Thanks for the insight and advice! it has been very helpful. I am going to fix my kids dinner be back later.

You are right! I definitely don't know her whole story. I have known him his whole life, but I have no idea what he does in the privacy of his room or in his mind. And there is no telling what they have exchanged personally. I have worked with teens a long time. I have adult kids, but this situation really is bothering me. Thank you for sharing that!

You are exactly correct! You make some great points. My only concern is that her parents might not ever know. We have a couple relationships going on among team members that parents are unaware of. I am not involved in those because they are not "my kids" and I am not close to those parents. But we have had a few meetings about PDA and other such behaviors before and after practice and during travel to and from events. There are several relationships being kept secret. We have added a section in our team agreements about PDA and such not being allowed to happen at the gym or on buses.

Great idea. She doesn't "like" him but she loves the attention if that makes sense. She would likely date him if he asked just because she wants someone to date. And he is a catch.

I do. This young man is basically part of our family. We are very close. This is a long term coaching relationship too. And I am concerned that he doesn't see why this is a bad idea! I am only friends with her not him. We use social media to communicate for the team. It is not personal accounts. I do think they could get into serious trouble that is why I am concerned. No matter who sweet they both are things can go wrong very quickly. At this point, they are both very innocent. He hasn't so much as asked a girl out or told a girl he likes her. Very true.

That is very possible. My daughter says they haven't done anything wrong. And she is right - that we know of nothing has happened, but I can see the potential for a very big problem. Thank you for this!

That is an excellent approach and would work as an ongoing reminder.

Great advice. I am close his parents.

Yes one of the girls on my team. Not my daughter. Thank you!

That is a great point about being a concerned adult.

I should look up laws in our area.

That is exactly what I have told him. ( even casual contact can put him at risk for accusations. I don't want him to put himself in a bad situation.

I am not. They both work and are never around at practice or games. They do know about the social media, but I don't know if they monitor it. From what I have seen, they are very free range.

Thank you so much for the feedback. So I will talk to parents.

One shower/bath is doable for us, but one toilet for 6 would not be. There is a lot I would sacrifice over that first. We have 8 in 1400 square feet, but we have 2.5 bathrooms. We have 3 kids in each room. We have teens as well as little ones sharing rooms. I would find something with one and a half bath or a place you can add one.

This is what we do.

Ours will be $1200 and change. Deductibles went up too can't remember exactly. I sort of blocked it all out. I can't deal with the increases! We can't afford them.

They have been doing prisms for a while now. Unfortunately, they can't do prisms only. My son has no correction. He only needs a prism, so they can't make them. I was very disappointed.

I would stay home. These things can be so contagious.

No! There is a very good chance you won't be able to get the smell out ever. Some fabrics are better than others but I wouldn't take a chance on it.

It was not nearly the problem 20 years ago that it is now. Reality TV has been around going on 20 years of more now. Reality TV is not entirely to blame because it is merely a reflection of our society, but it has fueled a rise of this in dance classes.

Yes, it does go along with other skills. It can also be encouraged and taught. For some kids it is something you really have to work on. But Babies typically develop certain skills in a certain order. I don't remember them well enough tell you accurately. But something like: not being able to eat solids until they sit up. And not being able to do certain things until they crawl. I never realized it with my older kids. But our last foster son didn't sit, crawl etc when he came home to us. He also couldn't eat (he could drink his bottle) anything without throwing up. OT explained the connectedness of development. It was really cool. I wish I had understood it with my others but they all developed typically. So I never really thought about it.

Maybe take a photo of it?

Does his machine have a ramp up feature? Mine starts barely on and ramps up over an hour. Usually by then I am asleep. If I am not, I often restart it. A proper fitting mask is key to success. Some people will have to try dozens of masks. I couldn't handle the constant pressure of the cpap. The bipap pressure goes on and off like natural breathing. With the cpap, I felt like I was suffocating because of the pressure. I felt like I was fighting it. I don't know if that makes sense. It was the worst experience of my life. Definitely, see if you can try a bipap. I also have to use a humidifier with it. I keep it really low but it made such a difdefence for me. It can be tough to figure out the best combination.

It can be very hard to wake up in the morning if you have sleep apnea. It will take awhile to get used to it. The best advice I got was to sleep with it as long as I could then take it off. It started with an hour and in month I could sleep all night. Now I can't sleep without it.