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WHAT? If you believe that law-abiding gun owners are "perpetuating a cycle of violence" simply by owning a gun, then you're never going to get anywhere, because reasonable people won't talk to you. Calling gun-owners names like "obsessed" and "violent" might make you feel self-righteous, but it isn't getting any closer to a solution to children getting shot at school.
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The playing time issue is typical for my son's baseball travel teams as well. He is playing 14U right now. It could be that this coach is a biased jerk who would rather lose with his favorite players on the field than win with a new kid. I do know of one coach like that, though my son (thankfully) hasn't played for him. Two strong players actually quit that coach's team mid-season this year!
But it is also possible that your son hasn't proved himself yet. There is a player on my son's team whose mother would (and does) say exactly what you do. But an unbiased observer could point out to her that (a) her son doesn't have the throwing ability of the other players, so when he is in the outfield, although he is not making obvious errors (e.g. he's not dropping the ball), he is missing opportunities to throw out runners because he can't throw the ball where he should. He's not as fast as he should be when it comes to backing up other positions. He's also not having success at the plate. And if he does get on base, he usually gets thrown out because he is slow. He can't steal bases. So he doesn't get as much playing time as others, because this is not rec league where even playing time happens.
If your son really loves travel baseball and wants to play more and is willing to work for it (some kids aren't, they are just happy to ride the bench and be on the team), I would suggest he talk to the coach. He should simply ask the coach what he needs to work on to improve. (obviously he should not say "I have no errors in the field like Jim and Jack, I deserve more playing time, so why don't you play me more").
I have no idea if this is the case for your son, but I know if this player on my son's team asked the coach what to do, the answer would be:
- Improve your hitting. Get a private hitting coaching session, go to the batting cages daily. Get his confidence back up!
- Running speed is important and that is something you can work on.
- Work on your throwing form. Practice throwing from left field to first base or home plate.
- Work on your core strength and flexibility as they affect all of the above.
And finally, make sure it's not attitude. Some coaches will punish a strong player with a bad attitude by benching him. This includes things like missing practices or games, showing up late, not working hard, and things he says to other players that get reported back through the grape vine.
Good luck to him!
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Are you looking for suggestions? If so, let us know what you have ruled out and what your criteria is! Or maybe you just want to vent?
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I am not sure if people really want to talk about ideas here or not but I'll throw this out. All these killers seem to have two things in common: violent video games and psychotropic drugs. Could we ban those, or at least restrict them to people over age 18?
I totally get the gun control instinct, but I'm not sure it would be helpful in actual practice. There are already laws controlling the purchase of guns. It is already illegal to threaten or kill people. It's already illegal to bring guns to school. It's already illegal to give guns to unstable children. Chicago has very strict gun control laws that haven't made that city any safer. So I think we need to look beyond the emotional cry for gun control and look at what might actually work. Allowing teachers who attend voluntary training to concealed carry?
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For her to bring this up to your son, not to mention in front of your son's cousins is really atrocious. And while he was trapped as a captive audience in the car?!? Sheesh!! If she had real concerns and respected you as parents, she would have spoken directly to you.
In my experience, this is not a one time thing; people who try to manipulate like this will not stop. It's nice that your dh is going to talk to her about her lack of social skills, but I sincerely doubt it will do any good. I would definitely not let her have unsupervised contact with my children.
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I would cancel unless I had some kind of 100% reliable confirmation that the treatment was both extremely effective and completely non-toxic. 5 days ago is just not enough time to be sure that the treatment worked IMO. Also you said you found out by accident - if the camp is not being totally transparent and sharing this information, I would wonder why.
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Chewing chewy granola bars worked for my kids when they were toddlers. (Nursing worked when they were infants). Sucking on a lollipop would help too if you can get the kid to actually suck on it instead of licking.
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Tammi, have you decided what to do? I would like to hear the outcome!
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Thanks Kathy for sharing your wisdom and experience, it is very helpful. Especially the bio class required for your son's EE/CS major! The MIT class looks like something my son would find interesting. Hmmm.
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I thought the whole AP Physics B/C/C&M was changing into Ap Physics 1 & 2? The College Board website seems fuzzy on the changes (or it could be me that's fuzzy on this).
I definitely don't want to teach this child science at home as the last three years has proven that is not great for either of us, nor do I want him to double up on science since it is his second least favorite subject (behind history). (I was hoping getting right into chemistry and physics would change that!) He is currently leaning toward majoring somewhere in engineering/math/comp sci in college. One of the schools he will be considering is our state flagship, where he takes math now. Their website says a "biological science, chemistry and physics" are required for engineering. So I guess we had better check the box for biology after all. So right now my plan is:
9: Apologia Biology (local class)
10: Apologia Chemistry (local class)
11: AP Chemistry (ChemAdvantage)
12: AP Physics C/CM or whatever it looks like by then, or Physics at University through PSEO.
Thanks everyone for helping me puzzle through this process!
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Oh Poor Baby! And poor Mama too. I love coconut oil and chilled aloe for healing burns as fast as possible. Personally I would keep her home from the outdoors event but if she really wants to go, I would have her wearing a gauzy longsleeve blouse, long skirt and wide-brimmed sun hat.
And then a long sleeve mock t-neck rash guard, board shorts, and waterproof sunhat for any outside water activities this summer!
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Forgive me if I am jumping the gun, but it looks like Franklin Covey is set to release Student Planners in a couple of weeks and they look amazing!
I was searching for student planners and found this website, http://premier.us/tools-planning/products-students/planners/product-line/foundations
I contacted Franklin Covey and they said they'll be out in a couple of weeks priced at $12.95 per planner. They are interactive between parent/ teacher and student and have some great principles and precepts involved.
Just wanted to share, because I am geeking out, and don't want to geek alone :)
- Mommaklee
These look great but is that website for schools to order in bulk with customized options? Did Franklin Covey say where they will be selling them soon for 12.95 per planner?
Thanks so much!
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I have loved every age and stage I have been able to spend with my children so far but I enjoy the older stages for different reasons. They are becoming adults with interesting opinions and incredible senses of humor and that's so delightful. And now (at 12 and 14) it feels like we are coming to the end of their time at home and I want to savor every remaining minute they have here. Watching them growing into men (voice changing, and one is taller than me and egads - shaving) is so amazing and freaky and stunning.
Now when it comes to Other People's Kids - I love babies. And I like my nieces and nephews and most of my kids' friends. But as a general rule I really don't like children beyond the baby stage!
My kids did each have a year that I remember as a difficult one for them - not sure why, but 11 for my oldest and 3 for my youngest were weird - lots of challenges. I don't remember not enjoying them during these years, but I do remember more discipline issues than usual and a feeling of needing to be both more consistent with rules and more loving/understanding at the same time and hoping that these changes were just transitional phases. Thankfully they were.
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mothergoose, any update on the duct tape method?
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This is for a strong math student (Calculus 1 in 9th grade), so math is not holding him back in science. He has taken (with me) general science, earth science, and physical science in 5th - 8th grade. He disliked them all, but he put up with them and he did well on the ACT science section. He will definitely prefer Sequence 2 as he is dreading biology (though he will suck it up if that's the better option). I know the typical college prep plan is bio, chem and physics plus an AP science). Part of me was thinking there is inherent value to learning about biology, but honestly I remember nothing from my own miserable biology experience, and I think he'll be exactly the same way. So I really don't want to make him miserable for no reason. If he skips bio will that be a negative mark should he be applying to selective colleges in a few years? Or will the additional AP Physics class of sequence 2 be more positive?
Sequence 1:
9: Apologia Biology (at local high school homeschool tutorial place where they do classes with labs once/week, test, homework, etc.)
10: Apologia Chemistry (same local class)
11: AP Chemistry (ChemAdvantage)
12: AP Physics 1 (online, possibly PA Homeschoolers)
Sequence 2:
9: Apologia Chemistry (same local class)
10: AP Chemistry (ChemAdvantage)
11: AP Physics 1 (online, possibly PA Homeschoolers)
12: AP Physics 2 (online, possibly PA Homeschoolers)
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Thanks everyone for taking the time to share your thoughts, I really appreciate it. We have decided to homeschool and we are excited about it!!
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His mother's response? No one came to swim at their house unless they were true friends throughout the other 9 months of the year. She would tell people we'd love to get together, how about park/movies/something other than the pool. People's motives were shown pretty quickly.
this sounds like a great idea - reply with something like this and maybe they will start seeing you as a friend to get together with for non-pool activities and will start including you during the non-pool season. If not, you'll know their true colors.
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I would make sure rink management, your ds's coach, and the girl's coach know. All three. One coach might not know what to do with the into or disregard it, but someone in charge has to be putting it altogether and you actually don't know who that is. I would tell them who they could talk to to corroborate the story.
This is to get an apology for ds. The girl is not going to give a sincere apology. The rink needs this info. They need records of incidents, because they probably have other trouble with the girl. Having been a swim team manager, when you deal with parents of difficult kids you need specific details and data to back up anything you say. So, reporting the incident will help the rink if they decide they need to put together some sort of behavior intervention or decide they have to say the girl is not permitted to skate.
This. I would report the facts immediately. If this is or becomes a pattern of behavior, someone at the facility will have the information and be able to do something about it. Let them handle telling the child's parent.
I would simply express it as a concern for the girl and the facility. Mention that your son is fine now but you thought they should be aware of this incident.
This girl needs to be supervised. Your son wasn't hurt this time, but he (or someone else) might be seriously injured next time. If she's willing to punch an older boy, what is she willing to do to younger children?
And kudos to your son for his restraint.
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You gave out a study guide, they used it to study together, and you're punishing that by intentionally messing with their heads before the exam? Hopefully I am missing something here, and hopefully this is not an important exam for their grades.
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Wow, what a project you inherited! It's a beautiful collection, are you going to keep some of it or are you planning to sell it all? My Mom had a small collection of pink depression glass and she gave most of it to me, and the shelf in our china cabinet broke, destroying several pieces of hers along with some of my grandmothers. I was so upset! I am debating whether to replace them or just try not to care about things.
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Nothing alive here thank goodness! I do regularly find sunflower seeds in the washer and a few weeks ago, an iPod. Baseball pants are the culprit in both these cases.
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Thanks so much ladies for sharing your thoughts with me. I'm kind of liking the idea of staying with homeschool and his winter club team and no high school team. The added benefit is that we know that a high school team will conflict with his math program and he would have to choose between the two by the time he got to Varsity level. With a club team I don't think he'll have that conflict as they travel on weekends but don't do many weekdays during the school year.
At least that's how I'm feeling today. Somedays I wouldn't mind turning over the day to day challenges of homeschooling to someone else, especially the college counselor role!
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Thank you perky and Sue for your thoughts and experiences, I appreciate it! Sue I think your analysis is where we are at right now, except we are not sold on the athletic experience being better at our public school. He may also continue to play for a club team in the fall/winter (I think that's similar to AAU for basketball). Also we are not expecting him to get a scholarship playing baseball, we are hoping he plays throughout high school but focuses on academics and networking (via internship, volunteering, etc.) at college and maybe just plays intramural.
Yikes, this is difficult!!
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We are having trouble deciding between homeschooling and private school for high school. There are so many different pros and cons for both. Homeschooling has been very successful for my boys, but my oldest wants to continue with baseball and we don't think he'll get a fair chance on the local public school baseball team as a homeschooler (although our state does allow it).
We can afford the tuition, but there will be sacrifices, not the least of which is family time and family vacations.
My wonderful, happy, easy-going children are fine with either option. Which is great but doesn't help in decision-making at all.
If anyone has any advice, I would love to hear it!
Are people dumb and buy it anyway?
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I think sellers sometimes don't do their research, they are just going by what they remember paying for the item? I had a "wanted" listing on homeschoolclassifieds.com for something and a seller emailed me with that item for sale at a high price. I emailed her and pointed out that I was looking for a better deal or I would just buy it new on amazon for less than she had asked. She thanked me for pointing that out and lowered her price.
I go through phases where I want to save money and am willing to put up with the hassles of finding and buying used, and phases where I just want to order it all at Rainbow and have it all arrive in one nice neat box.