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It helps me to keep 1 or 2 things that remind me of my dad or my grandmother, etc., and toss the rest. I don't need 10 or 12 things to have the memory.
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My son is very, very similar. He has bipolar, and has been *relatively* stable since 4th grade, but he still has a lot of negativity and anger. God has given me the wisdom to react with love and patience (most of the time.) I slip, and react with negativity, about once a week. It is so draining.
Please don't blame yourself, but have him evaluated. My son was in 2nd grade when a dr. said he needed to be on meds. I was very offended, and went through two more years of suffering and chaos before we accepted that as parents, we couldn't fix him.
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"The Journal of College Admission" (Journal of the National Association for College Admission Counseling), Number 185, Fall 2004, Special Homeschool Issue, "Homeschoolers on to College: What Research Shows us"
I recommend getting a copy to reassure yourself. To sum it up, there has never been a research study done which has shown that homeschoolers grow up deficient or unable to perform (in college or life) in any way.
I quote from the issue "In a recent study, Jones and Gloeckner (2004) revealed that homeschooled graduates performed as well as their traditional high school peers."
I also have reviewed a number of master's thesis (I'm currently finishing my M.Ed) that have been done on hsers...again, no one has been able to document anything negative (so far, anyway).
People can report anecdotes all day long. Just tell them the research clearly shows that the overall population is doing great.
Thanks for this. I will find it and send it to him. Already my son, who is bipolar, is obsessing over the notion he will not graduate from college.
My husband, who was at the meeting, related his own childhood, which was crippled by shyness and awkwardness (that I think verges Aspergers), and that 12 years of public school did not help him. Dh also related that he volunteers with our junior high Church group, comprised mostly of public schoolers and Catholic private schoolers, and that dh does not want our son socialized by THEM.
My son went through 3 years of preschool and 5 years of public school, and he was extremely shy and awkward at the end of that. It is his nature. My daughter is cheerful and outgoing wherever you put her. Another dr. of ours shared that shyness has recently been shown to be genetic, and dh and I were both excruciatingly shy children. (I used to kick my parents' friends in the shins rather than interract with them.) And I was publically schooled.
Still hoping for a chance referral for a ped. psych. in AZ. My local hs group is also looking.
You're all awesome.
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Today our child psychiatrist (whom my son has only seen about 3 times) said that homeschooling children cannot handle college and rarely succeed in life because they do not know how to interact in work situations/with difficult people.
Okay, I'm rarely offended by people who disagree with me, but the man said it IN FRONT OF MY CHILDREN!!!
If you live in the Phoenix are, I need a referral to someone who is amenable to homeschooling.
If you have raised a child to adulthood, please reassure me.
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When I've lost weight, it goes away. In the mean time, I bought an expensive pair of flip-flops (about $50) at REI, that has a lot of arch support, and I wear them non-stop. (I live in a warm climate, so I prefer open shoes.) I've had them 3 years, and they're still working.
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Would love to hear the answer. We have three dogs...one beagle, and hounds are supposedly the stinkiest. Have you searched the aisles are Petsmart?
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Off the top of my head (with no Saxon book) I say the angle you are describing cuts the 120 in half. It is a long diamond with a line between the two points that are closest together, right?
Half of 120 is 60, and the angles of the two triangles that you have created with the line in the middle have three 60 degree angles.
Or am I seeing this all wrong?
That's what I thought, but the answer key says different.
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Saxon 8/7, Lesson 68, #20 page 469.
Angle ADC is 60 degrees. So, the opposite, angle CBA is 60 degrees.
DCB is 120. DAB is 120. For the life of me, I can't figure out DAC or CAB.
Help
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Congratulations! How did you do it?
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Has his shoe size increased dramatically?
BTDT.:grouphug:
Why, yes it has! Size 14 to be exact. And he's 5' 11". Besides the dvd, do I just wait it out? When does brain power return?
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Oh, what a question.
My mother was alcoholic and was/is histrionic. She was very emotionally and physically abusive. The house was filthy, and none of my basic needs were considered, such as clean clothes, enough clothes, balanced meals, friends.(What really stinks is that she has a fantasy about what a great mother she was.) I thought it was the alcohol, but she quite drinking in the '80's and she's still monstrous.
I moved in with my dad when I was 14, where I had peace and a great deal of love, but he worked 6 days a week, and I was his fourth and later-life child, so he was much too permissive. That caused other problems, as you can imagine.
Learning what a s#*t mother I had (forgive me, no other word suffices) is an ongoing process. At each stage of my children's lives, I realize how absent/inadequate she was. And is.
As for me and my parenting? I yell waaay too much, but homeschooling the last 3 years, and God's grace, has taught me so much patience. I'm a bit neurotic about the house....I have an insatiable need for everything to be perfect and clean and beautiful and comfortable.
I try not too spank, but have given in to frustration at times. I do always put the children first...as far as time, cooking, schooling, etc. I have a tempation to being a martyr, which I have to keep in check. My mother was hysterically strict, and always using fear to control me. (Fear of strangers, of drugs, of boys, who will only want sex, etc.) My husband and I are strict with video games and computer, and my 13-year-old son is MUCH less worldly wise than I was at the same age. I have no intention of exposing my kids to what I experienced in the teen years due to too much freedom.
I have to surrender to God the mistakes I make and the blindspots I have. He took care of me in the end, and I have to give my children and their woundedness to Him in prayer. It would be pride to believe I can do it perfectly.
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My son is doing Latina Christiana I and II this year. The online class seems very good, and demands constant attention. The child takes quizzes online which are auto-corrected...also nice, because I can stay out of it.
Weaknesses...my 13-year-old son will slack off if he can, and sometimes skips quizzes and I don't know about it. If I don't keep an eye on him, he will zone out during the online class.
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My son, 13, is struggling a lot with math this year. We started homeschooling him in 5th grade, following this sequence:
5th Saxon 6/5
6th Saxon 7/6
7th (current) Saxon 8/7.
He did better the previous years than this year, but I decided to go with 8/7 instead of Algebra 1/2 because it was a little bumpy.
I have been trying to be very disciplined, covering the entire teaching portion of each lesson with him, and having him do the practice problems before I step away. I've tried all problems and odds/evens, but even when he seems to grasp the concepts just fine, he usually fails all the homework and tests. I have him re-do all problems when he scores below 80%. Not sure where to go from here. Could it just be a hormone fog?
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It's about time for me to be hands-off in Math. Ds has done MP for Latin. Wondering what your experience might have been with Algebra...they use Abeka. (We've been using Saxon.) OR experience with Abeka algebra at all, and the pros and cons of switching from Saxon.
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Here's another: Great African Americans
http://www.painlesslearning.com/html/placemats/africanamericans.html
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I'm going to order this:
http://www.fatbraintoys.com/toy_companies/melissa_doug/presidents_write_a_mat.cfm
Then I'll cut out the presidents and add them to the wall. Good, no?
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Toilet paper, milk and bread. Does that count? No, I don't do black Friday. My peace of mind is worth more. : )
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Science bump.
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:grouphug: You miss her. This is a good thing, even though it hurts, because your heart will find another way to love her, besides homeschooling. There is more than one way to love her. For years you have expressed your devotion to your daughter through teaching her and having her home, but now the best thing for your family is to walk down another path.
It's very normal to cry.
I remember when my parents and I dropped off my older sister at college. I was elated -- "I get my own bathroom, I get my own bathroom...!" -- but my poor parents were devastated.
This was the trip back home, from Missouri to New Jersey:
Missouri -- Both parents BAWLING
Illinois -- Dad cried
Indiana -- Mom cried
Ohio -- Dad cried
West Virginia -- Mom cried, all eleven miles through
Pennsylvania -- They took turns (it's a wide state)
Crossing the bridge into New Jersey -- They pulled over and said to me, "Here, you drive, we can't see the road."
For weeks afterward, I would come downstairs in the morning to find my dad crying in his cornflakes, or my mom sobbing in my sister's room. It was awful to see them miss her so much, but it taught me how much love they had in their hearts for their children. (They say they cried as much for me, too, LOL!).
Be gentle with yourself for a while, this is a BIG transition for all of you. Your daughter and your other children are probably feeling it pretty deeply, too. HTH.
This made me cry.
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Very nice little piece. Scroll down to the cartoon.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120587095
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When my dd was in ps, she pressed too hard. The teacher said it was a developmental stage. She was in 1st at the time, I believe.
This dc still doesn't have great writing, but a lightbulb finally went off (a post on this forum helped) to sit with her and have her write just one letter neatly 3 times. Eureka! We've been doing a few letters a day this week.
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Here he is, a few Thanksgivings ago, when we decided to get away to the woods.
NEED CHILD PSYCH REFERRAL and encouragement!
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I tried, unsuccessfully, to find this article. Do you have a link?
Thanks.