We had the app alone, and I wasn't impressed. If I recall, my son found it frustrating to build and then rearrange the equations on the screen. I do like the idea of using a balance scale to think about and build equations, I just think the screen version of doing it is less than ideal. Also, it felt too easy despite no previous algebra equation type work.

My parents read a bedtime story every night. My grandmother read a lot to me. I have good memories of both of those things, so it must have continued to a decent age.

Letter Factory was fantastic here for learning letters and sounds. I didn't find the next one so helpful for teaching blending, though.

I think it's surprising not because I would expect non-religious kids to be less altruistic/kind, but because I would have expected similar ranges on those measures among all the groups, secular and religious. I'm a Christian. I do think Christianity, over-all, in the US tends to emphasize the individual and individual outcomes. Sad--because Christians are supposed to be allowing God's spirit to work through them to love and serve others, all others. We have somehow gotten so off track that the emphasis is, often, do x and y (or don't do z) so you can get to heaven someday. Sad. I'm still surprised, though, that there were big differences in the kids.

Thank you!

I'm terrible about self regulating my own eating of sweets. If they are there I eat them. I ate a whole full sized bag of skittles yesterday. So I try not to bring it into my house, because when I do I will eat all of it. One of mine takes after me. Anyway, I pay them for candy. Their choice how much to eat and how much to sell. But I pay well. Then I send it to work with hubby. He's a good self regulator.

He can wait. Hopefully they will be able to make a lasting fix with bonding. Mine just wouldn't stick and I finally had my front tooth veneered. That's supposed to last a lot longer. Hubby, though, has had a bonded chip last over 20 years now.

My husband does this sometimes. I don't think he has apnea or anything. He did sleep walk as a child.

I'm glad you figured that out! Does the ADHD med not make much difference?

Can hubby take off work or a friend come to help? This would be ideal if it's possible. Will your kids be occupied by videos and similar? :grouphug: :grouphug:

Do you know when your mother/her sisters went through? That would give you a better idea. The average age range really varies a lot from woman to woman.

I like Getty-Dubay. I prefer it to the look of HWOT. But you can definitely do HWOT at that age with the workbook alone. You don't need manipulatives.

Is it possible he isn't wanting to go #2 at school, and holding that in is causing constipation/pressure on the bladder?

I voted when she's ready. I don't think coloring or not at any given age is unacceptable. I don't color my gray, and I'm under 50. The upkeep isn't worth the hassle to me. All my friends color, and I get why they would want to do that. To each her own.

Is he solid on the his addition and subtraction facts? I'm thinking he might be, given you ordered mult. and division only. If he's solid, I don't think you need them.

My husband and I do trade off kid care for individual time. For example, I had "me" time last Saturday morning and he had time to himself in the afternoon.

I can't imagine anyone not destitute stealing socks and a belt, unless they could easily be returned for cash somehow. I suspect the $20 accusation might be a. a mistake or b. an intentional false accusation I wouldn't do anything other than make sure easy to pick up and truly valuable things (jewelry, money, etc.) were in a safe place.

We didn't use it as much as I thought we would. It sort of fizzled here, and one child I had to press to get on after a while. My kids may be unusual, though.

Neat! Thanks for linking!

I like the idea of heated tile in a basement. I worried about falls on such a hard surface. But allergy and water wise, it would be ideal. We went with linoleum on backer board, but that woudln't be ideal. I decided against a finished basement ceiling because we would have to break through for pipes/leaks. We did have an upstairs toilet leak in our first year, and I was glad we had a drop celing. We did canned lights, and I think it looks ok. I had looked at pictures of painted basement ceilings (the joists/pipes/all of it in black for example). It didn't look bad to me, but hubby didn't like it. Anyway, that is an alternative to drop ceilings that still maintains accesibility. We had insulated board under the finished wall. I think this is preferred in a basement compared to regular insulation. I think this was due to moisture, but maybe it was specific to our area. I painted ugly paneling in our old house. It didn't look half bad to me when finished. Or at least it was a lot better than the start!

:grouphug: I worry about mine too. He does have executive function issues. It's hard to sort out what is personality and what is something else. But I worry about his occupation choices.

I felt my regular birth was a lot harder to recover from than my c-section, but I imagine that varies. My mom stayed with me for two weeks. I was limited in driving, and having her was helpful for that. She let me do a lot of sleeping and bonding. That part was lovely, but not specific to the c-section.

:sad: I can't imagine.

Prayers.

Great news!