weeks and if your supply holds, you can then lower calories back to where you think they should be.
I'm tandem nursing and 5'9 so your #'s sort of make my heart stop. I couldn't imagine eating that. Maintenance for me is like 2700-3000 calories!
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I feel like garbage this morning :(
It's Dd's birthday today. The daughter heretofore known as DD6 shall be known henceforth as DD7. She and DS9 are working away on math. Looks like we'll actually get through everything today.
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Accountability Thread 10/8-10/13
in General Education Discussion Board
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I couldn't decide if today should be a school day or not. Dh is home, which has been a rare thing lately and will be becoming more rare for a little while :( BUT DS had Athena's class anyway so we got through half a day's work. Not sure what we'll do for the afternoon.
Tomorrow we have another dental consult for DS, and work scheduled for Thursday with more medication if it goes well. I'm not going to set many goals for him this week but just going to keep plucking along where we can.
Next week is our last "regular" school week and then we'll bee doing school poolside in FL with my dad!