In the OT, when they were outlining the rules, there were two chances for a woman to divorce, on the grounds that she could not love her husband. The first time she shaved her head and I think returned to her parents, but I'm not sure. The second time she was banned from getting married again, and I think she had to separate herself from her tribe, but again, I'm not positive, it's been awhile since I read that. Anyway, just fyi. :)

My first instinct is to say I'm sorry. It feels, to me, like being told someone is dead, before their time. IOW, I don't concern myself with blame and I try VERY hard not to speculate on whether or not it's really over (I've known many couples that tell you one day they're divorcing and that weekend they're cuddling and lovey dovey). I guess I feel more for their marraige than for them... wow, that's a horrible insight to have into myself, but that's how it seems. Like watching something beautiful and unique die, or get tossed in the trash, depending upon their approach. I was once invited to a divorce party. I found the whole thing disturbing, but then if I equate divorce with death, then that makes perfect sense. I'm not big on happy wakes either.

Oh yeah, big difference. I have an idea, a way we could show teachers why this idea is flawed. We find all of the teachers involved, sneak into their homes, tie them hand and foot, then march them off somewhere, in the dark. Once there, we use a tape recorder and play sounds of people being tortured. They'll completely understand, then, why some parents might be a little ticked off! What could possibly go wrong? After all, it is a learning experience!

I really want to believe it was all done with good intentions. "Kids today are so jaded." "How do we reach these kids." "They're so far removed, they just don't understand." "I know! We can tie them up and make them listen to people being whipped!" "Golly, that's a fantastic idea, but it won't work if they're warned!" "No, we couldn't possibly ask their idiot parents for input... who do those people think they are anyway?" But, I digress. I imagine, in theory it all sounded brilliant. And since this particular theory depended upon secrecy, for it to work, there wasn't enough input. They just needed one person to say, hmmm, maybe that would cross the line, just a wee bit.

I have the same problems, Wolf leader too :). My Pack leaders explained it to me like this: The Cub Scout Program is designed to introduce kids to the world of scouting. The boys aren't pushed too hard, because the motto is 'Try your Best' and the goal is to make scouting, above all else, fun. IOW, it's lazy because the kids are too young to really understand what a commitment means, their responsibility to the den/pack, and to take control of their situation (getting there on time, every time, etc). For now, we're just supposed to make it the best we can and ignore all the little issues, with the hopes that once they make Boy Scouts it will be with boys equally engaged in Scouting. That doesn't help much does it? Well, I have the same issues, so, you're not alone :)

Look up the local standardized tests, in VA it's the SOLs. That should tell you exactly what their classmates learned this year. As for the rest, I wish I could help, but I haven't BTDT.

Could it be possible there are some pre-pubescent issues arising??? My ds loves his boxer briefs and even likes regular boxers, except they're hard to get straight inside your pants (so they are not all wrinkled up). Maybe regular boxers? Or, you could even try long johns for a spell and see if that helps, I prefer that to straight out commando for my ds.

We just started, but Andrew is much more interested in civilizations so different from ours than he was (in ps) learning about Washington and Lincoln. It seems, to me, that ancient history is a better fit for a younger child (full of imagination and wonder) than US History. Then, we live in an area that is steeped in US History, so for my kids it's just redundant to learn about it in school.

I went twice as a teen. I loved it, it was spiritually invigorating, it was exciting, it was incredible. Enjoy!

Even by striving to be objective, you can ruin your objectivity. No, there are no objective history books or single sources. If you get your information from many sources it is possible to create a history that would be more objective, from your own point of view ;) Even that wouldn't be truly objective.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/meet-your-ancestor/2006/05/17/1147545394809.html It's from '06, but they seem to believe it would be possible for the two to create offspring.

Ds enjoys them well enough and it gives him something for his free reading that usually goes along with what we're doing in history. They actually have pretty good 'field guides' too.

My ds won't read chapter books w/out pictures to himself, but he'll let me read them till I lose my voice. He said he gets bored, nothing but words words words. It's not a lack of imagination, again, he's fine if it's ME reading. I think it's more how daunting a page of type can look. Try weaning your son away with books that have smaller pictures every page. Get some of the abridged classics with illustrations and things. Oh, and I blame the newer toys for my kids lack of imagination, or I would, if they lacked imagination. All those gears and switches, it's like the kids are supposed to watch the toys play, without any interraction at all :glare: Course, ds 2 has remedied that for most of the toys. He promptly breaks any gears that control movement and pushes buttons until the batteries finally die ;) Then, he plays with the toys.

I have wondered the same thing too. Perhaps I miss all the men backstabbing and name calling and life-style questioning, but it seems to me like a primarily female thing to do. You're either with me, or you're against me. I know TONS of women that are perfectly happy with agreeing to disagree (iykwIm) and all of the men I know are like that. There's a handful of women I know, that, when we disagree (or they disagree with anyone) the other person either walks away or prepares for a verbal barrage that will. not. stop. until they are satisfied they have convinced the other party, or proven them to be a total fool. :iagree: :iagree: Hatred was rather strong, but there are two camps, and those camps are vocal enough to drown out the masses that think they're both wrong.

It's very much the same situation with breast feeding or not. Women that choose, from the beginning, to do either hear so much crap from the other camp. Then, it seems like most women issues are this way. Either you're for it or against it, heaven help you if you're in the middle of the road.

In all fairness, women that work, with children in day care, get plenty of hate spewed at them too. I think this lady sounds much more middle of the road, or at least understanding, than a lot of the talking heads involved in this particular debate.

I love Shel Silverstein, we have all his books. It is funny that we haven't used him for memorization, but we do have most of his poems memorized. I thought we'd include Shel Silverstein and Lewis Carol more once we have read some serious poets... having read the responses, I realize how silly I've been. Scrooge all that! We're memorizing 'The Jabberwock'!!!!!! Thanks all, I was getting a little snobby in my assessment of the 'right' kind of reading. :grouphug:

She sounds more middle ground than many of the other people pushing agendas. I think they went over board with their critique of her book. Their negative reactions don't seem grounded in much reality.

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We go through that every once and awhile. Dh starts buying bigger lunches at work and doesn't eat dinner. The kids eat, regardless, they don't have a choice in the matter :) I stopped cooking for dh. No breakfast, no lunch, no dinner and I do my best to exclude him from deserts too. He gets the hint, pretty quick, especially when I say, 'you didn't eat your dinner' and refuse to get him desert. It doesn't lead to arguments or anything, I just tell him it's a waste of food, money and time, if I cook and he doesn't eat.

Memoria Press has one we've been looking at. It's a little pricey (for me), but it sounds really good. MemoriaPress.com :)

Vinegar can kill them, if you wanted to treat hair just in case. Also, lice are white (right?). A trip through the dryer, on high, should kill anything in the sheets. How did your kids end up exposed???

I knew who the old Mickey Rourke was and I knew the new M. Rourke, but I didn't put the two together (he looks nothing like he used to), until I was watching TV with my dad and he pointed it out. Slum dog millia what????

My ds had to start out with FLL 1, a grade level behind his actual level in school. We also had to go back and relearn some things in math and science. I'm not telling the school that we repeated grades, why? Because with our review, he's now far ahead his peers. KwIm? You had to review because the school didn't teach it to your dc, what are the odds they taught it to everyone else?