fwiw, my multi-issue teen just really struggled with math retention over the long term. Every time something came up again, we'd have to go over it again. Even today, he's 17, and sometimes he forgets that 2/(2+x) does not simplify to 1/x. I HAVE seen improvement over time, but I help a LOT when he gets stuck . . . review and review and review on the fly. Our first year of homeschooling, I tried 4 different algebra programs because his pre-algebra teacher had suggested it, and nothing worked. I finally started over with the upper level Singapore, and realized he had almost NO idea how to do fractions. But he has definitely improved. I definitely make him do math EVERY DAY even over the summer - we take quarterly 2-week breaks

when my son was 3 or 4 he asked for green nail polish. I had to check several places - it wasnt in fashion that year. Finally i bought two and let him pick which one. He had me paint all the nails on one hand, he looked at it, and said, "take it off now." and that was it! i thought it was hysterically funny! I havent dressed my boys in pink, they havent shown any interest in it, but i wouldnt care if they did. I was taking care of a boy who was refusing to wear clothing in a poorly heated space in the winter - the only thing I could get on him were these two dresses, sweatshirt weight, one pink and one purple. I thought it was better than being naked, but his mom was horrified!

take him in or not, he should be sipping gatoraide all day long, just a sip at a time

glad you got it - my 10 yo's friend couldnt hear my son, and apparently had hung up and called again several times - when I asked my son if his mic might be muted . .. yup . . . :001_rolleyes:

My GSD was rescued from a neighbor who'd gotten her from a friend, and 'supposedly' her mother was purebred, we have no idea if she was - she was very small. She was the most amazing dog! She lived to be 13, with problems her last two years with degenerative mylopathy, which I hear is fairly common in GSD.

Some years just seem to be like that. There was one year my two kids had stomach viruses over and over again all winter, and I was worried maybe there was something in the water at their dads, but the doctor said they would not get sick again and again from the same contamination, they would have built up an immunity. I think about ever 4 or 5 years we have a worse one than usual. hang in there!

I found a regional support group - you should see if there is one in your state. My son's tourettes is one of his more minor issues. The meds he is on for his emotional issues also helps some with the tics, but he still has them (the 17 yo). Some of the kids in our group only have tourettes and maybe some anxiety, but other than that are perfectly normal. Others have more problems. Some kids tics fade away, sometimes they surge in puberty. I have not found any diet connection for my son, and I dont think most kids have a diet connection. But its always worth trying. The important things to remember are that they are not dangerous in any ways, and they cant control them. I mean, as they get older they will learn some control, but not for long, and when they stop controlling its like all the tics will come out at once. Support her - as she gets closer to middle school, kids will likely get meaner about it. Proactively talking about it can sometimes help

I wear whatever I felt like wearing that day, whether its sweats or something a little nicer. I wont wear anything really nice, because i'd ruin it cooking dinner. I try to time dinner to be ready about 15-20 minutes after he gets home. (he gets home between 6 and 7)

Yeah, i have a 17 yo who can be with my 10 yo - kids under 12 or something have to be with someone over 12?

fwiw, I used paragraph town only with my 8th grader (first year we homeschooled) and it was great for him. We used the entire journey set the next year, and we loved it for a while, but got totally burnt out on it. It took over a year to finish, and by the end of it, I never wanted to read anything about a journey on a ship EVER AGAIN! We have 2 of the level 4 books but I doubt we'll get to them. I'm pretty sure I wont use MCT with my younger, much less verbally gifted son.

I am pretty sure the price has increased? But maybe i just have a terrible memory. I live about 20 minutes away and I'm thrilled about the additional friday afternoon sessions. My husband is belt-testing for martial arts saturday morning, so I'll go to a couple sessions friday afternoon and a couple saturday afternoon. But its not particularly good for shopping . . .

haha no one would dream of expecting me to clean something . Dh, despite being the only income earner, does a fair amount of cleaning. Partly because I hate it and just dont get around to it as quickly as I should. Everyone is expected to pitch in at least some with cleaning, and esp if its their own mess. But i still remember how mad I was when dd was 2 and backsliding on potty training. She was standing on a wood floor and had an accident. I yelled out "Oh no!" and she smiled at me and said "Its ok, Mommy, you can clean it up!"

My kitchen floor is constantly covered in dish towels and i have no idea why. it makes me nuts.

i'm seconding Logic of English essentials for spelling - aimed at older kids, and just one book for the whole program. depending on the kid, i might do formal grammar if he prefers things predictable, but if he hates tedious work, i might just start getting him writing, and then choose something to work on - like the first week, every time he does writing, you go back together and correct spelling. the next week you start working on punctuation. the next week you start on grammar. I would also let him type . . . you can get that put in an IEP, at least here you can, that all writing of any length is done on the computer.

Oh, how frustrating! Hang in there! I admit there was one time my son's therapist called me in and made my son repeat what he'd said to her (that the only reason I wanted him to get better was so i could kick him out of the house - he was like 11 at the time). She said this meant the meds needed adjusting - i was actually oblivious :confused1: I'm really sad that I never found as good a therapist for my daughter - when she told them I was being emotionally abusive they just believed her. Plus she refused to try any atypicals "because i'm not like my brother".

definitely some probiotics - stomach issues mean you arent properly absorbing your nutrients which leaves you more vulnerable. I would work on eliminating problem foods (which may well include gluten, but for my husband some of the big no-no foods were dairy, onions, eggs, beer, and anything fried) Work on overall health.

That works for me! (oy, i'm picky) I bought a game called 'Equate" i think, like scrabble for math, but we only played it once for some reason. For math facts I picked up 2 10-sided dice and we did this stupidly simple game that my boys (who live for electronics) just loved . . . so, roll the dice, state the problem (3 plus 10 is 13 or 3 times 10 is 30 or whatever you are doing). If someone says the wrong answer, thats ok, we just help them. Whichever of the three of us gets the highest 'score' that round gets a tally-mark. So winning is totally random.

I am currently taking Moralities of Everyday Life, which is a Coursera course. I am enjoying it, but sometimes frustrated finding time for it. My son WAS signed up for How to Change the World, but he says its the most boring MOOC or lecture he's had and I finally let him drop it. He had already taken a genetics one and one about Lord of the Rings as an example of literature translated in to a movie and a video game. He is also taking a self-paced 'college algebra' one. I'm needing to help him a lot, despite the fact that we did cover this with upper level singapore already I plan on taking a self-paced database one some time, and wonder if my 10 yo would like the How Things Work one, or not. He seems to be really liking doing things independently from me, now. Everything but LA i'm ok with that for now.

Hubby is much slower to respond than I am (well, esp when its baby puke in the middle fo the night and he cnat seem to remember that there are towels . . .in the bathroom . . .) but yes, my standard response to a spill is to yell "Get a towel!" I mean, unless I spilled it, in which case my standard response is to curse. :blushing: :cursing:

have you looked at zaccaro books?

My mom is outside of philly, and apparently my daughter had the car out and so my mom is snowed in without a car. My mom's bf (in another suburb) had no power.

I'm not sure i'd call it 'living math' since its pretty textbook-y? Have you tried timezattacks for math facts?

If he's having that much anxiety over sleep, you should let his med doc know - it might be he's not got the right combination yet.

did he take any cold meds? some of those could do it. we also felt like some of them maybe inhibited the absorption of his other meds (or, food allergy household here, if he had the runs soon after taking them, sigh)

Is there a chance he forgot his pill last night? My teen has been on various atypicals, and any time he forgets it, he doesnt sleep.